There are so many striking objects in the star forming region around M78 nebula, that I decided to create this picture featuring some of the most interesting objects shot with FSQ106 along with the same images taken by some of the biggest telescopes on Earth.
Original image can be found here:
http://www.astrobin.com/241069/Herbig-Haro 24
HH 24 is definitely one of the most spectacular HH objects known. This is a small cluster of forming stars and contains at least six jets. This object is definitely worth looking at it in detail. Some more info and hi-res pictures you can find here:
http://www.gemini.edu/node/12429http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151218.htmlMcNeil's Nebula
This nebula was discovered by an amateur astronomer Julian McNeil using 3 inch (!!!) scope in January 2004. It wasn't seen in the images taken in 2003, but later studies showed that this isn't the first appearance of this nebula - it was visible also on images taken in 1966. The nebula was created by the outburst from the fetal star IRAS 05436-0007 (type FU Orionis), visible at the top of the nebula in the pictures above. I think this is one of the most strong proofs that you don’t need to have an extremely fancy equipment to make a discovery in astronomy and also reminds that every astro image is a bit more than just a picture - in some way it is a piece of scientific data.
Some more info:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040219.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNeil%27s_Nebula
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