This is a smallish (36' arc) and not especially bright part of the central Vela SNR, near open cluster Pismis 4. It is much fainter than the Pencil nebula, but perhaps rather more interesting.
Total exposure 24 hrs. Green: H-alpha 5 hrs; Blue: OIII 10 hrs; Red: SII 9hrs, all in 1hr unbinned subs. Aspen CG16M at -30C on 20" PlaneWave CDK.
The brightest star is the eye of a fierce yellow dragon, leathery wings filling most of the frame, blue flames trailing the body toward top right.
This image was pleasing to us because of the relatively rich and abundant SII, as would be typical of a supernova remnant. OIII on the other hand was very weak and largely confined to a single diagonal streak.
Notice also the roiling, boiling, bubbling blister-like texture through most of the top half of the image - big badda-boom!
This seems to be a rarely visited part of the sky. You might therefore like to compare with an LRGB version by Don Goldman.
Awesome rendition - the best framing of this, I have seen!
Congratulations M+T !
Cheers,
Tim
Thanks, Tim, that's very encouraging.
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Originally Posted by rustigsmed
Very awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers, Russell. Glad you like it!
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Originally Posted by RickS
Finally an object that looks like the description despite my pareidolia deficiency A great composition, M&T!
Thanks Rick. Had to look up pareidolia again.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Those stars are so tiny and the details so intricate. Very cool shot.
Thanks Marc!
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
Very nice indeed! The dragon is totally obvious.
Cheers
Steve
Hi, Steve. This one reminds me strongly of a painting of a dragon by the Japanese artist Taikan that I saw when I was about 10. Never been able to find it again, even though he's famous. Perhaps this is it.
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Originally Posted by Regulus
Nice composition guys, and I like the colour choice.
An excellent image.
Trev
Cheers, Trev. The dragon helped out with the colour by having lots of sulphur on its breath.