Right into my heart … this was my first deep sky object with a telescope and a dedicated astro-camera almost a year ago now. And I still love it!

Today an overview of that region of glowing hydrogen and dark molecular clouds. The hole complex is a star nursary about 6500 light years away.

Swipe to see a version with contrast tuned a bit differently and an annotated view.

Sigma 135/F1.8 DG HSM Art
Canon EOS Ra
Star Adventurer
UV/IR Cut Filter
ISO3200 at F4
216x60sec
Bortle 4-5, no moon

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