Above is a small section of a 7000 x 7000 pixel mosaic you can view here often called the Gabriela Mistral nebula.

The small open cluster almost seems like a diamond tiara falling toward Gabbie's head

No sharpening filters have been applied to the data.

Astro-Physics 305mm F3.8 Riccardi-Honders Astrograph.

Paramount PME

SBIG STX16803, self guide mode.

FW5-STX with Baader Planetarium 65mm, 7nm H-alpha Filter.

Mounting plates by Losmandy-Hollywod General Machining.

Capture with CCDops, Reduction MaxIm CCD, Touch-up Photoshop CS5.5

Focusing system: hairy eyeball and steady right hand.

Operating system Windows XP-Pro 64.

Processor by Intel.

Bluegrass Shiraz by Saddlers Creek....