LDN 1235 - The Dark Shark

The Dark Shark lives at a distance of 650 light years away, in constellation Cepheus.
It is made of interstellar dust and gas and it's one of the most difficult targets to image, mainly because it is extremely faint.

I had the chance to photograph it three years ago, but not very happy with the results. So I decided to travel again to a dark sky location and give it a try. This is my best image so far.

Optics: William Optics ZenithStar 61
Mount: PegasusAstro NYX-88
Imaging camera: ASI 533 MM PRO
Filters: Antlia LRGB V-Series PRO
Acessories: PegasusAstro FocusCube3

Individual LRGB frames stacked in CCDStack2
Processing of RGB and L image in Siril 1.4
LRGB combination in GIMP
Final touches in RawTherapee