Abell 24

[Stevec35]

Abell 24 is another faint planetary nebula on the less traveled path. This is also the first time I've ever imaged something in Canis Minor.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/abell24_STXL6303_RC14.htm

[RickS]

Nice work, Steve! I assume there's not a lot of Oiii?

[Stevec35]

Thanks Rick. No - the OIII was pretty weak.

[Bart]

Top job. More unseen stuff, this is great!

[Stevec35]

Thanks Bart. More on the way hopefully.

[Atmos]

Really nice Steve, I do wonder if that small blue star in the middle is a White Dwarf considering it's a planetary nebula.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Colin. Maybe someone that knows the theory better could clarify but I thought all planetary nebula central stars were white dwarfs?

[Atmos]

It is true, it’s just whether that star there is the central white dwarf or not ;) It is an odd colour which is what sparked my interested but that can be caused by other processing techniques as well.

[Stevec35]

White dwarfs do emit a lot of short wavelength radiation (UV etc) so you would expect it to be bluish. Of course my colour balance could be out (not unusual).

[rustigsmed]

Nice one Steve I've never seen this one before - a first in Canis Major sounds unbelievable with your back catalogue !

[Stevec35]

Thanks Russell. No - Canis Minor is the one I've never done anything in. I've imaged lots of stuff in Canis major.

[Ross G]

Great capture Steve.

Beautiful photo of another object new to me.

Ross.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Ross. Another one is in the works.

[Paul Haese]

This looks a little like Abell 35. Nicely captured Steve.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Paul

[Shiraz]

great capture Steve - very interesting object. cheers Ray

[Stevec35]

Thanks Ray

[markas]

Nice one. You've caught great detail in this diffuse object.

Mark

[Stevec35]

Thanks Mark