Hi All,
Yes, something that has been imaged before for a change (as opposed to RCW68-69). Paul Haese was the first to go deep on this target. I didn't spend as much time acquiring data as he did but at F/3.5, its deep enough for what is not a dim area of the sky. I had imaged this scene back in 2011 completing a four panel mosaic which can be seen
here. One of my favorite areas for winter imaging.
Here's my rendition of the dark nebula
SL17.
Processed in CCDStack, MaximDL and Photoshop. Given the target, I went for a dark and sinister look to this image. Vibrant red excited HII of RCW113 providing some contrast to the dark nebula. I ensured I still captured the dusty, murky tones as the dark nebula begins to mix with the HII. This was present in the straight RGB so blended using lighten mode. I couldn't find any signs of refection nebulosity amongst RCW113 so a [Ha+R]GB composite seemed fitting. Fun to process. I may look at doing a few more dark nebs in the future.
Thanks for checking it out.
