This turned out to be a lot more challenging than I thought it would be when I first started. The reflection nebula is very dim and the star field is very dense. Took a lot to tease it out from the background! In the end it is just an amazing object! The gecko wrapping itself around the hydrogen column. There is such a difference in the RGB data vs the hydrogen, really leads to a lot of contrast in the image. I continuum subtracted the Ha channel to really allow a nice pure addition back into the RGB.
There are a number of really amazing objects within the field of view as well. Right in the head of the gecko there is a "X" shaped object that is Emission Line Star LkHA233 with Herbig-Haro Object HH398 all inside reflection nebula GN 22.32.5
There is also are very neat column object right in the tail. An Active Galactic nucleus candidate UGC 12086, and plenty others like WISEA J2231214.96+395809.8. I spent a long time just exploring around the image with my What's In My Image Script. So much of it required using the deep search since it wasnt in the SIMBAD catalog.
Video on my image:
https://youtu.be/XRJyiZo6gqIComments really appreciated!
Below are some close in crops:
Emission Line Star LkHA233 with Herbig-Haro Object HH398 all inside reflection nebula GN 22.32.5
The Tower
UGC 12086 AGN-candidate
WISEA J2231214.96+395809.8
The Continuum Subtracted Ha data
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