ngc4372 and the Dark Doodad from Atacama

[APO_Team]

Hi everyone !


A new picture... to celebrate holidays :)
It is located in the Musca constellation, one of the southest constellation in the sky.
The bright star is Gamma Muscae and the globular cluster close to it is ngc4372. A nice dark nebula underlines the duet :thumbsup:


Technical informations:
- APO observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Alain Maury's Space Obs
- Takahashi TOA 150 lens
- mini-OHP mount with MCMT
- Apogee Alta U16M camera at -20°C
- Astrodon LRGB Gen2 filters
- L=24x20' and R=G=B=6x20'
- shooting, guiding and preprocess: PRISM v9
- process: IRIS, PRISM v9 & CS6


Full version: http://www.atacama-photographic-observatory.com/photos/ngc4372.jpg (http://www.nightpixels.net/photos_as/dark_doodad_mouche_APO.jpg)


Bye bye, and enjoy summer !!! ;)
APO_Team

[rustigsmed]

WOW - that full res is like you're there! Could look at that for ages! but I think I need a WAAAAAY bigger monitor ;)

I have no idea how you managed to shrink that down to attach as a 200kb!!

Thanks for Sharing!

Russ

[AstroJason]

Wow indeed, look at that! What a fantastic image and from a place I would like to visit one day. Love the 3D effect the Dark Doodad gives, floating in space, in front of those background stars. Lots of dust out there that you have captured nicely, I really like the colour you have brought out in the fainter dust regions. Top stuff!

[Paul Haese]

Huge image with heaps of resolution. Excellent image, great colour.

[Peter Ward]

Simply sublime.

This is the best rendition of this object I have seen to date.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Agreed. This is stunning.

[topheart]

A dazzling dark doodad!!

Cheers,
Tim

[erick]

Gorgeous! :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Stunning high res. Great colors and depth. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Geoff45]

That's just jaw dropping! Beautifully done.
Geoff

[jase]

A first class image. Exceptional.

[APO_Team]

Thank you all guys ! :) Pleased you enjoy !
Did I say it is a 2 pictures panorama ? Don't think so... It is ;)

See you soon
APO_Team - Tom

[Slawomir]

Wow! This is a GREAT image! :thumbsup: