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There is one RED object that all too often forgotten about, but is without rival as a DSO with unmistakable colour - the Homunculus nebula.
Its distinct red-orange colour is noticeable through binoculars. With a scope its mottled structure is not only visible but so too is the variation in its red-orange hue, in the lobes and the tutu of material coming out from between the two lobes. So distinct and remarkable that all of this does not need a dark sky to see it.
The sketch below was done using my 9" Mak from my home in Sydney. It is an early attempt of mine in working out the technical challenges this particular object presents to me as it is so far removed from anything else in the night sky.
Alex.
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