LDN 1622 (Feb. 2016)

This ghostly apparition haunts eastern Orion, chasing behind the Horsehead Nebula.  The ghost is very dim.  The image is shrunken to 50% of its original to cover noise that appears even in the H-alpha frames.  I've always wanted to shoot this area, but only from skies in New Mexico.  This is an HaRGB composition: 21x1800"; 17.16.16x900" with DSW's FSQ.