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Musca and the Dark Doodad (RF135 Ra).jpg

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This frames the small constellation of Musca the Fly below the Southern Cross, whose notable feature is the long dark nebula called the Dark Doodad, part of the Musca Dark Nebula Complex.

At the lower end of the Doodad is the globular star cluster NGC 4372. At left and above is the smaller globular NGC 4833. The open star cluster above blue Alpha and Beta Muscae above centre is the obscure, though obvious here, Harvard 6.

In the upper left corner, but just a fuzzy green star at this image scale, is the Spiral Planetary, NGC 5189, perhaps the finest planetary nebula in the southern sky.

This is a stack of 12 x 2 minute exposures with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the Canon Ra at ISO 800, tracked but not guided on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount. Shot in March 2024 from Coonabarabran, Australia.
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This frames the small constellation of Musca the Fly below the Southern Cross, whose notable feature is the long dark nebula called the Dark Doodad, part of the Musca Dark Nebula Complex. <br /> <br /> At the lower end of the Doodad is the globular star cluster NGC 4372. At left and above is the smaller globular NGC 4833. The open star cluster above blue Alpha and Beta Muscae above centre is the obscure, though obvious here, Harvard 6. <br /> <br /> In the upper left corner, but just a fuzzy green star at this image scale, is the Spiral Planetary, NGC 5189, perhaps the finest planetary nebula in the southern sky. <br /> <br /> This is a stack of 12 x 2 minute exposures with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the Canon Ra at ISO 800, tracked but not guided on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount. Shot in March 2024 from Coonabarabran, Australia.