A Jewel in HII

[dvj (John)]

Warning. This is a grayscale image.

Here's my latest on the Jewel Box cluster. 12 x 2400s, 5nm HII filter with the FSQ from Coonabarabran.

Probably one of my best of this object and maybe one of the best I have ever seen. But wait........ there's a little more going on here than meets the eye..................

Spoiler alert:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/87525/0/

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

The Southern Cross has never looked so cool

Fair bit of stuff in there huh?

Mike

[gregbradley]

Amazing. I had no idea there was so much background Ha in that area. New ground there.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

The full res image is the go. Lots more going on indeed.

[dvj (John)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

The full res image is the go. Lots more going on indeed.

Hi Paul, I'll be posting the full res to Gigapan soon. It's so detailed, I have to re-do some of the small nebula that are burned out in this version. The Jewel box segment give you an idea of the native res. :-)

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Amazing. I had no idea there was so much background Ha in that area. New ground there.

Greg.

Indeed Greg! I've uncovered some amazing fields from UK Schmidt Ha plates that I will be going after.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

The Southern Cross has never looked so cool

Fair bit of stuff in there huh?

Mike

A fair bit mate. I have always loved this piece of southern sky and wanted to render the Coalsack in a way not seen before. At least not by amateurs.

[dvj (John)]

High Pass, inverted view of the filamentary structure surrounding the Coalsack.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/87920/0/

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by dvj

High Pass, inverted view of the filamentary structure surrounding the Coalsack.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/87920/0/

Sure that's not a dvj B&W version of the CMB

Amazing really

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Very cool. Amazing what shows up in really long integrations.