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Gum 14 – Final Color

GUM 14 - Chile

GUM 14 – Chile

GUM 14 is a nice object from Colin Gum’s catalogue of 84 emission nebulas in the southern sky.

The distance to the nebula itself is listed at about 1470 ly. A bright type “B1″ star dominates the foreground sky at a distance of 988 ly while a scattering of other colorful stars adds interest to the region.

PlaneWave 12.5” Astrograph with ZWO ASI 6200 camera, Astodon filters and ASA gearless DDM-85 mount. F/5 (73x3min L, 21X3min RGB each, all 2×2 bin).