Gum 15
Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia
Equipment - GSO RC12 STXL11002
Guiding - Integrated guide camera and AOX
Focuser/Rotator - Moonlite Nitecrawler 30
Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5
LHaRGB 25.3hours
Darks, flats and biases applied
Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6
Object -Located in the constellation of Vela at a distance of 3000 light years.
It is a star forming nebula with a the very bright star at the centre; it is a double star. That star's winds are forming the shapes seen within the nebula.