Hi everyone,
To preface this post, this is technically not the first forum I've asked this question on, I just want to get the input of people on multiple platforms and see what everyone thinks. Now, on to the main post:
In the process of looking through some models of our area of the galaxy, I came across a rather interesting, large, very faint nebula, seemingly nearly centered around the star Spica. After a bit of further research, I was able to find this singular Cloudy Nights post about observing the nebula, also showing image 1 (see question mark). According to my (very limited) research, however, this nebula does not appear to have ever been imaged by amateur astronomers (no results on this or any other website, and I have yet to find an image of the region showing the nebula), and apart from a few scientific papers like this one (also helpfully supplied by the CN post), does not appear to have been studied very much at all. So, just out of curiosity, has anyone actually imaged/seen images of/heard of this nebula? If not, do you guys think its a target worth going after? It is very faint and very large (20 by 18 degrees), so it's no surprise there's very few (if any) images of it, but the structure seems fascinating, nonetheless, and I wanted to get your guy's (you guy's?) opinions on it.
- The0s
Another interesting paper
This paper from 1961 mentions the nebula, stating that the nebula was not visible in Ha - later surveys show it is, but the nebula must be very faint
To preface this post, this is technically not the first forum I've asked this question on, I just want to get the input of people on multiple platforms and see what everyone thinks. Now, on to the main post:
In the process of looking through some models of our area of the galaxy, I came across a rather interesting, large, very faint nebula, seemingly nearly centered around the star Spica. After a bit of further research, I was able to find this singular Cloudy Nights post about observing the nebula, also showing image 1 (see question mark). According to my (very limited) research, however, this nebula does not appear to have ever been imaged by amateur astronomers (no results on this or any other website, and I have yet to find an image of the region showing the nebula), and apart from a few scientific papers like this one (also helpfully supplied by the CN post), does not appear to have been studied very much at all. So, just out of curiosity, has anyone actually imaged/seen images of/heard of this nebula? If not, do you guys think its a target worth going after? It is very faint and very large (20 by 18 degrees), so it's no surprise there's very few (if any) images of it, but the structure seems fascinating, nonetheless, and I wanted to get your guy's (you guy's?) opinions on it.
- The0s
Another interesting paper
This paper from 1961 mentions the nebula, stating that the nebula was not visible in Ha - later surveys show it is, but the nebula must be very faint
