Ngc4361

[cometcatcher]

A dying star in the constellation of Corvus created this beautiful little planetary nebula called NGC4361. A small edge on distant galaxy can be seen on the top left known as PGC864871.

GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, full spectrum modified Canon 1100D, Baader Semi-spo filter, Astronomik CLS filter, Baader MPCC MKIII, 477x30 seconds unguided on a HEQ5 Pro over two nights.

Full frame at Astrobin ---> https://astrob.in/350027/0/

[multiweb]

Very nicely done. I like the colours. :thumbsup:

[Geoff45]

That's a lot of good detail for a very small object. Nicely done.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks fellas. First time imaging this. I had no idea how it would turn out.

[Ryderscope]

A tiny object and well captured and presented. Good one Kevin!

[Atmos]

That's pretty awesome Kevin :)

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rodney! My scope and camera are not the best match for tiny PN's but still fun to try.



Thanks Colin! Had fun trying for it.

[billdan]

Good catch Kevin, the galaxy sets it off. :thumbsup:

[Placidus]

Most excellent work! We've not tried this one for a very long time, but when we did, we found it difficult because it is so small. You've revealed much detail. Nicely processed too. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Excellent result Kevin, well done, it's a beautiful PN :thumbsup:

Mike

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Bill. Yeah it's a cute little Galaxy. Probably contains the Borg lol.



Thanks M&T! Whenever I get a dedicated astro cam, I was thinking of getting a smaller chip to make the best of these small objects. Still thinking about it.



Thanks Mike! I didn't even know it was there until the other night.

[Retrograde]

Looks really good Kevin. Nice colour and excellent detail.

[strongmanmike]

Oh mate, there are so many beautiful PN's worth imaging right across the sky, no way you could image'em all in a lifetime :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickS]

That's a lovely little gem, Kevin!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Pete!



There must be, but most of them very tiny. This one actually has some size to it. But there's probably more a few arc minutes across that I'm not aware of also. I shall have to hunt them down.



PN's are certainly the gems pf the sky.

[Slawomir]

A beautiful little gem. I'm impressed with your HEQ5 guiding the 10" beast so precisely :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

It helps with it being setup in a sheltered observatory. Even then I can't image on a windy night. I'm losing about 25 percent on trailed subs, but the upside is that it has a dithering effect.