Barnard 93 - The Leaping Puppy

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Resembling a playful leaping puppy chasing after a will 'o the wisp this dark nebula Barnard 93 obscures parts of the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, M24. It is one of the first dark nebulae known, discovered in 1913 by E.E. Barnard (Barnard 1913).

This could make a fun cover for a Children’s book of space stories, well my 10 y/o thinks so anyway- he reckons he sees floating aliens in the photo

Photographed in HaRGB from my backyard in Melbourne.
4 hrs Ha 3nm 600 secs
60mins ea RGB 120 secs

C&C welcome 😊

Big version Here

[spiezzy]

that looks fantastic Andy I have never imaged this my self but looks like a interesting object love the contrast and colour nice and sharp
love it
cheers Pete

[beren]

it does, I see the puppy ....... great image well done

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by spiezzy

that looks fantastic Andy I have never imaged this my self but looks like a interesting object love the contrast and colour nice and sharp
love it
cheers Pete

Cheers Pete! Lots of interesting DSO's out there on the road less travelled - always a fun journey to stumble across something less well known.

Originally Posted by beren

it does, I see the puppy ....... great image well done

Ha, Well done! Cheers Beren

[Bart]

Sit Ubu, sit!

Nice image. Lots of Ha in the background.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Really nice image of a cool bit of seldom imaged sky Andy An intriguing bit of obscuring molecular dust that, huh?

Mike

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

That’s quite special Andy. I really like the interesting shapes in the dark nebula presented over the rich Ha backdrop

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by Bart

Sit Ubu, sit!

Nice image. Lots of Ha in the background.

Cheers Bart, woof!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Really nice image of a cool bit of seldom imaged sky Andy An intriguing bit of obscuring molecular dust that, huh?

Mike

Thanks Mike - was tempted to include "the black hole", aka it's neighbour Barnard 92 - but it looked too busy having both objects in frame.
These Barnard objects are pretty cool targets indeed.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

That’s quite special Andy. I really like the interesting shapes in the dark nebula presented over the rich Ha backdrop

Cheers Rodney, these dusty silhouettes provide excellent fodder for one's rampant paradolia.

[ChrisV (Chris)]

Love a dark nebula and this is "none more black".

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

I really like it - skilfully processed and interesting to explore in detail

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by ChrisV

Love a dark nebula and this is "none more black".

Cheers Chris - Maybe not quite Douglas Adams "Distaster Area Black" but still pretty cool, cheers

Originally Posted by Slawomir

I really like it - skilfully processed and interesting to explore in detail

Thanks very much Suavi, appreciate the nice feedback

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Just having another look at this Andy, this time on a proper monitor....and it looks excellent. This is probably your best overall image processing result IMO, the processing is natural without artefacts, even at full res and importantly it looks like an astronomical object and not a broad stroke painting, it looks like gas, it looks real

Nice work

Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Thanks very much for your detailed analysis & feedback Mike, much appreciated!
Seems that eventually even the slowest Padawan learns, thank you for your guidance & patience Obi-Wan