8 Burst Planetary - NGC3132 - 6th Feb 2013

[Screwdriverone]

Hi all,

I was trolling though my files and found some data from February which I hadn't processed. Only 50 minutes of subs and I was a bit rusty in the processing so I went softly trying to remove some noise and skyglow.

So here it is, the 8 burst planetary nebula in Vela, 10 subs of 5 minutes each, darks and bias files applied, taken with the Atik 314L+ on the 8" Skywatcher newtonian. Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop CS3.

Uncompressed image here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/tnd0qsu28ayx3lx/8Burst%20PS%20processed.png)
Cheers

Chris

[LewisM]

What a dead sexy PN :) GOT TO try that one day!

[Screwdriverone]

Lol, thanks Lewis,

Yep, there are some nice ones up there, good to get in there with this sexy camera.....

Give it a burl, the SX is chipped with the same Sony sensors as the Atiks.

Cheers

Chris

[Larryp]

Nice work, Chris

[Rod771]

Nice little pinky neb Chris :thumbsup:

Looks good, especially the high res.

[SkyViking]

The nebula looks great Chris, but something happened to the stars, many of then look dark grey?

[multiweb]

Nice catch Chris. Beautiful colors and details. Not an easy target. :thumbsup:

[rustigsmed]

Nice work Chris , a tough target and a great result!

Russ

[jase]

Excellent Chris! Good to see some 'space' around such a target. In my opinion, the true colour palette tends to suit this target more than the Hubble palette. Thanks for sharing.

[Ross G]

Great looking capture Chris.

Nice colours.


Ross.

[Screwdriverone]

Thanks Laurie :)



Cheers Rod, the colours come out well on the camera, one reason I like doing nebulae with it. :D



I think this may be caused by some stretching in DSS Rolf, it brings out a lot of the colours in the stars, but it also gives off some funky colours sometimes. I am working on trying some different settings as I go.



Thanks for the compliment Marc, cheers! :D



Thank you Russell, I appreciate it. :)



Always a pleasure Jase, I am glad you liked it. ;)



Cheers Ross, thanks :D

Cheers

Chris

[astronobob]

PN's are so small, yet how coool do they look, This has a very vibrant colour about it Chris, well done mate :thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

Hey Bob,

Yep, some of them are miniscule but most have some pretty cool features and textures.

I am glad you enjoyed this one :)

Cheers

Chris