CG22 in Pyxis

In continuing with my goal of imaging dusty reflection nebulae in the
southern skies I have imaged CG22 in Pyxis. This has to be the most
difficult data I have processed in quite some time. CG22 is very
faint and making it stand out from among the 150,000 stars near it was
daunting. It is not the most breathtaking nebulae but it has ghostly
beauty nonetheless. Also, I had received an email from another imager
requesting CG22 to be imaged. Of note, there appears to be other
fainter dusty clouds nearby in the same image. Anyway, here it is:

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00003d.htm

I hope you enjoy it.
Best regards,
Tom

Wow! awesome as always Tom.

It may have been difficult to process, but the final result does not show it. Beautiful!

> I hope you enjoy it.

Mission Accomplished!

Interesting object, would like to pan around this in 3D and see what this tail structure is shaped like.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00003d.htm


Another interesting and elusive ghost busted by Tom Davis of GBI (Ghost
Busters International).

Rolando

Terrific job, Tom! Did you count the stars?

The nebula reminds me of an oarfish

http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/oarfish.html

Eric

Thanks everyone.

Tom

Hi Tom,

Another ghostly masterpiece and wow ,that sure is a lot of stars!

Jason

Tom,
Nicely done. I does look like it would be quite a challenge to "tease" this one out from that impressive star field. Very nice.