I know they are just areas of cold dust in space, but I can’t help but see cometary globules CG15 and CG16 as moving together on a journey. As with the other members of the CG catalog, their tails are pointing away from the Vela SNR, so perhaps that is the destination of their imaginary journey. These are faint, rarely imaged objects. One is is Puppis, the other in Carina, as the constellation boundary runs right between them. The emission nebulosity in the background is from the outskirts of Gum 12. CG14 is about a degree ‘ahead’ of them, and it sits amid Gum 12.
- Exposures:
- R, G, B: 40×180s each
- Total exposure time: 6 hours
- Taken remotely from DeepSkyChile, Feb 15, 2024
- Telescope: Takahashi TOA-130 with flattener (f/7.7)
- Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro
- Mount: 10Micron GM1000HPS
- Acquisition: NINA
- Processing: AstroPixelProcessor, PixInsight
Deep-sky Imaging 