The Kangaroo Nebula

[gregbradley]

This is a crop and I call this the Kangaroo Nebula as it looks like one.

5nm Astrodon Ha filter, Planewave CDK17 at F4.5, FLI Proline 16803

2 hours 30 minutes.

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...36380707/large

Where do you think it is?

Greg.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Where do you think it is?

There is always a bigger sledgehammer.

Your field is at (RA, Dec) = (270.668, -24.409) degrees and spans 16.58 x 12.69 arcminutes.

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Andrew

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

I knew where it was straight away, in M8, bet Marc did too

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I knew where it was straight away, in M8, bet Marc did too

Actually I didn't. But now you've mentioned it I feel the urge to give it another go.
Cool shot Greg. You can't go wrong with M8.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

There is always a bigger sledgehammer.

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Andrew

Good on you Andrew.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I knew where it was straight away, in M8, bet Marc did too

Yes you and Andrew have both won first prize which is 2 clear nights over the next 6 months!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Actually I didn't. But now you've mentioned it I feel the urge to give it another go.
Cool shot Greg. You can't go wrong with M8.

Thanks Marc. I have the M8 image in Ha. Its pretty deep. Sitting on it for now to make sure the processing is OK. Its different.

Greg.

[Ross G]

It's just a "Skip" from the Emu..!


Ross.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Ross G

It's just a "Skip" from the Emu..!


Ross.

Hehe Yes. I was looking at it again and thinking it looks more like a possum.

Greg.