The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower
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The Dark Tower

Cometary globule, The Dark Tower, within RCW113 in Scorpius, is shown here in an HSO palette.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Aus-2 CMOS
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
QHY 600M CMOS
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Australia
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7/14-18/2023
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
SHO
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Maxim DL, Photoshop CS6, Topaz, StarXTerminator
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
One-Click Observation Bundle processed by JSE
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Comments

Very dramatic John and I think a more fitting name for your presentation of this might be, The Fiery Tower. An incisive crop of the full image with added drama by not using any of the usual colour combinations. Unique.

Thanks, Ray. With no intermediate focal length scopes operative at TL currently, I find myself cropping the high resolution wide field images to portray better targets within. The DT is nearly all Ha with a bit of SII, so esthetically it made sense to reverse them in the color combination. Note: some of the famous Hubble images are also HSO.