M46 and NGC2438

mswhin63 (Malcolm) · #1 22-02-2012, 01:58 PM

Hi All,

Last image from the back yard for a while I think. M46 and sneaking it blue butt in the picture is NGC2438 Planetary Nebula. I blew up the image as well. Bit grainy but shows a bit more detail.

https://plus.google.com/photos/10992...57160624214962

30 x 90 Seconds @ ISO800
Dark, Flats and Bias shot as well.

I have an issue I saw clearly last night with interference that caused the Flats to not do its job properly. So I have really darken the image to compensate.

multiweb (Marc) · #2 24-02-2012, 06:38 PM

Nice field. Beautiful colors in the stars and the planetary nebula.

Ross G · #3 01-03-2012, 06:32 PM

Cool capture Malcolm.

Ross.

mswhin63 (Malcolm) · #4 01-03-2012, 07:14 PM

Thanks Marc and Ross,

The Planetary took me by surprise as I was only expecting the Open Cluster.

One of the limitations of Pulse Guiding with EQMOD as I can't use a planetarium program.