The Medulla or Garlic Nebula, CTB1, Abell 85, is a beautiful sight, appearing slightly larger than the fulll moon, it is about 140 light years across and 14,000 LY distant. It is invisible in a 10' f/5 exposure with narrow band filters, unless the image is stretched to the extreme. This image with almost a day of total exposure shows the beauty of this target. 23 hours of #NBOSC exposures on 5 nights in December 2024 under Bortle 7 skies from Tucson, Austin, & Bad Wolf Ranch Texas, Rendered in a modified HOO palate.

Medulla or Garlic Nebula, CTB1, Abell 85

WO RedCat 250/51mm, L-Ultimate dual NB filter, ASI533 MC camera, ASIAIR Plus controller, AM5N mount. 136 10' exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight with RC-Astro and SetiAstro tools. Final exp and crop in Affinity Photo