[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

That qualifies as a dirty picture.. cough.. cough.. cough..
Very cool though. Quite a challenge to process faint stuff in widefields.

It is indeed a challenge to image faint stuff, careful stretching is the trickiest bit, gradients too but luckily they actually weren't too bad in this case.

Originally Posted by atalas

...is very good

Thanks Louie

Originally Posted by DJT

Noice! Certainly different at this time of year.

Yes, not imaged often at all Dave

Originally Posted by Bart

Crikey, Mikey! That is very nice!

Glad you like it Bart

Originally Posted by RickS

Love it, Mike I've always wanted to do part of this cloud.

Cheers Ricki, I probably should have waited a couple of months and imaged it moving into the other side of the meridian as that would have put it further out of the Canberra light dome...buuuut I was impatient

Originally Posted by Andy01

A compelling and fascinating image - makes one realize that star forming regions arn't always bright nebs.
Is that due to age? Gravitational forces? Hmmmm....
Sooooo much dust - now I've washed my face I can really appreciate the huge scale, given what you have already shown us with previous, well known targets.
IMO this is a bit of amateur science, far more than just a pretty picture (which it is as well)

These sorts of areas make me think of the stuff we are all made of and how it was before it all evolved into us over billions of years.....and what we will all eventually be part of again billions of years from now.....ready to make new us's

Originally Posted by Placidus

Both deep and meaningful! I'm guessing it's broadly like the Pleiades, or Rho Ophiuchii, but with no extra-bright blue stars immediately nearby to light it up, just a general ghostly glow. Superbly executed and processed.

Best,
MBJ

Thanks M&T and I imagine you are right

Mike