Collinder 399, The Coathanger

Hi Kieran,
I like it !! Some great colour, don't think I'vre seen one of that cluster before, how did you manage to get some clear skies ?: blink:

how did you manage to get some clear skies ?

! The last imaging I did was on the 19th of June so that sums up what my summer has been like. I am with Seanie Morris in forming a cloud appreciation club.

Sky has been fairly good here this week but typical that work is the next day so can't take advantage of it. The weekend forecast is good though.

I think the background stars in the image are possibly too red but then again there is also a lot of Milky Way dust in there too. It was a nice gentle start back into imaging for all those clear skies we are going to get this winter(touching alot of wood).

Beautiful image Kieran! I was wondering if there is a dark nebula (a la Barnard) running vertically in your photo.

Gotta love those spikes!

Kieran,

Great image! A lot of discerning detail without saturation of the image. Processing has yielded a wonderful colourful distinctive image.

Eamonn A

kingslandobservatory.com

Top drawer there Kieran.
A fav of mine.
I've seen a few images of this before but yours is
easily one of the best I've seen.