After a relentless summer of cloud cover in western NC, I finally got back to the telescope. Amazing that all the gear still communicated properly... and more so that I remembered how to use it! This was taken through a monochrome astro camera, utilizing RGB and luminance filters. Over 7 hours combined for the full integration.
This is a reflection nebula illuminated mostly by a single star near the center of the glow, with darker surrounding dust. A bit more from NASA:
Reflection nebulae glow because they are made up of extremely tiny particles of solid matter, up to 10 or even 100 times smaller than dust particles on Earth. These particles diffuse the light around them, giving the nebula a second-hand glow that’s typically bluish (like our sky).
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