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The "Animal" Cluster (SH 2-236, SH 2-234, SH 2-237), Rick
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The "Animal" Cluster (SH 2-236, SH 2-234, SH 2-237)

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The "Animal" Cluster (SH 2-236, SH 2-234, SH 2-237), Rick
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The "Animal" Cluster (SH 2-236, SH 2-234, SH 2-237)

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This is what we’ve nicknamed The Animal Cluster because this image consists of The Tadpole Nebula (top left) and Fly & Spider Nebulae in the bottom right. Shot using the WO GT81 – 382mm @ f/4.72, it took 7 nights to gather enough data for this image. Between the full moon and the sand blowing over from the Sahara, saying things were challenging would be somewhat of an understatement.
NB stars were extracted and processed separately to try an achieve an RGB starfield.

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The "Animal" Cluster (SH 2-236, SH 2-234, SH 2-237), Rick