The Sprinter

[raymo]

The Sprinter, one of my favourite clusters; and one that I've not seen
on this forum. Sorry I forgot to orient it to it's upright position.
I like it's gold running shoes and the gold medal on it's chest.
raymo

[Astroman]

Hey! WOW isn't that cool.. Don't think I have ever seen that one, great shot, can see the sprinter though.... I love Asterisms.

[cometcatcher]

Another nice shot Ray. Do you know if it has an NGC or IC number? If not where it be in the sky?

[raymo]

Thanks Kevin and Andrew, The image I uploaded was too small, and therefore lacked punch. I am new to resizing images, maybe this one
is better. It is NGC 2516 Kevin. It is stunning if you blow it up to 150 or 200% on your screen.
raymo

[cometcatcher]

Thanks. The larger image is nicer.

[cometcatcher]

Found it! It images nice even in full moonlight. I'll have to shoot it again when the moon is gone.

[carlstronomy]

What a fantastic image and cluster, some clusters you think how do people come up with what they see but this one is really good.
Totally agree with the shoes and medal..:thumbsup:

Carl