Menzel 1

[Tony_]

Small planetary nebula in Norma. Doesn't seem to get imaged often - probably because it's small.
It is fairly bright mag=12.5, surface brightness 10.2, I couldn't see it visually - probably needs an OIII filter.

C9.25", f/10, 60 x 40s unguided. CDS60d @ -14C ISO 1600.

Tony.

[Placidus]

Lovely. Nicely done. And done with quite minimal kit.

[RickS]

Nice catch, Tony.

[rustigsmed]

that is a cool shot Tony,

nice one,

Rusty

[strongmanmike]

Yeah excellent, there are heaps of these PN's all over the sky and all so different, I recon you could collect'em, like stamps, or coins :thumbsup:

Mike

[Tony_]

Thanks for your comments,

There are some amazing PNs out there - but a lot of them are fairly small.
They often have quite good surface brightness so are relatively easy to image - but the outer shells and extensions that some of them have need much longer exposures.

Tony.

[astronobob]

Hey, check that out, amazing find and capture Tony. very well done :thumbsup: