[tornado33]

Hello all
Last night the clouds and rain cleared to reveal a dark sky. It was VERY dewy at first but a cold SW change came through bringing cold and dry conditions.

This is RCW 38, also known as Gum 23, in Vela. 9x10 mins ISO400. MPCC coma corrector and LPS filter used. 90 mins at F3.6 is going fairly deep. Its a faint nebula.

RCW 40 (Gum 25) is just visible bottom left. I didnt initially notice it on the subs. If I did I could have recomposed the pic to fit it in better.

The southern sky has a lot of pretty little gems in it like this.
Scott