Been a tad busy writing/marking exams and reports this past month but thought that I'd join the party and throw in my two bobs worth. So here are five of my favourite emission nebulae.
Gum 85 (Sh 2-54) - occasionally called the 'Nested Egg' nebula.
The first image was taken by the 8.5 metre GMOS telescope in Chile as my prize for winning this year's Gemini Telescope Competition for amateur astronomers. The other image is over processed but is the culmination of my first serious attempt at imaging Gum85. The star cluster to the right of Gum 85 is NGC 6604.
NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet
NGC 3372 Eta Carina
NGC 2024 Flame Nebula
NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula
Paul
Last edited by pfitzgerald; 30-11-2013 at 11:58 AM.
NGC 6559 in Saggitarius
NGC 2244 Rosette
NGC 6334 Cats Paw
NGC 6188 Fighting Dragons of Shaula
NGC 6357 Lobster
Love some of the others mentioned above. But having seen them so often it's nice to consider and reflect on some of these less well known & imaged ones.
This was such a fun idea Glen. Its been great reading everyone's favorites and its given me ideas for new targets to try and see. So thanks for initiating it!
Judith
