Dragon Head Nebula NGC2035 near LMC / Broadband LRGB

[dylan_odonnell]

Very small target, and a new one for me. Imaged tonight on a whim after a strong northerly scuttled all chances of getting anything near Orion regions / North. I used the clam-shell of the sky shed pod as a wind break and imaged south which worked great.

30 x 3m L / QHY9m
15 x 3m RGB / QHY12

Celestron 9.25" Edge HD / F6.3 FR / CGX Mount

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[Atmos]

That's really nice Dylan :) I recognise the region on the lower left :)
Do you have a higher red somewhere?

[dylan_odonnell]

Thanks Colin!

Higher res version here : http://deography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/STACK-L-RGB.jpg

I'm most happy with the star colour separation as the whole field alternates between blue and orange stars quite vividly.

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[topheart]

Fabulous!
Cheers,
Tim

[Placidus]

Hi, Dylan,

Don't think we've ever seen this in natural colour before. You've shown it to be in a very pretty field, with beautiful star colours. Lovely.

To us, the most prominent feature in narrowband is the pair of espresso coffee cups, on saucers, containing very black coffee, and seen from directly above. One, strong in OIII and therefore blue in your image, is half-way up and a third of the way in from the left. It contains a single bright star, like a drop of thick cream, that no doubt sculpted the cavity around it.

The other, strong in H-alpha and therefore red in your image, came out a bit less obviously a coffee cup in natural colour. It's about a quarter way down from the top, and a third of the way in from the right, and contains several stars in the blackness.

[dylan_odonnell]

Thanks Placidus!

Maybe it should be the coffee cup nebula :) I certainly needed a few today.

I'm totally unfamiliar with what I'm looking at and would love to know what that circular nebula is on the left. Astrometry.net overlaps the HD and NGC number so I can't read it and am having trouble solving in PI too. Anyone know what the designation is for that by any chance?

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[Placidus]

I believe the blue coffee cup (on the left) is NGC 2020 (https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1335/) and the red one is NGC 2014.

Best,
Mike

[dylan_odonnell]

Thank you Mike!

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[cometcatcher]

Fascinating field with multiple objects of interest and you have captured it very nicely.

[strongmanmike]

I like this field Dylan, an enjoyable view :thumbsup:

Mike

[Andy01]

Looks great Dylan. :thumbsup:
I've not seen too many broadband versions of this and yours is lovely.

This chart may be a helpful reference - http://cloudsofmagellan.net.au/lmc/lmcchart5lbl.pdf
It's a good website too :)

[mountainjoo]

I like this region Dylan, and the colours are great.

[dylan_odonnell]

Hey thanks guys!

Thanks for that chart too Andy, I didn't realise how much extra stuff is in this region if the focal length is long enough.

Here's another I caught from the same general area .. NGC 1769, also in broadband LRGB. Really striking though a bit softer/noisier than the other with slightly more aggressive stretching.

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[Paul Haese]

Well done Dylan. I really like the colour balance, very natural looking.

[gregbradley]

Very nice images Dylan. Love the colour.

Greg.