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Statue of Liberty...or is it a superhero?, Steve Pratley
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Statue of Liberty...or is it a superhero?

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Statue of Liberty...or is it a superhero?

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The 'Statue of Liberty Nebula' is ~9000 light years from earth...but at that distance...who really knows! What is cool about this one is that astronomers have found a large flow of ionised gas, only available in radio observations, and enormous bubbles that protrude out. We cant take x-ray data just yet...unless you are elon musk! but, if you were able to, you could produce images showing this which scientist believe could be powerful cosmic winds. 

I took this shot from my balcony in Freshwater NSW over a couple of nights in May 2023. My kids think that instead of the Statue of Liberty, it looks like a superhero blasting in space! .... I kind of think it looks like that too! Hope you enjoy. 

 - Celestron Edge HD 9.25 / 10 Micron GM1000

 - ASI 2600MM Pro (~10 hours of integration)

 - PLL Esatto 2"

 - ASI 290MM 

 - PLL Eagle w/ Ecco

 - Antilia Filter set

 S2 - 51 x 300s

 Ha - 34 x 300s

 O3 - 30 x 300s

 - RGB Stars

 - Adobe Photoshop and Pixinsight

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Statue of Liberty...or is it a superhero?, Steve Pratley