I have always really loved this small but beautiful nebula in Carina, ever since seeing David Malins version all those years ago...but strangely this is the first time I have imaged it
IC2220 is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by a star called HD 65750, a red giant star about 5 times more massive than our Sun, you can read all about her
HERE
The nebula sits in a complex region of very faint molecular dust too.
The seeing wasn't particularly kind to me on either night but I think all in all it came together reasonably ok in the end.
Toby Jug Nebula (100% res crop)
Full Frame
Huge faint outer halo and Milky Way dust (high contrast stretch)
All imaging/capture details are under each image.
The Toby Jug shape was first coined by David Malin, Paul Murdin and David Allen when they noticed the strong resemblance to the once
popular china jugs
...I see the Toby Jug but in the full frame orientation it reminds me of a
Golden Orb Weaving Spider.
Cheers
Mike