Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Musca (Mus)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4372  ·  The star γMus  ·  gam Mus
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Dark Doodad Nebula, Jeff Coldrey
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Dark Doodad Nebula

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Dark Doodad Nebula

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I love the name "Dark Doodad" ... for a dark nebula with no discernible everyday shape.

Repro of OSC data captured June last year, blended with mono-luminance data captured using an ASI1600. I would have liked to have teased out some more dust, but am happy with the increased image resolution.

The golden globular cluster is NGC4372, and the large blue-white star is our neighbour Gamma Muscae, only 325 light years away and spinning on its axis every 2.7 days.

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Dark Doodad Nebula, Jeff Coldrey