Thanks everyone for the kind comments!
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Originally Posted by astroron
You have got a nice view of McNeils variable Nebula, it is just to the left of the nearly vertical double star at the top of the nebula.
This nebula is visible in amateur telescopes of 8" and above when at it's brightest.Information here
It was discovered by an amateur astronomer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNeil's_Nebula
Beautiful image Andy.
Cheers  |
Ron, thanks for the heads-up! I vaguely recall reading about this, sounds like it's an object worth monitoring from year to year, a glimpse of star and nebula that was only found in 2004, interesting story.
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Originally Posted by LewisM
I have a psychopathic obsession with M78.... so much so it is my Astromart user name etc  Just the most delightful object in the sky IMHO.
I love M78 - have I said that? |
It's worth loving, Lewis, and a nice scene you have there! It is quite different in texture from a lot of other nebulae.
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Originally Posted by Atmos
Looks really good Andy! Perhaps a little flat but that could very well be from 2 hours of luminance |
May well be my processing
I've attached a dirty slightly more stretched version, darkening the shadows - what do you think, is that closer to the shading you were thinking of? Going harder on the stretching does stress the limited data though.