SH2-223 (Sharpless 223 )

This faint but nice size nebula needs a long exposure to capture it so it overtakes the background sky. The nebula response well to hydrogen-alpha but you need lots of color exposure time to colorize the nebula for an HA-RGB image. The fainter part of the nebula extends beyond the top of the image so a wider field of view can pick up more. SH2-224 is also nearby so you can easily capture both of them with the right setup. I tried the OIII filter but nothing picked up in the 15 minute exposure I took.

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Images by Dean Salman