IC 5068

Here is an object with famous neighbors - North American and Pelican Nebulas. IC 5068 is a bit dimmer, but quite interesting. This image also happens to be a two frame mosaic. A full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/IC5068.htm
(be sure to click on the image for full size)

Megrez II APO
Artemis285 Ha filter and RGB filters
G11/Gemini
Guiding: C8 at 1350 mm FL, DSI Pro, PHD Guiding

An earlier image of IC 5068 done in 2004 is here:

http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/IC5068.htm

Well rendered and artfully framed, Jim.

dan

Cool shot, Jim! This is one object that I haven't paid attention to other than "oh it's in the same FOV as the Pelican". Some day, perhaps

Eric

Thanks for the comments guys.

I was pleased to get this result considering my penchant for short time on an object. I must have gotten lucky on the framing too. Sometimes my mosaic halves are not well positioned. These turned out well. I think I needed very little crop and the overlap was pretty square at my intended 5% overlap.

Beautiful clouds of red!

Tom