IC447 & Company

[Leonardo70]

Hello forum, new image from my setup.

IC 4472169 (it is also known as Dreyer's Nebula) is a reflection nebula located in Monoceros, the unicorn. It is thought to be part of the huge cloud of dust and gas that includes the far more famous emission and dark nebula known as the Cone Nebula as well as the Christmas Tree open star cluster and the Fox Fur Nebula. If so it is about 2700 light years distant, considerably further away than the nearby Orion Nebula complex.

http://www.starkeeper.it/IC447.htm

A great night with a rare zodiacal light view for this places:
http://www.starkeeper.it/LuceZodiacale.htm

Thanks for looking.

All the best,
Leo

[allan gould]

That Tak refractor of yours gives a sublime image - really impressive and nicely processed as well.
Allan

[Regulus]

A very nice image.

[gregbradley]

A wonderful wide field. Love the star colours and the star field.

Greg.

[Leonardo70]

Thank you so much, the Taka is a wonderful scope. It make all easy to do.

All the best,
Leo

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo of a beautiful object Leo.

Great colour.

Ross.

[Leonardo70]

Thank you so much Ross.

All the best,
Leo

[strongmanmike]

Great field and lovely colours Leo, very nice job :thumbsup:

Mike