Sh2-216

[Nicola]

Hello Everyone,
today I show you an image of the closest planetary nebula to our Solar System: Sh2-216.
The apparent size of this nebula is amazing, the nebula itself is very faint to detect. With the red filter I had only a hint of it, while with the green and blu filters was undetectable. I had therefore to proceed in imaging also in the H-alpha and OIII emission lines to have it adequately highlighted.

http://skymonsters.net/personal/immagine.php?img=Sh2-216.jpg

I hope you like it, comments and criticism always welcomed.

Clear skies
Nicola

[Joshua Bunn]

Beautiful Nicola! Love the transparency of it.

[strongmanmike]

Excellent image of what must be a challenging target Nicola, Bravo :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickS]

Nicely done, Nicola! It must be faint indeed. I see JP Metsavanio is calling this object the cosmic tennis ball :)

[Rod771]

Interesting object Nicola! nice work :thumbsup:

[Nicola]

Thanks to Joshua,Mike, Rick and Rod!!

Yes, it really looks like a tennis ball :)

[dvj]

Great image and color. I keep forgetting about this one. I must turn the RHA on it.

[Paul Haese]

A very faint object indeed. Well captured.

[Nicola]

dvj and Paul Haese, thanks a lot! :)

dvj: I'm sure you'll get a masterpiece