Sh2-132

[fwm891]

A thought on the object, too; there is a lightbeam-like feature starting at the image centre and heading left and slightly downwards. I don't recall seeing anything quite like this before and wonder about the astrophysics.

Olly

Olly - found this on the web:

[Lanius]

Spectacular is the word. Well done.

[johnrt]

A thought on the object, too; there is a lightbeam-like feature starting at the image centre and heading left and slightly downwards. I don't recall seeing anything quite like this before and wonder about the astrophysics.

Olly

I had also wondered this too Olly, it shows up in abundance in other images too and extends way out of the field of view I have in a arc. As to what it is I have no idea, but it seems to be opaque as I see structure in the gas clouds coming through from behind.

[bluedandelion]

Excellent work!

[johnrt]

Thank you Ajay.

[Tom OD]

Lovely pic, I don't think I 've seen this before. Good contrast and sharpening in the places to give it a 3D feel to it.

Tom.

[Mr Bergman]

I had also wondered this too Olly, it shows up in abundance in other images too and extends way out of the field of view I have in a arc. As to what it is I have no idea, but it seems to be opaque as I see structure in the gas clouds coming through from behind.

A real masterpiece! Could the lightbeam be molecular gas associated with stars nearby, interacting with stellar winds? Link coming soon to a paper I did see earlier.

Found it! http://arxiv.org/pdf/1002.4612.pdf N'joy!

/Erik

[Spr]

Excellent John, really good job on subduing the stars. Nebula really stands out. 

[FranckiM06]

Wow, it is really Wonderful image with lot of details. I love it. 

Franck

[Steve 1962]

I like it a lot!