Thanks everyone for the comments.
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Originally Posted by RobF
Fantastic image Paul. Had a read up as not so familiar with this one. Interesting the Wikipedia article emphasises the neb is largely blown off hydrogen, while the dolphin's head its seems very strong in oxygen lines.
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Yes that is an interesting point and perhaps Wikipedia needs a bit of an update. The OIII filter is nearly all the detail. There is some Ha visible but most of it is background brightness from the surrounding Ha and Hb.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Like CG4, this object is one of the coolest looking in the sky, a very nice shot of it too, I like the starry brightness, it gleams
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Yeah true, I guess amongst the Nebula it is certainly one of the coolest. Though I would add Rho Ophiuchi, the Eagle Nebula or the Angle hair nebula (NGC2170) in that mix too. The universe's use of gravity and the other laws of physics produces some interesting looking oddities.