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Vela Area - The Gums

Vela Area - The Gums
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_(constellation)

This started as a good idea but was really the wrong time started high and finished by 3am. I have never taken the three gums middle to top of shot the small one Gum 15,

Gum15

to the Right Gum 14 and Gum 17 to the left. At the bottom of shot the face of what looks like a Racoon The Vela Supernova Remnant.

Vela Super Nova Remnant




RCW 35 the larger Red area and RCW 36 the one on the edge of the left side.


What looks like a single shot is infact a 10 shot panorama 2 x4 Plus I added an extra two shot to get in RCW35 &36.

just out of shot left and below RCW38


RCW 38 - do look at this full screen.

Further Left Pencil Nebula

Pencil Nebula  NGC 2736



QHY183C -10 38 shots per panel over 10 nights
600 sec each shot.
Nikon 300mm f4 D Lens
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps Lr.

trester88, Joe, Son of the Rock, Gudrun, tiabunna and 14 other people have particularly liked this photo


20 comments - The latest ones
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Wonderful sky photo.
4 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Don Sutherland club
Thank you has been a bit of a chore with the shot times and setting target but got there in the end.
4 weeks ago.
 Stephan Fey
Stephan Fey club
Incredible! Exploding space.
4 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Stephan Fey club
There is plenty out there to explore it a case of what is next. Glad that you like the shots came out well.
4 weeks ago.
 Nick Weall
Nick Weall club
Fantastic series Steve
4 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Nick Weall club
There is a lot in this area and more I have not looked at wrong time of year thats for sure and size of scope. Not bad for an old Nikon lens and only manual focus . Many thanks.
4 weeks ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
excellent series
4 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Annemarie club
Glad you like a little bit of space many thanks.
4 weeks ago.
 Mariagrazia Gaggero
Mariagrazia Gaggero club
Veramente unico! bravissimo, ci fai vedere cose meravigliose
Buona Pasqua a te e famiglia
Mariagrazia
4 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Mariagrazia Gaggero club
Thank you I am happy to be able to bring this to unique group of photographers. Hope you have a great easter as well with your family.
4 weeks ago.
 TOZ
TOZ club
Fantastic Image's Steve things we would never see but for you.
Have a great day.
TOZ
4 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to TOZ club
Gordan that is true but I am happy that I can at least share with this community some of the wonder's of our part of space.
4 weeks ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Marvellous astro images, Steve. One small suggestion, could you possibly add to your notes a reference to the broad sky position, ie right ascension and declination? That would help those of us not familiar with the names of the various objects.
4 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to tiabunna club
George I did in the title Vela Area I can certainly use

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_(constellation)

But I think this photo (10 of them) a bit hard to write out R A and Dec but I can understand what you are getting at. The old lens is proving its worth in gold for what I bought it for glad you like the shots.
4 weeks ago.
tiabunna club has replied to Steve Paxton club
Sorry Steve, i should have visited your wikipedia link before posting. I wasn't looking for a totally specific position, just something broadly on the lines of "broadly 10 h - 50". Great images though!
4 weeks ago. Edited 4 weeks ago.
 Joe, Son of the Rock
Joe, Son of the Rock club
Excellent astronomical images. All the best, Joe
3 weeks ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Joe, Son of the Rock club
Thank you there is so much interesting thing out in space why I started this. Many thanks.
3 weeks ago.
 trester88
trester88 club
Großartige Aufnahmen!
3 weeks ago.
 Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton club
Thank you bring part of this world to life so we can see it.
3 weeks ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
More remarkable captures Steve. As implied above, you bring to us the far reaches of space here. Well done.

Cheers. Herb
3 weeks ago.

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