Gum 17
Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia
Equipment - FSQ106ED and QSI683-8
Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.
Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5
LRGB 8.75 hours
Darks, flats and biases applied
Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6
Object -This emission nebula is located in the constellation of Vela at a distance of 1250 light years. There appears to be a Hersbig Haro object in the middle right within the dark nebula. Part of the Vela SNR can be seen in the upper left of the image.