Clearish skies at last. After seeing images from Rick and Paul I thought I'd give this a try. This is NGC6559 The Leaping Dolphin Nebula. Actually I just made that up as the red nebula to the right looks a bit like a dolphin leaping out of the blue reflection nebula. It is also the toes of Bigfoot near M8.
NGC 6559 is a star forming region located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Sagittarius, showing both emission (red) and reflection (bluish) regions.
Details: GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, 305 x 30 seconds, Baader Semi-Apo and Astronomik CLS filters, Baader MPCC MKIII, HEQ5 Pro unguided, Pentax K-5.
Because I use an unmodified camera, the region lacks some extended Ha, though I like the colours that are there. The mixture of emission and reflection nebula I find quite attractive.
A bit bigger --->
http://astrob.in/193371/0/ but don't look too close. It's a bit warty.
