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barx1963
13-02-2021, 10:28 AM
aaargh... me hearties! This is NGC2467 also known colloquially as the Skull & Crossbones nebula. Myself I cannot for the life of me figure out how it got that name. Might have to try a truecolour LRGB image to see if it pops out. Anyway, this is a nice bright emission nebula in Puppis, currently very easy to get for us southern hemisphere imagers and observers. Narrowband image made of 15x5 minutes of Ha, 23x5 minutes of OIII (oxygen) and 20x5 minutes of SII (sulphur). Taken with ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro through a Steallarvue SVR102T-IS scope on Skywatcher EQ8 mount. Guided with PHD2 and a ZWO ASI290MM guide camera and ZWO OAG. Astrodon 36mm narrowband filters (Ha 5nm, OIII and SII 3nm). Captured with SGP and processed with Pixinsight. Wanted to get a little more Ha and SII data but last night clouded out at about 1am so had to pack it in.
gregbradley
13-02-2021, 10:57 AM
A terrific image Ben and very nicely processed.

Greg.
Robert_T
13-02-2021, 11:36 AM
Hi malcolm, aaarrrghhh right back at ya with a yo ho ho and all that...very nice and delicately processed to my tastes. I must give this object a try with my new scope... 780mm FL should frame nicely?
barx1963
13-02-2021, 01:46 PM
Thanks Fred!!

Regards "Ben"!!:P
barx1963
13-02-2021, 01:48 PM
Should be fine. Mine is 571mm on a 1600MM camera. Cropped it a fairl bit as there was some faint Ha sitting in one corner that I wanted to get rid off.

Malcolm
FlashDrive
13-02-2021, 03:06 PM
Well done ...nice colours ....!!
Ryderscope
13-02-2021, 03:46 PM
I call it the celestial fish :)
Whatever we call it it’s a great result :thumbsup:
marc4darkskies
13-02-2021, 05:05 PM
That's a very nice result Malcolm!

No Astrobin version?
barx1963
13-02-2021, 06:32 PM
Just loading it up now!

Malcolm
barx1963
13-02-2021, 06:38 PM
Astrobin link here https://www.astrobin.com/w3kott/
pfitzgerald
13-02-2021, 07:33 PM
A lovely image Malcolm - well done.

Try this link for the skull and crossbones (PS you will need to scroll down ;))

https://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/ngc-2467/

Paul
Placidus
14-02-2021, 08:32 AM
Lovely job Malcom. Lots of faint stuff there. Very well done.



It is a scientifically proven fact that the nebula is actually Snoopy on his rocket ship, taking a trip to the beach:


https://photos.smugmug.com/Category/Star-Forming-Regions/i-PGkWs5B/0/0ad2dffe/O/Snoopy%20HHO%20Ha%209rs%20OIII%206h rs%20annotated%20thumb.jpg


You just need to hold it upside down, or rotate Don Goldman's version 90 degrees.