SH2-173 Phantom of the Opera Nebula

[EnteringIntoSPACE]

SH2-173 Phantom of the Opera Nebula in HaRGB
8 hrs of 3nm Antlia filtered Ha
2 hrs of Baader pro rgb
Pretty cool fill in project and surprised at the signal for such a short amount of exposure time.
Gear...
Scope- Skywatcher Quattro 200P
Mount-SkyWatcher EQR6
Guide Scope- Meade 50mm
Guide Cam- Zwo ASI 120mm
Image Cam- Zwo 1600mm pro
Focuser- Zwo Eaf
Filter Wheel- Zwo 8 position 1.25
Dew Control- Pegasus Astro Power Box
Software...
Polar Alingment- asi air pro
Guiding- PHD2/ asi air pro
Imaging- asi air pro
Stacking- WBPP
Processing- Pixinsight

 

[AlanLichty]

Delightful depiction of the phantom's mask. As a non-astro photographer I am always amazed at the notion that 10 hours worth of exposure time is considered "short"

 

[Ben Egbert]

Excellent detail and color, bravo.

 

[JimFox]

Thanks so much for posting this one here too! What an awesome nebula. It's just amazing how it looks like it has 2 eyes and a mouth, and with a nose! Amazing detail. I need to work on shooting longer like you do. I am still in the noob phase so I try to shoot as many different DSO's in a night as I can....

 

[Dan Moorehead]

Magnificent

 

[Mike Lewis]

Sorry I missed this one - this is a cool object that I am not super familiar with. You have managed the colors of both the stars and the nebula very nicely done a great job of blending in the Hα data in a very natural way (not always an easy thing to do...) Wonderful work!

ML