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Cosmic monster CG4 and surrounding

Image Description and Details : CG4 means “Cometary Globule #4” and is a complex of nebulosity and dust with a very peculiar shape (it looks like a concentrate of comets) located in the southern constellation of Poppa. The “head” of the galactic worm has dimensions of about 1.5 light years, while the offshoot that follows the head and which is directed in the opposite direction with respect to the rest of the famous Vela supernova (which is at the center of the huge GUM nebula), it has a length of about 8 light years.
The complex was photographed during ShaRA#4 project; this is a composition of 3 different images in wide field taken with the T3 from Chilescope Service (a very fast 500m f/3.8 Newtonian), processed by Christian Privitera, Andrea Iorio and me (Alessandro Ravagnin). RGB composition, total 2 hours of integration.

Copyright: ShaRA Team

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CG4 Cometary Globule in Puppis

Image Description and Details :

Image acquired using the Telescope Live remote imaging platform.Telescope: ASA 500N Newtonian. 500mm aperture, focal length 1900mm, f/3.8CCD Camera: Finger Lake Instruments FLI 16803.Equatorial Mount: ASA DDM85 direct drive.Astrodon LRGB filters.L: 15 x 600sR: 12 x 600sG: 10 x 600sB: 12 x 600sProcessed with Astro Pixel processor, PixInsight and Affinity Photo.

Copyright: Nik Szymanek

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