Douglas J. Struble caught this spectacular image of the Fish Head Nebula with his SVX102T-R in Cassiopeia. This emission nebula is part of a large star forming system of dust and gas along the Perseus arm of the Milky Way galaxy. Resting roughly 6,000 light-years from Earth, it sits adjacent to the much larger Heart Nebula. Young stars in the brighter region of this nebula emit high amounts of ultra-violet light, exciting the surrounding gas and causing it to glow.

According to Douglas: I decided to take a break from the usual faint planetary nebula out there and capture a more usual suspect in the Hubble color palette (SHO). As an easier target, I did not slack though. I still piled on some good integration time in my bortle 8 skies and really pushed the data to bring out as much detail as I could get. I started by drizzling the data and then moved forward from there. I most likely will process a version in a more natural HOO version down the road.

Other Designations: IC 1795, NGC 896, Northern Bear Nebula.

Details:
Integration Time: 44h 42′
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Completion Date: 11-11-24
Location: Taylor, MI (EST) USA
Imaging Telescope: Stellarvue SVX102T-R
Aperture: 102mm
Camera: ASI183MM-Pro
Filters: Astronomik Ha, OIII & SII
Software: SGP, PHD2, PixInsight & Photoshop CC

References:

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, April 19). Fish Head Nebula. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Head_Nebula