Ngc3699

[Paul Haese]

This is a not often imaged planetary nebula lying on the border between Centaurus and Crux.

To my surprise I found two other planetary nebula in the field which I could not find catalogue numbers for in SkyX. I'll let you go find them.

Re the main attraction; you might be able to see several outer shells that I managed to capture which are clearly evident in the Chart 32 image of this object. Certainly great exposure might define them better but I suspect it would be double or more of the current exposure to define them better.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/NGC3699.html) for the larger resolution image.

[Ryderscope]

Wow, what a great field Paul. The outer shells extend out like a pair of large ears surrounded by a very colourful star field. There is a lot of texture and detail to the PN and I see a splash of red nebulosity under the PN at about 7 o’clock. Some faint nebulosity extending out to the right as well.

I also found the two little PNs. A good fun image to exlore.

[theodog]

Nice image Paul.:thumbsup:
Guide 9 and my best go at identification shown attached.
One PN and another GN.

Apart from the obvious.

[RickS]

Nice work on a rare and difficult looking object, Paul!

[gregbradley]

I haven't seen that one before and those 2 extra nebs are a nice bonus. Great imaging.

Greg.

[Stevec35]

Nice work Paul. For some reason I've never imaged this one myself.

Cheers

Steve

[SimmoW]

Nice one Paul, the faint shell could almost be another bubble nebula. Man it's tiny tho

[Joshua Bunn]

Interesting FOV, nice work. Well preserved star colours to... I suspect the RGB was specifically for the stars.

Josh

[LewisM]

Cute little monkey that one. Love the lateral H-a cloud and the additional nebs. VERY interesting. Might need to try this one in the 8" f/9...

[Placidus]

That's exceptional, Paul.

All the features are clearly there.

Your version is nicer than the ESO (https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1550a/) image.

Best,
MnT

[Geoff45]

Really good Paul. As well as the main object there is a surprising amount of detail in the two small planetaries.

[Atmos]

A really nice field Paul and the addition of a few other random planetaries is quite neat :)

[atalas]

:eyepop:what a great PN Paul....just see those outer shells and looks to me like there's some bipolar ****e happening in the core....maybe :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Thanks everyone for the comments.



Thanks Jeff for the identification. The top one is a mystery to me. I didn't think the bottom one was a GN. I was thinking PN. I knew about about PK292 though.




Thanks MnT but you are too kind. I like the ESO version and I was using that as a check on the nebulosity I processed out. I figure theirs is pretty close to being right. ;)

[tornado33]

Great pic. I see the small ringlike one upper left, Its listed on Sky safari Pro as He2-67 however the other one near bottom isnt shown on Sky safari pro 4 at all. In trying to emulate your shot tonight I did manage to get another PN called Wray 16-93

[topheart]

Well done Paul!
I love seeing these new targets!
Cheers,
Tim