The Gecko Nebula – LBN 437 from Spain

A nebula shaped like a gecko, with glowing blue and red clouds of gas and dust stretching across a star-filled field.

Image Title: The Galactic Gecko (LBN 437)

Copyright: ©Ferran Bosch

Date image was taken: July 27, 2025

Location: Cinctorres (Valencian county/Spain)

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: This fascinating Gecko Nebula (LBN 437) deserved almost twenty hours of exposure (19h21') combining five nights in July, in individual 300" shots, mixing broadband and narrowband filters stacked into a single master, processed entirely with PixInsight.

Name: FERRAN BOSCH

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