Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corona Australis (CrA)  ·  Contains:  IC 4812  ·  NGC 6726  ·  NGC 6727  ·  NGC 6729
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The Anteater Nebula, Brian Boyle
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The Anteater Nebula

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The Anteater Nebula, Brian Boyle
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The Anteater Nebula

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The Anteater is one of the most beautiful and rewarding targets in the Southern Hemisphere. At short focal lengths the extensive "trailing" dust clouds are magnificetn, and at long focal lengths the central blue reflection nebulae and glowing HII regions are gorgeous. 

Having attempted it at 200mm and 640mm focal lengths previously, I took the plunge to image at 1600mm focal length.  While significantly oversampled  for my site's intrinsic seeing, the deconvolution algorithm of RCAstro's BlurXterminator has breathed new life into this focal length.  

The result is not too bad.  I hope you enjoy it.

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