Ngc5189

[Paul Haese]

NGC5189 or nicknamed the Spiral Planetary Nebula is located in Musca. And; this name is no doubt brought on by the striated nature of the gas and dust seen in various wave lengths

It is a tiny planetary. It is 90 x 62 arc seconds in size and to put that into perspective it has the apparent size of double Jupiter's width and about 1.25 times the apparent height of Jupiter. Seeing was variable over the 4 nights I collected data and I did not collect data below 42 degrees. With only 8 hours of data there is still some noise present but not enough gains can be made by collecting further data at this stage.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/NGC5189.html) for larger resolution image.

[Bassnut]

wow, thats different, excellent detail Paul.

[gregbradley]

I don't think I've seen this object before. Great work.

Greg.

[jase]

Tough little target Paul. A great image. For only narrowband data, your star colours are near perfect. Nice!

[rustigsmed]

that is awesome, that long FL eats up these PNs!

[Rod771]

Fascinating object Paul. Nice work! :thumbsup:

[Placidus]

Absolutely awesome. A sparkling jewel.

[IanP]

Something new, never seen that stuff before.
Awesome catch Paul :thumbsup:

[gvanhau]

Nice capture Paul

I did this object a couple of years ago...I prefer to look at it upside down, then it resembles a goldfish ...


Geert

[SkyViking]

Beautiful image Paul :) You evidently got a lot more detail here than I did when I imaged this one under poor seeing conditions. Really shows how important seeing is for these tiny objects :thumbsup:
This object is a gem, and very colourful both in NB and RGB. Thanks for the view!

[multiweb]

:eyepop:That's very good indeed. Incredible details. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Russell, Rod, Mike and Marc for your comments. Much appreciated.



Thanks Fred. I was surprised at the level of detail to be seen.



Thanks Greg. Actually, I think you might have seen this before. Mike Sidonio did this object as his first image from his current observatory. His detail level looks a bit different to mine, no doubt different application of the data influenced both images.



Thanks Jase, I have been playing around with combinations in NB to produce RGB colour combinations. It usually takes several different combinations to work. Martin has a technique which works without going to this hassle. He mentioned it to me some time ago, but it largely went in one ear and out the other. I would prefer to use his technique as all his stars look near perfect.



Thanks Geert, there are several compositions which can look good, vertical looks pretty good generally, but I did not go looking. Thanks for the idea.



Thanks Rolf. I might get some RGB data yet for a screen wash over the NB data. RGB images show some nice reds.

I had a couple of subs that were not that great seeing wise and that meant I had to work the data quite a bit to sharpen it without it looking too sharpened.

I reckon Mike's 20" CDK would give a better scale again on this object. 2.4 metres is just not quite enough.

[RickS]

That's the best amateur image of this object I've seen, Paul, apart from the Chart32 version (and you'd have to argue whether those guys are amateurs...)

Cheers,
Rick.

[Leonardo70]

Very nice Paul.

All the best,
Leo

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Leo for your comment.



Thanks Rick and high praise.

I just took a look at the Chart32 version and that is an outstanding image. Imaging at altitude does have its advantages. Processing is superb. I can hear the AOX calling me again.

[Slawomir]

Perfectly crafted little gem - awesome!

[Neil]

Never seen this Planetary before, very impressive, clear skies.:eyepop:

[Nico13]

Nice job Paul and something different for sure.

[PeterM]

Paul that is a superb image, one of my favourite objects from my visual days and one of the best gems in the whole sky. Today even one of my quick n dirty 30 second supernova search monochrome jobs brings out sensational detail, but nothing like this!
It was discovered by James Dunlop from Parramatta in 1826, though Hartungs says J Herschel discovered it in 1835. Its about 3000 light years away. Love the wide field around it, you don't often see that.

[strongmanmike]

The detail levels (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/151209939/original)are essentially the same (ie. not too bad), just a slightly different colour scheme and orientation, t'was from my previous observatory :).

Mike

[graham.hobart]

That is such a great shot Paul, great scale and colours. Love it!
Graz

[Ross G]

Beautiful photo Paul.

What an amazing object!

Great detail and colour.

Ross.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Slawomir, Neil, Ken, Grahame and Ross. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.



Thanks Peter, I never saw this in my visual days and we both remember those. I was swayed to the dark side very quickly by Jim as you may well remember. I had only recently read up its discovery. There does seem to be a bit of a discrepancy with the distance though. The Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5189)seemed to say either 1780 light years in the text and 3000 light years in the side panel. Which is correct?




I think your central bar shows more detail Mike, whereas mine shows a little more detail in the OIII bubble, hence why I thought there was some differences which appeared to be from application of the data.

I thought the comment on your page was about your latest observatory. My mistake.

[Flugel88]

I love these little quirky Planetary Nebula.
A fantastic image for such a small object Paul keep them coming.
The GSO RC is performing very well.

[marco]

Agree with the accolade Paul, excellent details on a very fascinating object!
Clear skies
Marco

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Michael. The RC is quite good but taming it has been a long process and continues to be ongoing at present.



Thanks Marco. Now that I have a working long focal length scope you might see more planetary nebulae from me in the coming year. The target list has got very large now that I can image with the bigger scope.

[Geoff45]

Stunning image of what looks like a very challenging object Paul. Really well done detail and colour.
Geoff