Image Description and Details : It has components of reflection nebula, emission nebula and dark (absorption) nebula which makes it both challenging and cool. It is located in Vela approximately 4200 light years from Earth.
The reflection nebula is primarily illuminated by a B1 star (CD-40 4432) and is ionized by the O8 quadruple star system HD 73882.

Imaged in LRGB on the Planewave CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Data Acquired and preprocessed by: Mike Selby at throughlightandtime.com

Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Copyright: Mike Selby and Gowri Visweswara

Image Description and Details :

This is a project that started at the end of January. The original plan was to shoot an 8-panel mosaic around the area of RCW32 (Gum15) and its proximity to the Vela Supernova Remnant. It has since grown to a 26-panel mosaic covering a wider area. The final image is 14998 x 9999 pixels in width and height and includes DSO's like RCW33, RCW27, the double star HIP42884, PK 263+00.1, the Pencil Nebula, RCW38, NGC2626, some open star clusters including NGC2670, NGC2660 and NGC2671 and of course the Vela Supernova Remnant all in the southern constellation of Vela
This has been a long but satisfying project even though I could not use my camera of choice and had to use my backup camera.
826 x 600s subs were shot @-10C spread across 32 nights for a total integration time of almost 138 hrs. PixInsight tone-mapping and colour-masking applied. PTGui used for stitching with LDR blending turned on.

Sharpstar 61EDPH II APO Triplet Refractor
Sharpstar 0.8x Flattener/Reducer
Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Hypertuned by Astronomy Academy Perth
Primaluce Sesto Senso2 Electronic Focuser
ZWO ASI183MM Pro Cooled Camera
ZWO Off Axis Guider
ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide Camera
ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel
Antlia 3nm Pro NB 36mm unmounted filters
Rollon rolloff modified shed observatory
Bortle 5
Data acquisition software: NINA Astronomy Software
Processing software: PixInsight and Photoshop CC

Copyright: Carlos Taylor