The Toby Jug - IC2220

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

I have always really loved this small but beautiful nebula in Carina, ever since seeing David Malins version all those years ago...but strangely this is the first time I have imaged it

IC2220 is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by a star called HD 65750, a red giant star about 5 times more massive than our Sun, you can read all about her HERE
The nebula sits in a complex region of very faint molecular dust too.

The seeing wasn't particularly kind to me on either night but I think all in all it came together reasonably ok in the end.

Toby Jug Nebula (100% res crop)

Full Frame

Huge faint outer halo and Milky Way dust (high contrast stretch)

All imaging/capture details are under each image.

The Toby Jug shape was first coined by David Malin, Paul Murdin and David Allen when they noticed the strong resemblance to the once popular china jugs
...I see the Toby Jug but in the full frame orientation it reminds me of a Golden Orb Weaving Spider.

Cheers
Mike

[topheart]

A fantastic jewel that I have never seen imaged before!

Very well done Mike!!
Cheers,
Tim

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nice one Mike. Often thought of doing this one myself but I've never got round to it.

Cheers

Steve

[RickS (Rick)]

Excellent image, Mike. I love the way it glows.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Compares well with the ESO VLT shot. All the little flocculent patches match!

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Lovely. I wasn't aware of this one - yellow reflection nebulosity certainly provides something different to the usual reds, blues and cyans. Only one I'd seen before was the obvious Rho Oph.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by topheart

A fantastic jewel that I have never seen imaged before!

Very well done Mike!!
Cheers,
Tim

Great to hear Tim, always nice to be able to share something fresh

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nice one Mike. Often thought of doing this one myself but I've never got round to it.

Cheers

Steve

Yeah, everytime I ahve seen a shot of it I have thought, I must image that!....

Originally Posted by RickS

Excellent image, Mike. I love the way it glows.

Cheers,
Rick.

Cheers Rick, the outer orb weaver legs are quite faint.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Compares well with the ESO VLT shot. All the little flocculent patches match!

Yes, not many examples to compare with out there but from what I could find I am very happy with my result on this, as always better seeing would have helped buuuut ain't that a broken record

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Lovely. I wasn't aware of this one - yellow reflection nebulosity certainly provides something different to the usual reds, blues and cyans. Only one I'd seen before was the obvious Rho Oph.

Cheers Troy, yes Yellow reflection nebs are indeed a little rarer than the more common blue but worth the effort

Mike

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

excellent as usual Mike!
don't usually see the faint extensions like that too - they've come up nicely

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

excellent as usual Mike!
don't usually see the faint extensions like that too - they've come up nicely

Yeah I was happy with seeing those too

Mike

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Thanks for coming up with a nice unusual object Mike. Works very well the way the illumination creates a golden glow across the image.

[gvanhau (Geert)]

Very nice ressult on this one

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nice details and colors. The only other shot of it I remember is Jo Cauchi's 16". He's imaged it a couple of time. It's a very cool target.

[h0ughy (David)]

wonderful shot love the details. hey Scott Alder managed to get a shot of this back in 2008 so press here for some time travel

[alpal]

Great shot Mike - nice to see something different.

cheers
Allan

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Mum & Dad used to have a jug just like this one! It was very cool and I loved it, just like this shot!

[tornado33]

That's also the deepest Toby Jug i've seen, is that interstellar dust I can see extending off the bottom of full frame pic?

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I have always really loved this small but beautiful nebula in Carina, ever since seeing David Malins version all those years ago...but strangely this is the first time I have imaged it

IC2220 is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by a star called HD 65750, a red giant star about 5 times more massive than our Sun, you can read all about her HERE
The nebula sits in a complex region of very faint molecular dust too.

The seeing wasn't particularly kind to me on either night but I think all in all it came together reasonably ok in the end.

Toby Jug Nebula (100% res crop)

Full Frame

All imaging/capture details are under each image.

The Toby Jug shape was first coined by David Malin, Paul Murdin and David Allen when they noticed the strong resemblance to the once popular china jugs
...I see the Toby Jug but in the full frame orientation it reminds me of a Golden Orb Weaving Spider.

Cheers
Mike

Lovely image Mike! Imaging at higher resolution open up a plethora of objects out there! I knew the name of this object but always wander what was about, thanks for clarifying with your drawing example, now I can see the old jug with a spider on it too

Cheers
Marco

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Thanks for coming up with a nice unusual object Mike. Works very well the way the illumination creates a golden glow across the image.

Cheers Rodney, yes it is that amazing glow that I was hoping to show

Originally Posted by gvanhau

Very nice ressult on this one

Thanks Geert

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very nice details and colors. The only other shot of it I remember is Jo Cauchi's 16". He's imaged it a couple of time. It's a very cool target.

Thanks Marc, yes I think I have seen Joe's image..

Originally Posted by h0ughy

wonderful shot love the details. hey Scott Alder managed to get a shot of this back in 2008 so press here for some time travel

Yes I recall Scott's work Dave, cheers.

Originally Posted by alpal

Great shot Mike - nice to see something different.

cheers
Allan

I've been doing a few less imaged objects lately, guess it is only the natural course of things for someone who has been recording the heavens for 34 years now Al

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Mum & Dad used to have a jug just like this one! It was very cool and I loved it, just like this shot!

Thanks Marcus

Originally Posted by tornado33

That's also the deepest Toby Jug i've seen, is that interstellar dust I can see extending off the bottom of full frame pic?

Cheers Scotty and yes there is lots of Milky Way dust in the frame but also under a high contrast stretch it is very clear that the main nebula actually has a huge faint outer halo

Originally Posted by marco

Lovely image Mike! Imaging at higher resolution open up a plethora of objects out there! I knew the name of this object but always wander what was about, thanks for clarifying with your drawing example, now I can see the old jug with a spider on it too

Cheers
Marco

Thanks Marco, glad my Michelangelo quality art work and vivid imagination were helpful

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Have never seen this before in a photograph. It's an excellent little nebula and beautifully presented.
Very nicely done Mike.

Trev

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Excellent Mike!. Different. Diffraction spikes are a bit intrusive, small niggle, presentation is spot on.