SH2-1 The Claw Nebula

[dvj]

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2276/theclaw.jpg

With most telescopes pointed at the Rho-Antaries complex, there is a huge overlooked 5 -degree cloud of hydrogen east of Rho which contains this wonderful dark nebula. This is at 50% resolution.

FSQ
Proline 16803
5nm Bandpass Ha filter
15 x 2400s total exposure time
Paramount ME
Coonabarabran, NSW

[strongmanmike]

Very Cool John :thumbsup:

Love your sub exposure times...I do 300sec subs with the AG12 :lol:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Awesome John!

A fabulous and unique image.

What is the RA and Dec for this one?

Greg.

[Sirius1066]

That is a superb image.

Thanks for sharing.

[dvj]

Hi Greg

16h 48m 42"
-11 48 33

[dvj]

Hi Mike,

yes, they are long, but I am all remote anyway. The data was accumulated over many nights.

j

[dvj]

You are most welcome.

j

[RobF]

Most enjoyable image. Not one I've seen before.

Can't help it though. Not the CRAW (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftgAG3Vnif8)!

[gregbradley]

Exactly what I was thinking Rob!

Greg.

[Martin Pugh]

Very cool John

cheers
Martin

[multiweb]

Terrific shot. My next Ha target for sure. Thanks for pointing it out. :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Very interesting target, John!

[FlashDrive]

John .. that's nice .. ' black wispy filaments ' spanning across quite a large field.... I've never seen that before.....:thumbsup:

Flash :hi:

[Ross G]

Great photo John.

Amazing deatil and contrasts.

Nice composition.

Ross.