Havn't t seen too many images of this, in fact I'd never heard of it before an ASV colleague posted a nice rgb pic of the region, so I thought I'd try it in Narrowband from home as 'her indoors would kill me if I went bush at Christmas time
No idea why, but this also known as the "Skull 'n Crossbones" nebula - can you see them, stuffed if I can. RGB stars to follow soon (hopefully).
2 hrs each of Ha, OIII and Sii, 20 min subs - really pushing the limits of the EQ6 mount but pretty happy with the result. There's a HST version (Blue) and a HNO version (red), think I prefer the HST but interested in which you think looks better?
High res here ...
http://www.astrobin.com/143447/
Once again, this is done using the Tone Mapping technique - which works well for me anyway. Details here ...
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com.au/2009/04/neaic.html
Hope you like it too, thanks for looking, feedback welcome
Taken from my suburban backyard on a rare clear night in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Cheers,
Andy