A Jewel in HII

[dvj]

Warning. This is a grayscale image.

Here's my latest on the Jewel Box cluster. 12 x 2400s, 5nm HII filter with the FSQ from Coonabarabran.

Probably one of my best of this object and maybe one of the best I have ever seen. But wait........ there's a little more going on here than meets the eye..................:rofl:

Spoiler alert:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/87525/0/

[strongmanmike]

The Southern Cross has never looked so cool :thumbsup:

Fair bit of stuff in there huh? :eyepop:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Amazing. I had no idea there was so much background Ha in that area. New ground there.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

The full res image is the go. Lots more going on indeed.

[dvj]

Hi Paul, I'll be posting the full res to Gigapan soon. It's so detailed, I have to re-do some of the small nebula that are burned out in this version. The Jewel box segment give you an idea of the native res. :-)




Indeed Greg! I've uncovered some amazing fields from UK Schmidt Ha plates that I will be going after.



A fair bit mate. I have always loved this piece of southern sky and wanted to render the Coalsack in a way not seen before. At least not by amateurs.

[dvj]

High Pass, inverted view of the filamentary structure surrounding the Coalsack.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/87920/0/

[strongmanmike]

Sure that's not a dvj B&W version of the CMB :question:

Amazing really

Mike

[RickS]

Very cool. Amazing what shows up in really long integrations.