Sand Worm Eats Galaxy!
Sand Worm Eats Galaxy!
Get ready for the next instalment of Dune!
This is an image of CG4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, it is a star-forming region located in the constellation of Puppis about 1,300 light-years from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as cometary globules, because its shape is similar to that of a comet, characterised by dusty heads and elongated tails. This globule has ruptured, the reason for this is not known. The mouth of the globule appears to be ready to consume the edge-on spiral galaxy ESO 257-19. In reality the galaxy is more than a hundred million light years further away from the globule.
This is an image of CG4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, it is a star-forming region located in the constellation of Puppis about 1,300 light-years from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as cometary globules, because its shape is similar to that of a comet, characterised by dusty heads and elongated tails. This globule has ruptured, the reason for this is not known. The mouth of the globule appears to be ready to consume the edge-on spiral galaxy ESO 257-19. In reality the galaxy is more than a hundred million light years further away from the globule.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-1 Planewave CDK24
Camera
FLI ProLIne PL9000
Location
Chile
Date of observation
10 Datasets captured Nov-Dec 2022
Filters
LRGB (Ha added to luminous frames)
Processing
Pixinsight, Blur Exterminator, Affinity, Star Exterminator, Topaz De-Noise
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Comments
Another great image Michelle. (Walk without rhythm and you won't attract them :) )
Thanks for your comment and brilliant advice!