Although l imaged this remarkable nebula before - l couldn't resist aiming the new 24" telescope at Tivoli farm to it once more.
in order to cover most of this vast nebula - a 2 frame mosaic was made.
During processing - l noticed an unknown reddish region in the nebula.
To confirm this - l imaged this region with a Hydrogen Alpha filter and VOILA!!!
There is a RED nebula im the heart of this Blue region.

Please see the next image for a crop of the center region only.
L-(Ha)- RGB image

Ha for 30 min bin 2
RGB - 30 min per frame
Total of about 4 hrs for the 2 frames.


Telescope: ASA600 24" RC with Reducer at f4.5
Mount: ASA DDM200 Direct Drive with Absolute Encoders
Camera: Moravian G3 61000 pro

Imaged from Tivoli farm
June 2022