NGC 6979 Pickering's Triangle

[Jedi2014]

Mornin',

finished another picture. It shows a section of Pickering's triangle. This celestial object was discovered in 1904 by Williamina Fleming. It was commissioned by Edward Charles Pickering, director of the Harvard College Observatory, to examine photographic plates and catalog the stars and other celestial bodies. As was usual at the time, newly discovered objects were named after the employer and not after the assistant of the observatory who made the discovery. Williamina Fleming made many discoveries during her work for Edward Pickering. One of the most famous objects she discovered is the Horsehead Nebula.

The picture was worked out as HaOIIIRGB. Besides the narrowband data, which clearly show the structures, there are also many hours of RGB in the image, which give the whole thing the beautiful colours.

More data and larger view here: http://www.spaceimages.de/en/astrophotos/nebula/ngc-6979
or https://www.astrobin.com/364407/

 

 

Many greetings
Jens

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Great picture and lovely write-up

[Z3roCool]

Lovely image. Thanks for the info also, very interesting.

[domstar]

Stunning. The write-up really adds to it too.

[Allinthehead]

Agreed. Great image and interesting write up.

[Petergoodhew]

Really beautiful Jens - and again processed to look so naturally

[reezeh]

You've put a lot of work into that!

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[Jedi2014]

Thank you for your nice comments. I‘m glad you like the image.