Gum 15

[atalas]

Hi All

This shot of GUM 15 is one of many an interesting emission & reflection nebula to be found in the constellation Vela.

Although only 2 hours of data was captured It was still enough to show the rich dusty region quite well.

Telescope: FSQ106N
Camera: SXVF-M25C
Guide: QHY5/FS60c
Mount: AP600E
Exposures: 12 x 10 minutes
Location: Coonabarabran,N.S.W,Australia

For those who are interested: http://www.atalas.net/components/com_expose/showpic.html?img=expose/img/img_1235535424_358_lg.jpg&caption=GUM%2015&date=&location=

[jase]

Super image Louie. I like the subtle hints of blue reflection from dust particles. Reminds me of the Flaming Star nebula or Ced90. Good colours on display. Well done.

[gregbradley]

Great shot Louie.

Greg.

[RB]

Wow beautiful image Louie.
Lovely subtle colours and detail.

[glenc]

Great detail and an interesting object too Louie. :thumbsup: Gum 15 is also called Cederblad 106n and RCW 32. The open cluster is NGC 2671.

[AlexN]

Interesting object to image Louie..

I like the darker dusty sections, very good detail indeed.

Alex.

[Kevnool]

Lovely image louie.....cheers kev.

[seeker372011]

superb-worth the drive to Coona I'd say :)

and great choice of target-

[bloodhound31]

I've never seen that before. Fascinating cloud, well captured.

Baz.

[renormalised]

Nice piccie...well done:)

[gregbradley]

Did you travel all the way to Coonabarrabran to image?

What's that - a 7 hour trip one way?

Is Coona... a lot superior to other dark sites you have imaged at?

Wow.

Greg.

[Ric]

Wonderful image Louie, you've captured some real depth in that one.

Cheers

[atalas]

Jase,Greg,RB,Glen,Alex,Kev,Narayan, Baz,Renormalised and Ric,thanks so much for the interest and the kind words guys! a most interesting region.

[atalas]

Glen,thanks for the extra info ! I really couldn't find much on this object at all...such a great object,I didn't think It would be over looked. :shrug:

[atalas]

Greg,5.5 hours from Bankstown and I always enjoy the drive mate.

I've had quite good seeing most of the times I made the trip up to Coonabarabran mate,I guess that's why I keep going back.

[glenc]

Louie, there is some info here http://galaxymap.org/cgi-bin/details.py?id=25200&t=hii&s=4_p25.0xp30.5&name=Gum%2015

[Bassnut]

Nice Louie, detailed and tight as.........dunno about the umm, sort of bright brown background tho...

[atalas]

Thanks Glen...that's actually the only source of info I found on GUM 15.

[atalas]

Thanks Fred....the dust is real so I didn't want to eliminate It because of low signal.