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15-02-2019, 10:10 PM
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Three faint and obscure planetary nebula
Planetary nebulae Pre 59 and Pre 61 in Crux were recently discovered by prolific planetary nebula discoverer Trygve Prestgard. This field shows both of them as well as the tiny Wray 16-107. Pre 59 (about 30" in diameter) is easily seen slightly to the left of centre. Pre 61 (about 1' in diameter) is much more difficult to see and is to the lower right of Pre 59. Wray 16-107 is the reddish stellar object just to the right of the bright star above Pre 59.
Definitely not a spectacular field I guess.
Steve
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/W...16200_RC14.htm
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15-02-2019, 10:23 PM
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Galaxy hitchhiking guide
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Hey Steve....I'll be blunt. Great gear,really well captured and processed, but a not a particularly interesting patch of sky.
Just 'cos you can doesn't mean you should...e.g. I could photograph Pauline Hanson...but...Katherine Deneuve has so much more class....
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15-02-2019, 10:51 PM
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Feel free to edit my imag
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I'll be honest, I find even the dullest part of the sky interesting, sorry
As far as I am concerned I will never be good enough to image so from me
Who the h*** is Pauline Hanson and Katherine Deneuve
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15-02-2019, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ukastronomer
Who the h*** is Pauline Hanson and Katherine Deneuve
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Not an Aussie? Young? or just not a fan of French Cinema?
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16-02-2019, 12:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Hey Steve....I'll be blunt. Great gear,really well captured and processed, but a not a particularly interesting patch of sky.
Just 'cos you can doesn't mean you should...e.g. I could photograph Pauline Hanson...but...Katherine Deneuve has so much more class....
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Take your point mate but the only reason I took the image was that Trygve asked me to. I wasn’t going to bother posting it here but I thought I might as well not having posted anything lately.
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16-02-2019, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Ukastronomer
I'll be honest, I find even the dullest part of the sky interesting, sorry
As far as I am concerned I will never be good enough to image so from me
Who the h*** is Pauline Hanson and Katherine Deneuve
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Thanks Jeremy. I tend to mainly do obscure objects.
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16-02-2019, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Not an Aussie? Young? or just not a fan of French Cinema?
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Was it the UKastronomer that gave it away
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16-02-2019, 07:58 AM
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Narrowing the band
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Well done, Steve.
I fell in love with science generally and astronomy in particular because so many of the things we were taught were easily testable (unlike in politics, economics, religion, art, trying to start old lawnmowers, etc etc). And it's especially pleasing when you test something and it turns out they were telling the truth.
You're probably at the very edge of "easily testable" here, but the pleasure is the same.
M
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16-02-2019, 08:53 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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I had no problems finding all three straight away
Planetary nebs are all over the sky... everywhere! there are thousands of them
Mike
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16-02-2019, 11:50 AM
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I love your unusual and mainly unknown objects Steve
Keep on keeping on doing what you do.
Cheers
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16-02-2019, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Well done, Steve.
I fell in love with science generally and astronomy in particular because so many of the things we were taught were easily testable (unlike in politics, economics, religion, art, trying to start old lawnmowers, etc etc). And it's especially pleasing when you test something and it turns out they were telling the truth.
You're probably at the very edge of "easily testable" here, but the pleasure is the same.
M
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Isaac Asimov suggested they will all be quantifiable one day. Science fiction becomes science.
And well done Steve!
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16-02-2019, 03:59 PM
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great image Steve I found it very interesting in fact every bit of sky at night is interesting glad you posted it .
I think the glamor images are nice but sometimes not as interesting as the images of seldom imaged objects .
great work Steve
cheers Pete
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16-02-2019, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by spiezzy
great image Steve I found it very interesting in fact every bit of sky at night is interesting glad you posted it .
I think the glamor images are nice but sometimes not as interesting as the images of seldom imaged objects .
great work Steve
cheers Pete
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Thanks Pete. I share your view.
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16-02-2019, 04:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisV
Isaac Asimov suggested they will all be quantifiable one day. Science fiction becomes science.
And well done Steve!
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Thanks Chris
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Originally Posted by astroron
I love your unusual and mainly unknown objects Steve
Keep on keeping on doing what you do.
Cheers
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Thanks Ron. I certainly enjoy doing the unusual stuff.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
I had no problems finding all three straight away
Planetary nebs are all over the sky... everywhere! there are thousands of them
Mike
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Yep - there are certainly a lot of the buggers. Of course a large proportion are virtually stellar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Placidus
Well done, Steve.
I fell in love with science generally and astronomy in particular because so many of the things we were taught were easily testable (unlike in politics, economics, religion, art, trying to start old lawnmowers, etc etc). And it's especially pleasing when you test something and it turns out they were telling the truth.
You're probably at the very edge of "easily testable" here, but the pleasure is the same.
M
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Thanks Mike
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19-02-2019, 07:38 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Hey, it's not a Carina or a Horsehead...so, it's GOOOOOOD
Not all of us need the glitzy and glamourous. Keep the decidedly obscure from the Road Less Travelled coming. I personally LOVE them.
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19-02-2019, 10:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Hey, it's not a Carina or a Horsehead...so, it's GOOOOOOD
Not all of us need the glitzy and glamourous. Keep the decidedly obscure from the Road Less Travelled coming. I personally LOVE them.
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Thanks mate. More may be coming soon.
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22-02-2019, 08:53 PM
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Good on you Steve you are travelling the path less travelled.
Interesting to see what you come up with next.
This one is a bit obscure but I appreciate your efforts at imaging the lesser known objects.
Greg.
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22-02-2019, 10:47 PM
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“Recently Discovered” makes it interesting. The more the better.
Images will be seen and some “body” with equipment better than anyone we know will get great information about some of these bodies that seem distant now.
Those blue planetary nebula really stand out, no matter how small and distant.
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22-02-2019, 11:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunfish
“Recently Discovered” makes it interesting. The more the better.
Images will be seen and some “body” with equipment better than anyone we know will get great information about some of these bodies that seem distant now.
Those blue planetary nebula really stand out, no matter how small and distant.
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Thanks Ray
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Good on you Steve you are travelling the path less travelled.
Interesting to see what you come up with next.
This one is a bit obscure but I appreciate your efforts at imaging the lesser known objects.
Greg.
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Thanks Greg. Currently it's going to be Westerlund 2. I've already done Westerlund 1 and the catalogue only has 2 members. Sakib Rasool in the UK (and some others) feed me new objects to image. If it wasn't for them I would be doing the mainstream stuff too.
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22-02-2019, 11:51 PM
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Three unusual objects. Always good to see different.
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