Never mind the Pillars of Creation, behold the Finger of Eternity! (WIP)

[Bob Dobber]

AKA NGC 6820, an object I'd never heard of until I came across it perusing some bits and pieces in Stellarium. A happy accident! 1h35m of Ha only...

 

WIP - remains to be seen whether the weather permits further developments!

 

 

 

 

[+Glafnazur]

That's nice Rob, whereabouts in the sky does it reside?

[Bob Dobber]

6 hours ago, Glafnazur said:

That's nice Rob, whereabouts in the sky does it reside?

 

Well, as I say, I just happened upon it, it is located in Vulpecula and is made up of an open cluster in the middle (NGC 6823) and the reflection nebula (I think, NGC 6820) with the finger... Just got the Oiii last night so willl see whether a colour version is a let down vs the Ha! And thanks...

[+Bino-viewer]

16 hours ago, Glafnazur said:

That's nice Rob, whereabouts in the sky does it reside?

I wasn't sure either, but its pretty high up  in the sky, and very close to the well known 'Dumbell nebula' M27

[Bob Dobber]

Full disclosure: collected several hours of Oiii last night. Needn't have bothered. Total 💩