Horsehead - NIR + Ha (Euclid inspired)

[slender carbon]

The 'final' iteration of my Euclid palette Horsehead nebula using H-alpha and NIR mapped to blue and red/orange respectively. I doubled the total integration in the NIR channel to further boost total signal and hopefully get some background galaxies to punch through the Ha wall a little better.

Ha - 3 hours 10 minutes (Svbony SV227 5nm H)
NIR - 14 hours 50 minutes (Svbony 685nm IR Pass)

Gear:
Apertura Carbonstar RC6
Apertura 0.67x reducer
Player One Ares-M Pro
ZWO OAG
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO AM5N
QHY Q-Focuser
MeLe Quieter 3C

Processed in Pixinsight, bortle 7.

[remote prawn]

Hell yea

[tepid stump]

This is really beautiful

[left oar]

Still my favorite image. I love the colors so much, and the details, hooooly moly.

[broken lagoon]

Pookie it's very good

Also why horsehead nebula considered as dark nebula?

[stark plume]

because the horse part is the dark nebula part

[cedar plover]

This is actually mind blowing.

[amber forge]

holy wow that's sharp

[amber forge]

any nebulosity that becomes visible not through ionization, but by being darker than its background and surroundings, is considered a dark nebula.

[gaunt cave]

@surreal abyss HOF please

[terse inlet]

Beautiful work!

[meager fossil]

Yeah sureeee, keep on dreaming

Maybe if we start a revolution

[gaunt cave]

I will not upvote your next post

[meager fossil]

[gaunt cave]

yeah it's not going to hof... I just dig the colors though. probably a bit too much

[meager fossil]

Yeah its crazy beautiful, i would like it on APOD

[slender carbon]

i submitted the first one to astrobin iotd and it didnt even get off the ground

[slender carbon]

it's not as saturated as V1

[stark plume]

no taste over there