The “Dark Shark” Nebula
This is my first “dark nebula” – a cloud of dark dust obscuring the Milky Way behind it. You need dark skies to capture these things, which my remote setup in central Texas now provides. Well, at least when the moon isn’t up.
Formally LDN1235, this is actually a much larger object that extends further off to the right there – but I couldn’t fit it all in my field of view. Next year I may try to expand the image, but it’s already getting a little too late in the season to image this one further.
This is all natural colors by the way. No narrowband or false color stuff here.
