Friday, January 28, 2011

M46 & NGC2437


First time at this, and I shot it within a bit of spare time tonight after trying to image the Horsehead nebula (more on that later!)

You can clearly see the NGC2437 planetary nebula here. Not too bad!

Image Details:

  • Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
  • Imaging Camera: Nikon D7000
  • Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval Refractor
  • Guiding Camera: Meade DSI-C
  • Mount: Celestron CGEM
  • Exposures: 3 * 5 minute lights
  • ISO 400
  • Aligned and Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
  • Post-Processing in GIMP (contrast, saturation and unsharp mask)





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4 comments:

  1. Polaris B9:51 PM

    Excellent rendition, Phil! Congratulations on a nice capture! The star colors are very nice, and that little planetary came out nicely resolved and nicely colored. Looks like OIII!

    Val

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  2. Phil4:57 PM

    Thanks, Val! I have loved looking at this object visually and was chuffed to see the end result after my imaging session. I did shoot it through part of the Austin light dome, so a better shot awaits later in the year...

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  3. RoryG9:40 PM

    This is one of my favorite objects. Nice work on getting the planetary nebula.

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  4. Phil9:41 PM

    Thanks, Rory!

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