Seagull nebula rising over rocks at Pinnacles National Park

[dheera]

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the support earlier on the widefield forum! Here I have another deep sky landscape, this time with a little longer focal length.

Here we have IC2177 (the "Seagull Nebula") rising over rock spires at Pinnacles National Park, as seen with a 300mm lens. This image was taken with about 2 hours of exposures in HOO and about 15 minutes of exposures in RGB. This was last night, when there was about a quarter moon, which gave a nice lighting to the rocks.

Aside from being the only national park that I can daytrip from the Bay Area, it's also a great lesser-known national park to explore and hike in, with some bat caves and other wonders to see.

More deep sky images I took on my Instagram: https://instagram.com/dheeranet/

[MartinB]

Wow that's pretty amazing.  So was this all done with the same set up from the same position?

[dheera]

Yep!

[MartinB]

Very impressive.  You must have been a long way from the rocks.  Great planning!

[AstroNtinos]

Wow i can't believe it. I didn't know the seagull nebula is that big. I really like it.