Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)
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CG4 God's Hand (Cometary Globule), Igor Chekalin
CG4 God's Hand (Cometary Globule)
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CG4 God's Hand (Cometary Globule)

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CG4 God's Hand (Cometary Globule), Igor Chekalin
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CG4 God's Hand (Cometary Globule)

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CG4 is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1300 light-years from us. It is one of several objects referred to as "cometary globules", because its shape is similar to that of a comet.

Photographed during 23 nights from December 29, 2021 to May 6, 2022 from the balcony in Brisbane City (Australia) .
Bortle 7 sky ("red" light pollution zone).

ZWO ASI2600MM camera, on TAL-250K (10" Klevtsov-Cassegrain) with 0.7x reducer/flattner MkII (F/6). EQ6-R mount.

This is L(R+Ha)GB composition with total exposure time of 44 hours.
23 hours H-alpha
11 hours Light
10 hours R+G+B

Individual sub-exposures used: 3 min for RGB, 2 min for L, 10 and 20 min for H-alpha
(Short 2 and 3 minutes are enforced by heavy light pollution. For H-alpha I switched to 20-minute exposures when I installed an off-axis guider)

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CG4 God's Hand (Cometary Globule), Igor Chekalin