Not the Horses Head.

OK, this is not the well known Horsehead typical of this time of year, but instead, one of its close neighbors. It is a close up of the head of the Seagull Nebula - IC 2177. Conditions were not ideal in that there was a little bit of a breeze and my equipment struggles in anything more than a few puffs. As such the image is a bit soft.

Full size image and exposure / processing details are here:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/IC2177(Closeup).htm

The scope was my C8 at f/4.and the camera was my Artemis285

I also have a full wide field of the Seagull here for an earlier outing:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/Seagull.htm

Awesome shot, my friend... beautiful colors & detail.

It's still a "head", though Very nice, Jim!

Eric

Ivan, Eric,

Thanks for the comments.