Like a soaring eagle rising up to an egg in it's nest, here we have the famous M16 Eagle, soaring up past open cluster NGC 6604 towards Sh2-54 top right.
The bright nebula within is Gum-85. The ring around it is Gum-84.
Together, they are called the "nested egg" nebula.
The cluster below is NGC6604. M16 is of course bottom of frame.
High res
HERE
11x1800 secs 5nm Ha
7x1800secs 5nm O3
9x1800secs 5nm S2
RGB stars 15x60secs RG&B
Mapped S2HaO3 and tweaked in PS & Startools.
Taken with the QSI8300wsg8 on the Stellarvue SV70T
It's taken almost two months to enjoy 2-3 clear nights over Melbourne.
This has been been the wettest, cloudiest winter I can remember
Not too many NB images of this region around, (actually I couldn't find any!).
I was hoping to find another to compare to as there's not much O3 present around SH2-54 in my data.
Anyway, as always C&C welcome
