Pencil nebula, a part of the Vela supernova remnant. Red: SII 9hrs, Green: H-alpha 9hrs; Blue: OIII 7hrs. See the yellow, reptilian face of a fire-breathing draon, facing left, immediately above the brightest, part of the bright blue-white pencil. The dragon is composed of multiple fine, detailed, interwoven shock fronts.. The top and bottom thirds of the image show diffuse material strong in H-alpha. Embedded in this diffuse material at top right is a ball of shocked material reminiscent of Escher's "Rind". This image was taken under a waxing gibbous moon.
North on left. Approx 30'arc wide. Aspen 16M on 20" PlaneWave.
![Henize 206 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. See separate key image for location of the magnificent supernova remnant at 10 o'clock from centre and about 40% of the way out and strong in [SII]. Numerous shock fronts, very strong in [OIII] blue) suggest a menagerie of mythical creatures al in right profile.<br />
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H-alpha 6hrs (green), OIII 6hrs (blue) SII 6hrs (red). STL-1100M on 20" PlaneWave CDK on MI-750 fork mount.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Category/Supernova-Remnants/i-M689Cr8/0/719c5962/Ti/Henize%20206%20Ha%206h%20OIII%206h%20SII%206h%20E1-Ti.jpg)
![This is a low-res caption for the main image. Note the three mythical animals, all in right profile, all strong in [OIII] (blue). I take the location of the SNR (very strong in [SII]) from Kavanagh PJ et al, XMM-Newton Observations of the N 206 Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Sources for the animals are harder to track down.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Category/Supernova-Remnants/i-d7Fzc4f/0/de6d1bbc/Ti/Annotated%20version-Ti.jpg)
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