Something different - Orion's Finger

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

My last image and first with the new Starlightxpress Trius814 Pro camera, was accumulated back in Oct/Nov, but sadly, it was the one year anniversary of the death of our son Ben in December, so things were a little somber and saw my wife and I do some cathartic travelling during December, including tracing Bens last days .

This data was collected over three nights during January under good to acceptable seeing conditions but some thin high cloud and sky/aurora glow, caused a little annoyance a couple of times.

Over many years now, when viewing wider field shots of M42, my eye has often been drawn to this finger shaped bit of nebula. A regular thought over the years has been "I've never seen a close up shot of this cool little globule, I should shoot it one day." ...so, fiiiinally, ta daaah!

This intriguing but quite faint ghostly feature, is a small (approx. 12' X 4') globule of dusty emission nebula, located right next to the Great Nebula in Orion, a distant outer bluish filament of which, extends down from the top in this framing.

I have never seen an image of just this feature before, so, where is it?...(see attached wide field by Miguel Claro)

Orions Finger:

AstroBin

Flickr (click on image to enlarge)

Pbase

Hope seeing something different is enjoyable

Mike

[TrevorW]

Yeah man, give it to them, nice one

[Leo.G (Leo)]

They are crisp Mike, beautiful images.
Soon it's going to be too cold to go out where you are though I do remember the snow shots last year so I guess not.
It dropped to 5C here last night, strangest summer weather ever.....

[Startrek (Martin)]

Mike,
Super image of a rare structure , never seen this one before
Some time to reflect ……,
Well done !!
Best
Martone

[Dave882 (David)]

Ha I love it Mike! Definitely a different take on a well-imaged region. You’ve presented some detail I’ve never noticed before and I love the framing!!

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

To get that close and that crisp takes some doing. I've never looked at this before. Wonderful

[h0ughy (David)]

nice finger, lady finger - its more like a banana, or bent, bentspoke fueled ?

Very nice

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Yeah man, give it to them, nice one

Cheers Trev

Originally Posted by Leo.G

They are crisp Mike, beautiful images.
Soon it's going to be too cold to go out where you are though I do remember the snow shots last year so I guess not.
It dropped to 5C here last night, strangest summer weather ever.....

Cold? COLD? never too cold! I'm a cold weather machiiiiine ...ah those crisp cold clear evenings at 1.5km up , bring it it ooooon baaaby! ....

Originally Posted by Startrek

Mike,
Super image of a rare structure , never seen this one before
Some time to reflect ……,
Well done !!
Best
Martone

Thnaks Martone, might see some more shots of it from now on hope so

Originally Posted by Dave882

Ha I love it Mike! Definitely a different take on a well-imaged region. You’ve presented some detail I’ve never noticed before and I love the framing!!

Cheers Dave, bit of leisurely imaging up the mountain

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

To get that close and that crisp takes some doing. I've never looked at this before. Wonderful

Thanks so much Paulie

Originally Posted by h0ughy

nice finger, lady finger - its more like a banana, or bent, bentspoke fueled ?

Very nice

Well to be honest, it's pretty obvious what the elephant in the room thinks it looks like.... In fact, Angie wanted me to call it the Willy Nebula

Mike

[AdamJL]

haha this is cool. Definitely great to see a different image from this region!

[gregbradley]

An interesting object!

Nicely processed and colourful. A good way to get past a somber occasion.

Greg.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Well done Mike in spotting the opportunity for an innovative and original imaging project. Wonderful

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by AdamJL

haha this is cool. Definitely great to see a different image from this region!

Thanks Adam

Originally Posted by gregbradley

An interesting object!

Nicely processed and colourful. A good way to get past a somber occasion.

Greg.

Thanks Greg I was keen to have it sparkle and yeah, it was nice to be out under the stars in January, it's truly a beautiful spot to contemplate on a clear Moonless night....

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Well done Mike in spotting the opportunity for an innovative and original imaging project. Wonderful

Thanks a lot Rod

Mike

[Paul Haese]

I've captured this object several times in wider field shots but never done a close up of it. I think this really works at the scale you captured it Mike. It reminds me a little of some sections of the Witch Head nebula. There are several other globules in the wider area which also have an interesting look to them too. A unique view with plenty of detail in your image.

[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

Excellent Mike!
Looks like someone making an arm and fist to me?

Joe

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I've captured this object several times in wider field shots but never done a close up of it. I think this really works at the scale you captured it Mike. It reminds me a little of some sections of the Witch Head nebula. There are several other globules in the wider area which also have an interesting look to them too. A unique view with plenty of detail in your image.

Cheers Paul. Funny you should say that about the Witch Head bits, my other choice for January was in fact one of those sections and with galaxies mixed in...next summer now

Originally Posted by OzEclipse

Excellent Mike!
Looks like someone making an arm and fist to me?

Joe

Yeah ok, something more phallic comes to (some peoples) mind though....

Mike