CEDIC Team goes Namibia - Part#4 (Nebulae in Centaurus)

[bernhardhubl]

Hello group,

‘Emission Nebulae in Centaurus’ is the topic of part #4 of our image presentation, where we want to share the results from our astrophotography-trip to DeepSkySafaris in Namibia. The striking constellation Centaurus stands high in the sky just above the Milky Way in Namibia in May. Centaurus is known on the one hand for its brightest star, Alpha Centauri, whose companion Proxima Centauri is the nearest star. On the other hand, Centaurus is also home to large and well-known emission nebulae like IC 2948, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula. With a little more research, even lesser known objects like RCW 85 or Gum 48d can be added to the photographic "to do list". Even with the big classics like IC 2948 it is worth to have a look at the details, here at the Thackeray's Globules in the center of the nebula. They are potential sites for the formation of new stars, but are likely being eroded by the intense radiation from the nearby young stars.

IC 2948 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
http://celestialphotographer.com/namibi ... 0vixen.htm

IC 2948 with 10” Newtonian:
http://www.astrophoton.com/IC2948-5.htm

IC 2948 with Esprit 100:
http://celestialphotographer.com/namibi ... t100-b.htm

IC 2948 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
http://www.astrophoton.com/IC2948-6.htm

RCW 85 with Esprit 100:
http://celestialphotographer.com/namibi ... rit100.htm

Gum 48d with Esprit 100:
http://celestialphotographer.com/namibi ... t100-a.htm

Gum 48d with Baader Apo95:
http://www.astrophoton.com/gum48d.htm

Gum 48d wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
http://celestialphotographer.com/namibi ... 0vixen.htm

NGC 5155 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
http://www.astrophoton.com/NGC5155.htm

Sandqvist 169 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
http://www.astrophoton.com/sandqvist169-3.htm

Overview on all results from Namibia 2022 including background information:
http://www.cedic.at/namibia2022/index.php
http://www.astrophoton.com/namibia2022.htm
https://celestialphotographer.com/namibia%202022.htm

Greetings from CEDIC-Team
Markus Blauensteiner
Bernhard Hubl
www.cedic.at
www.ccdguide.com
www.deepskysafaris.com

[Lady Fraktor]

Amazing images Bernhard as always!
Thank you for sharing them.

[MariusD69]

Amazing images! Great work!! Thanks for sharing.

[messier 111]

fantastic work , thx .

[ic_1101]

Impressive images Bernhard. Well done!

[bernhardhubl]

Hello Lady Fraktor, Marius, Jean-Yves, Alex and all others,

Thank you very much for your nice words and all likes!

best,
Bernhard

[jthommes]

Well done Bernhard and the CEDIC team. Excellent set of images.