Coffee bean nebula now in colour

[Stevec35]

Well after a considerable battle with the weather and poor seeing when it was clear here is a colour version of the coffee bean nebula (RCW 98). It's not a spectacular object but I suppose if it was it would have a NGC designation.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/rcw98_STXL6303_RC14.htm

[RickS]

Nice colours and an interesting little blob, Steve :thumbsup:

[Geoff45]

Looks like a difficult object Steve. Well done. I like the star colours.
Geoff

[allan gould]

That's very nice Steve, really subtle.
Allan

[atalas]

A lot of dust around that coffee bean Steve!nice work.

[Stevec35]

Thanks guys. As always I appreciate the comments.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Good image Steve!:thumbsup:

You're certainly showing us some interesting pic's of these little known objects.

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike]

Well, I'm sitting here in 36C heat and 100% Humidity (air con though) at Le Meridien resort in Phuket Thailand (:D) …and on this apple screen in the internet area this image looks great :thumbsup:…I thiiiink I see hints of decon induced nebulous threads though :eyepop: :question: :lol: buuuut they are not obtrusive and the image still looks lovely, especially when taken in context with my current beautiful surrounds!

Nice work Steve :thumbsup:

Mike

[Bassnut]

good to see a bit of hard unusual dim NF, top work Steve.

[alpal]

That looks so nice in colour - well done.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Allan, Fred, Mike, Fred and Justin for the supportive comments which I haven't included because for some reason multi-quoting has suddenly stopped working for me.

I thought the deconvolution I did was pretty mild Mike but I certainly acknowledge the image isn't perfect. I played around some more and have now posted a version which I think is better. Enjoy your holiday - it's pretty cold back in Canberra.

Cheers

Steve

[sjastro]

Nice image of an obscure object Steve.

Steven

[Stevec35]

Thanks Steven

[marc4darkskies]

Ah yes, very nicely done Steve. :thumbsup: The frame is almost filled with faint neb too! Wondering whether you have enough data to bring out the fainter stuff a little bit more (ie not quite so subtle)?

BTW, I think I'll print a small version of this and pin it up on my partition at work next to the sign that says "My blood type is coffee" :)

Cheers, Marcus

[E_ri_k]

Nice one Steve, looking good:thumbsup:
Erik

[SkyViking]

Awesome result Steve, the colours came out beautifully. It is a great little nebula!
I wonder which of the stars are causing the emission. There is a fairly bright one near the centre, but no cluster as such really.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Rolf. There's not a lot of information about this nebula. Here's one link:

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=15157&p=99566



Thanks Eric



Thanks Marcus. I don't think I'll be getting any more Ha as there is already about 7 hours. I think you would have to label the picture well for your work colleagues to get it.