Star field inside the tail of Scorpio

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hallelujah it's a new image .....

I went a little off the beaten track this time and shot a nice open cluster and quite faint surrounding nebulosity inside the tail of Scorpio.

Here is the Full Frame

Here is a crop of the open cluster NGC 6281

Not a super dooper wowy object and a difficult one from the burbs but I hope you like it none the less

Mike

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's a sweet little cluster that one.
It's great to be out amongst it again isn't it.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hallelujah it's a new image .....

I went a little off the beaten track this time and shot a nice open cluster and quite faint surrounding nebulosity inside the tail of Scorpio.

Here is the Full Frame

Here is a crop of the open cluster NGC 6281

Not a super dooper wowy object and a difficult one from the burbs but I hope you like it none the less

Mike

its full of gas

[Paul Haese]

Looks nice Mike, good blend of the Ha with the RGB. I like the whispy black dust areas. Great stuff.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice Mike, looks really good!

[John Hothersall]

Such a rich area gas everywhere, great start for the winters imaging onslaught.

John.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nicely done Mike - an amazing amount of nebulosity there. Makes me want to do a mosaic with the recent NGC 6231 shot I took.

Cheers

Steve

[cybereye (Mario)]

Mike,

A very nice image and I love the cropped image!

Cheers,
Mario

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great shot. I love the field colors and variety. Really nice.

[stardust steve (Steve)]

Wow great. I looked at this cluster last night and even got a 1.6 seconds of glory image . Great to see what it really comes up like. More clusters please

[allan gould]

Mike
Of all the images I've seen recently, this says to me we are not alone.
Stunning.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

What's this not "wowy" bizzo?! That's a great image Mike! Lovely composition, lovely colour. Annd it's RGB too! ... niiice!

Yeah OK, I'd probably pump up the neb a bit more, but that's just me.

Cheers, Marcus

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Cheers men (...and JJJ )

Funny, when I was trying to decide on what to image I was originally going for a field right next to this that would have put the Bug Nebula in one corner ala my Fighting Dragons but the nebulosity in most of that section is very faint and I wasn't sure if the composition would look that good, my time is precious and I get out so rarely these days that I decided not to risk it and moved slightly to this field because the cluster was in it....anyway I was happy with the field correction and little dot stars that I got, when I move back to Canberra thsi scope is going under dark skies 100% for sure

Mike

[trent_julie]

Mike,
This is a lovely region and you have done it the justice it deserves. The colours are superb.

Trent

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by trent_julie

Mike,
This is a lovely region and you have done it the justice it deserves. The colours are superb.

Trent

Thanks Trent, not one of the showcases of the sky but sometimes star fields and gas are worth doing, sure are quite a few more up there this time of year too

Mike

[DJT (David)]

Hi Mike

Great framing with the cluster and neb. Nice to see something not named after an item on a menu..though not sure about cats paw..

[TrevorW]

I see what you mean by the region being rich

nice one

[telemarker (Keith)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

when I move back to Canberra

Eh?

Can't comment on the image though (blocked at work).

Regards
Keith

[Rob_K]

Amazing image Mike, but what's with this "Scorpio" business? Are you having a lend of us?

Cheers -

[Martin Pugh]

You've blended the Ha well there Mike - just the right flavour for me.

cheers
Martin