Helping Hand Nebula

‍Description:

The nebula is comprised of dense clouds of dust and gas which obscures the light from the stars in the background, unlike emission nebula which glow due to ionized gas. It’s located in the constellation of Cassiopeia and is approximately 700 to 3,000 Lys from the gravity-well. It gets its nickname from the appearance of an outstretched hand reaching up (orientation of this picture). There are a number of Lynd’s Dark Nebula (LDN) within frame including LDN 1355 (palm), LDN 1357 (the fingers) and 1358 (the shoulder) along with the blue reflection nebulae VdB 9 which is located to the left of the hand and VdB 7 located in the lower left corner of the frame.

Total Integration Time- 70hr 20min
RGB- 32Hr 20min- 300sec subs
Lum- 38Hr- 300 sec subs
Antlia V-Pro Series LRGB
Bortle 4
Clear skies my friends!
Shot On
9/7, 26, 28, 29/25
10/13, 14, 15/25
11/13, 15, 16, 22/25

That Equipment
Telescope- Orion 8” F/4 Newt- “The Rocinante”
Mount- Skywatcher CQ 350- @skywatcherusa
Camera- ASI 2600MM-Pro- cooled to -10, Gain-100
Controlled by the ASI Air Plus
Guiding System:
Orion 60mm Guide Scope- f/4.0
ASI 120mm Mini
Calibration Frames Darks- 30 Flats- 30 Dark Flats- 30
Processing PixInsight- calibration and stacking PixInsight-post processing plus add-ons and ritualistic sacrifices (plants only, no animals or humans were harmed in the acquisition or processing of the data)

‍ ‍Name: Matt Rebeck