Resembling a swooping Klingon Bird of Prey, this pretty open star cluster is located in Vela.
(and there are very few star clusters in Vela!)
IC 2395 is sillhouetted against an Ha rich background and surrounded by shockwaves of ionised oxygen from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova some 11,000 years ago.
This is a young stellar cluster being between 6 and 18 million years old.
Based on its young age and distance, it is possible that IC 2395 is part of the Vela OB1C stellar association.
The brightest member of the cluster has mag 5.53, and its bluest main sequence star is of spectral type B5.
LRGB was captured with my gear, on location at my mate's rural dark site on a NUC, using Voyager, amazing software!
HA & O3 NB data was collected via the recently released and now rock solid Stellarmate 1.6.2, from my bortle 7 suburban backyard in Melbourne.
Not many (any?) detailed HaO3LRGB images of this cluster online, so please enjoy this overlooked gem on
ASTROBIN
C&C welcome as always
