Ghost Of Jupiter/Eye Nebula NGC3242

[EzyStyles]

Heres a shot of the scary looking blue eye. i have no idea why they also call it ghost of jupiter as it doesnt look anything like jupiter.

10 x 30 sec
2 x 45 sec
2 x 60 mins exposure all at iso400.

high res here:

http://www.ezystyles.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=431835

cheers

[davidpretorius]

that is one nice planetary eric

[theodog]

Nice capture Eric.
Another target for my list.
Well done:).

[netwolf]

Eric, very nice detail there. This is one of my fav objects. I could be wrong but i think the call it so because its apparent size is similar to Jupiter. There is also one i think called the Ghost of Saturn. You are providing valuable information to me on future targets.

Regards
Fahim

[iceman]

Do you mean 60s, not 60mins?

Beautiful image, Eric. A very nice planetary.

[Ric]

What a beauty Eric, you have really picked up some great detail with this planetary.

Cheers

[Garyh]

Excellent Eric for such a little PN!
Well done!

[EzyStyles]

thanks guys for your reply. no worries at all fahim. yes, saturn nebula which looks like saturn with the ring around it. i have imaged that before i think with the DSI .

opps thanks mike i mean 60sec not 60 mins :P

[glenc]

Thanks Eric for a nice clear image of 3242, also thanks for the image of 5189.
Both of them are on my list of 95 DSO.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=25155&d=1175207414

[EzyStyles]

thanks for your object sheet Glen. I saved it. Now i have a list of images to image :thumbsup: