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 August 26 2009  Between The Cross And The Keel. |
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Although the Southern Cross has been pictured in the heavens for centuries, it's easy to see how the current boundaries of Crux were carved out of Centaurus. A few degrees to the west, we see part of another ancient constellation. Carina, the Keel, is one of three main parts of the broken-up Argo Navis, the ship of Jason.
In the narrow part of Centaurus, which is wedged between these two, lies a fascinating complex of nebulosity, clustered around Lambda Centauri. Visible in this image is IC2944 to the upper-right, Vdb121 and the Collinder249 cluster in the center, and IC2948 at lower-left. The binary here appears to have blasted a hole in the nebula close to it, forming a vague bubble. This entire area carries the designation of RCW62.
Imaged with Australian GRAS scope, four 75-second exposures each LRGB channel, binned 2X2, for a total of 20 minutes. Calibrated and pre-processed with Maxim, stacked with DSS, final processing with Photoshop. |
| Submitted by: DavidLee | Location: | Date: July 05 2009 |
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August 26 2009
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