NGC 3576 in Halpha with an ED 80

[seeker372011]

8 x 10 minutes at ISO 1600 with an Astronomik H alpha filter
ED 80/canon 300 D (modified)

location-far from dark back yard in Winston Hills, NSW

used Deep Sky Stacker for registering and stacking images-love how easy it is to use-as also the price (free) :)

just two days past full moon but that's when the narrow band filters come into their own

its for objects like these that I sometimes wish I had more aperture..but in the meantime this is the best I can do :)

comments and suggestions welcome



thanks for looking !

[Dennis]

An excellent image - this H alpha portrait is really nice. Is there also a more common name for this NGC object? It looks like it should have one.

Cheers

Dennis

[seeker372011]

reprocessed version -think this is a significant improvement

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=503813959&size=o

Dennis, I don't believe this object has a common name-or at least I am not aware of one - not unusual for deep southern objects I suppose

[Dennis]

Awhh, that's a pity. I was looking forward to seeing it described by some enchanting classical name, as it looks such a beautiful object.

Cheers

Dennis

[seeker372011]

maybe we can have an IIS comp to name this?
the dragonfly nebula? not classical but. :)
Narayan

[ballaratdragons]

Foot Bones Nebula

I can even see the Toe Bones!

[CoombellKid]

Bug splat on a windscreen neb?

regards,CS

[h0ughy]

thats a beautiful image! I like the structure captured and the detail shown, fantastic!

[Dr Nick]

Wow! Nice! ;)

[Ric]

Top image Narayan, I'm hooked on these H alpha images they bring up so much detail.
I'm with Ken, it certainly looks like a skeletal foot.

Cheers

[dcalleja]

Narayan
Very nice image. What a surprise when I saw Winston Hills. I live close by in Kings Langley

Dan

[tornado33]

Yes, really nice, cutting through the moon skyglow :)
Scott

[seeker372011]

maybe we can catch up one of these days(nights :)) and go up to Linden for some relatively dark skies
Narayan