Sharpless 278

Here is a pretty dim emission nebula in Orion (at least dim by my short exposure standards). I know it is galaxy season and kinda late for this object, but I got the data Mid January and I thought I would get it processed before the summer snuck up on me. This object lies midway between M42 and the Witch Head. A full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/Sh2-278.htm

Scope - WO Zenithstar 66 APO
Camera - Artemis285 - Ha RGB filters
Mount - G11/Gemini
Guiding - C8 at 1350 mm FL, DSI Pro, PHD Guiding

Interesting object, Jim!

Tom

Looks like an interesting neb Jim....be worth going deeper next season,nice work.

Tom, Louie,
Thanks foir the comments. Yes, I may want to try this again next year, I have already identified some guiding improvements when using the Zenithstar and who knows - maybe some other better equipment next year.

Very cool object Jim! 8)

Interesting object indeed, Jim! Nice catch! As far as being behind on processing, I say, just post something when you're done with processing it! I have quite a few objects I have data on that I need to process

Eric