photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Andy | all galleries >> Deep sky astrophotos >> NGC6559 > Colourful stardust
previous | next
19-Oct-2015 Andy Casely

Colourful stardust

Nerriga, NSW

Looking towards the Galactic centre, this attractive group of nebulae (NGC6559 and friends) sit in a rich star field near the famous Lagoon and Trifid nebulae. It's the birthplace of a new star cluster about 5000 light-years away, and contains a mix of red emission nebulae and blue reflection nebulae, The dark dusty cocoon that gave birth to the stars is also in view, and other dark nebulae hide parts of the scene, such as the 'S' right of centre. In the background lie thousands of stars of the Milky Way's Bulge.

Canon EOS 60D
20 x 5 minutes, ISO800, EOS 60D, darks, flats and bias subtracted. 150mm f/5 Newtonian on HEQ5 pro mount, OAG & StarShoot Autoguider. Stacked and processed in PixInsight and Photoshop. full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
previous | next
share
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment