NGC 1491

Seasons Greetings All
Here is an image of the emission nebula NGC 1491. Full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/NGC1491.htm
(be sure to click on the image for full size)

C8 203 mm at f/4.8
Artemis285 Ha RGB filters
G11/Gemini
Guiding - WO Megrez II 80mm at 1350mm FL, DSI Pro, K3CCDTools

An earlier image from 2004 is here:

http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/NGC1491.htm

Jim,

I'm surprised there's no responses to this yet. Another nice one! The strongest features remind me of a barking dog At least the way you oriented it. Or maybe a toothless hag?

Eric

That is a nice shot Jim, good object too.

Hi Jim,

Great image and a very interesting object,one I don't recall seeing before.

The center of the nebula does look a bit like a profile shot of a wicked witch!

Jason

Thanks for the comments folks!

I must have no imagination - or maybe I am concentrating on the processing. Anyway, now that it's mentioned, I like the toothless hag description the best.

Eric, I don't know how you see these things.