This “cometary globule” is barely visible to visual astronomers and wasn’t even seen and designated as such until 1976 when photographic plates revealed its nature. The weird thing about it is how far away from the galactic plane it is. It’s a star forming nebula, but floating in the middle of nowhere which is considered quite rare. Kanipe writes that it’s “like a piece of the Milky Way that has somehow detached itself and floated away like a child’s escaped balloon.”
Celestron 11″ Edge HD / F7 / 1960mm FL
QHY268M Cooled CMOS Camera (-5c)
SkyWatcher EQ8-Rh Pro Mount
Combined as RGB
43 x 3m Red
30 x 3m Green
25 x 3m Blue
Total Integration : ~4.9 hours
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