Seagull nebula (IC2177) is a large emission nebula in Canis Major constellation at ~3700 ly. It spans more than 200 ly and contains gas, dust and newborn hot stars that emit intense radiation and make the nebula glow.

Total exposure for this image was 1 hour (20 × 3 min) - taken using WO UC108 with ASI2600MC-Duo and Optolong LeXtreme narrowband filter. 

Watched a YouTube video about shooting Orion targets in a widefield shot and wanted to give it a try. Clouds limited my total exposure to only 18 minutes but I like how this turned out. There was a horrible gradient because of the moon that messed up the full image. Here is a crop showing Orion, Running man, Horsehead and Flame nebulae. 

Taken with Rokinon 135mm f/2 lens attached to Nikon Z6. Exposure: 37×30sec  

If you challenge yourself properly, you win some and lose most.

Completed my third book this year in the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny  

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