A very nice M45

[mickw]

Todays APOD

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101118.html

[MarkS]

Stunning!

It really puts the Pleiades into context.

Mark

[RobertM]

Amazing !

[Carole]

That's a strange looking object dead centre of the image. 

Carole

[MarkS]

That's a strange looking object dead centre of the image. 

Yes, that's a very interesting clump of dust.  A very tempting target for the Banana ...

[mickw]

I thinks it's LBN774 or IC1995

[Jim]

I think it's LBN777 the Vulture Head Nebulae. The dark blob is Barnard 107. Never heard of either before. Some interesting text here

http://www.pbase.com/image/130277993.

[Rocket Pooch]

Ok Mark to get that your looking at loads of the French Sh!t

Chris

[mickw]

I'm getting too old for this - APOD says it's LBN777