Yes, Planet of the Apes ! My exact same impression! (great work Paul!) Thank you, Jimmy Ray -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Harshaw Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:19 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Rosette and Monkey Head Nebulae Sure there is, Paul. Like "Planet of the Apes". What was that head ape's name? Cornelius was the scientist. Richard Harshaw Cave Creek, Arizona Brilliant Sky Observatory -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of pulind@xxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:05 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Rosette and Monkey Head Nebulae All, Bernard Miller's 18 hour narrowband image of the Rosette Nebula inspired me to shoot the nebula with my little-old QHY8 one-shot color camera. Exposure was 5x5 minutes at the Antennas site on Wednesday, Jan 18th. In processing I had a lot of trouble with the color balance. On the 17th I imaged NGC 2174 - the Monkey Head Nebula. Steve Coe insists there is absolutely NO monkey head in the nebula. I disagree. The two images are at: http://www.pbase.com/paullind/2012 Paul Lind -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.