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atalas
23-02-2014, 12:15 PM
Hi guys

Image number two for 2014 is IC 2631(The Chameleon Cloud)aka SED 112.

Shot from the dark skies of Coonabarabran,Australia last new moon.

Telescope: BabyQ

Camera: ML 8300

Exposures: Lum:22 x 10min/RGB:7 x 10min each channel

Software: AA5/CS6

Info copied from Wikipedia:

IC 2631 (also known as Ced 112) is a reflection nebula visible in the constellation of the Chameleon .

It locates in the northern part of the constellation, about 3 ° northeast of the star δ Chamaeleontis , fourth magnitude , lies on the edge of the hull and on the northern edge of a dark nebula extended to some degree, whose presence can be detected by the absence of background stars in his direction. Its declination is strongly austral, to the point that it can be observed almost exclusively from the regions of ' Southern Hemisphere terrestrial, although it is visible very low on ' horizon , even a few degrees north of the ' equator .

IC 2631 is a reflection nebula brightest part of the cloud of Chameleon , a molecular cloud in which they place the phenomena of star formation creating low-mass stars, this cloud is of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and dwarf brown . [4] The star responsible for the lighting of the gas in the direction of IC 2631 is a young star HD 97300, it is a T Tauri star with emission in the ' infrared , to the point that it also has the initials Ced 112 IRS 3. This star is part of the Chamaeleon T1, a group of T Tauri stars physically linked to the cloud Chamaeleon I, in which they were formed; [5] this cloud, which is the most northerly section of the Cloud's Chameleon, is the one that presents the increased activity of star formation, the whole system of which it forms part nebulous.

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Hope you enjoy and of cause all comments and suggestions welcome.

alpal
23-02-2014, 12:24 PM
Very nice image Louie.

RickS
23-02-2014, 12:27 PM
Very cool, Louie! I like the dusty ones.

gregbradley
23-02-2014, 12:36 PM
I like these widefields with brown dust and blue reflection nebs around bright star objects (there aren't that many).

Very nicely done.

Greg.

SkyViking
23-02-2014, 06:41 PM
A superb image of this colourful and interesting area. Very well done!

h0ughy
23-02-2014, 08:31 PM
lots of dust - fantastic result

multiweb
24-02-2014, 10:55 AM
Wow! That's awesome. Dark skies paid off big time for this one. :thumbsup:

allan gould
24-02-2014, 05:48 PM
Great image Louie and excellent processing.

Bassnut
24-02-2014, 06:51 PM
The dark dust stick out, and the blue bits really make it pop, well processed, a pleasure to view.

Peter Ward
24-02-2014, 07:15 PM
A pox-on and curse your dark skies! :)

Just kidding. Wow. Very impressive. In fact one of best images I've seen this year from Oz based crew. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

atalas
24-02-2014, 08:09 PM
Hey thanks very much guys!I very much appreciate the feedback....needs more data though, and tighter focus I thought,still we can be our own worst critics sometimes I guess.

RickC
25-02-2014, 04:22 PM
Louie, this is really excellent, I haven't seen this area before

Richard

atalas
26-02-2014, 05:26 PM
Hi Richard,thanks mate....missed you last month.

Ross G
02-03-2014, 01:19 AM
Hi Louie,

What a beautiful photo.

I love the delicate detail and smooth colours.

Great composition.

One of your best.

Ross.

atalas
02-03-2014, 10:02 AM
Hi and thanks Ross.