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Old 11-06-2017, 01:59 PM
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Strange Bedfellows - IC 4628 & NGC 6231 in Ha

Strange bedfellows indeed.

This pair of objects are linked by clouds of Ha, but appear as wildly differing shapes with a cometary globule at the top and the famous Prawn below.

Two panel mosaic with the bottom data captured almost exactly a year ago and the top captured last night under (and almost next to) a full moon resulting in another trip to gradient city.

Average seeing & some thin cloud meant the two data sets are a challenge to process as one.

I plan to eventually add RGB to this but not until under a dark sky again!
Also tempted to add another panel or two to the right to include the infamous WOLF'S HEAD nebula.

Approx 6 hrs per panel, 30min subs Astrodon 3nm Ha
Captured from suburban Melbourne.

Big one HERE
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