Bird of Prey

[AndysAstroPix]

Resembling a swooping Klingon Bird of Prey, this pretty open star cluster is located in Vela.

IC 2395 is silhouetted against an Ha rich background and surrounded by shockwaves of ionised oxygen from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova some 11,000 years ago.

This is a young stellar cluster being between 6 and 18 million years old.

Based on its young age and distance, it is possible that IC 2395 is part of the Vela OB1C stellar association.

The brightest member of the cluster has mag 5.53, and its bluest main sequence star is of spectral type B5.

The LRGB was taken at a rural dark site, using Voyager. The NB data was collected via Stellarmate, from my bortle 7 suburban backyard in Melbourne, Australia. 🇦🇺

Not many (or even any) detailed HaO3LRGB images of this cluster online, so please enjoy this often overlooked target!

C&C welcome as always  😀

[juno16]

I enjoy your beautiful image very much!

Outstanding acquisition! That is a beautiful target and you did a great job capturing and processing it. Thanks for sharing this wonderful image!

[MarsG76]

Excellent image Andy. The colors and details look awesome.

 

[Len1257]

Goodness, that's just amazing! Beautiful image.

 

[mackiedlm]

Thats really a bit special - well done.

[AndysAstroPix]

21 hours ago, juno16 said:

I enjoy your beautiful image very much!

Outstanding acquisition! That is a beautiful target and you did a great job capturing and processing it. Thanks for sharing this wonderful image!

 

16 hours ago, MarsG76 said:

Excellent image Andy. The colours and details look awesome.

 

 

13 hours ago, Len1257 said:

Goodness, that's just amazing! Beautiful image.

 

 

11 hours ago, mackiedlm said:

Thats really a bit special - well done.

Many thanks all for the kind comments and feedback, much appreciated! Vela keeps on giving... 😀