Sh2-223 & Sh2-224

[Nicola]

Hello everyone,

it's been a long time since I posted my last image, due to many reasons, the main one having no time to process my frames.
This one is another supoernova remnant (Sh2-224) with a nice emission nebula as neighbour. Sh2-223 in fact was at first thought to be another supernova remnant, but recent studies show that is "just" an emission enbula, despite the regular shape would recall the shock front of a supernova shell.
Dark and emission nebulas at the bottom left of the frame are not obviously physically part of those nebulas.

Here you may find the highres image and technical details of the shoooting session: http://skymonsters.net/immagine.php?img=Sh2-223-224_2.jpg

I very welcome comments and criticisms as usual.

Nicola

[pmrid]

Hi Nicola.
seeing images of this exquisite quality from a BabyQ is enormously encouraging since I have just bought one. May I ask what you have done for a focuser on yours?
Peter

[RickS]

Lovely image, Nicola. Must be a very difficult target!

[dvj]

I love these kinds of targets. Well done :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Yeh, better late than never and this is a great shot Nicola. From an aesthetic point of view I like the contrasty red :thumbsup:

Mike

[whzzz28]

Looks great, never seen these two before. :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

An amazing capture Nicola.

An object I have not seen before.

Thank you.

Ross.

[Nicola]

@pmrid: Thanks! I am using the standard focuser and I put a robofocus system on it.

@RickS: they are pretty tough, as they are barely visible on RGB, only Ha and partly OIII highlight them.

Thanks also to dvj,strongmanmike,whzzz28 and Ross G!! :)

Nicola

[Peter Ward]

Like it.

Difficult subject matter, really well presented.:thumbsup:

[Nicola]

Thank you Peter!