Barnard 29 A hole in space-time?

Barnard 29 was described by Barnard as "Round; indefinite." It seems quite definite in my image. It appears surrounded by a ring of brighter material which fades away with a somewhat indefinite edge. Though I doubt that is what Barnard was referring to. Could this brighter edge be due to dust thickening before suddenly becoming opaque? Note some very red stars at the very edge of this other type of "Black Hole." It is considered a level 6 dark nebula, the highest opacity category. It certainly is dark. While I stretched the image normally the core of the cluster is nearly black rather than my usual 15 out of 256 levels. The background of unresolved stars that give my background a low_light_level is obscured by the dust creating the very black void. It really does appear to be a hole in the sky as some early observers believed these molecular clouds were. I couldn't find a distance for this nebula.

14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=2x10', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME

Rick

I've been told by several that this may be the home of Nagilum. That doesn't quite fit the Star-Trek story in which Nagilum trapped the starship in a void. Nothing was said the void was Nagilum's home that I recall. Still I did "reprocess" the image and it does appear Nagilum may be lurking here -- or I've been into the Jack Daniels again.

Rick