Looking for the Eight Burst, but what did I get?

[Lester]

Hi all,

as I haven't got goto on my old EQ mount, when trying to hunt down faint DSOs, I set the declination circle to the required dec. and sweep in R.A. .

This first object was way too far west to be the Eight Burst nebula, although on the same Dec at -40 30', about half way between Canopus and Sirius. It looked like a diffuse object in the 4" Tak. I looked in this area with The Sky program and could only find a globular and a edge on galaxy; niether fit the appearance of what I have imaged. With 14" LX200 at f10 using Astro 40D with 8 x 1 minute exposures.

The second is in the general area of where the Eight Burst should be, but is it just a red star? Although I am puzzled by its large diameter, as focus was good.

[alan meehan]

Hi lester nice shot you have got the eight burst neb ok,have look at the one i shot in jan for a bit of comparison

[strongmanmike]

Nah that's not the Eight Burst Nebula...looks more like the Saturn Nebula but from your description it's not that either..?

This is what the Eightburst looks like:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/55278202/original

Mike

[Lester]

Thanks for your replies Alan and Mike.

Hope someone can solve the mistry. The Eight burst is more oval than my second image, after looking at Mike's comparison.

[glenc]

Lester have a look at the galaxies around NGC 3250 on wikisky.
http://www.wikisky.org/?ra=10.443011328412242&de=-39.930804919556785&zoom=8&show_grid=1&show_constellation_lines=1&show_constellation_boundaries=1&show_const_names=0&show_galaxies=1&img_source=DSS2

[Lester]

Hi Glen, The first object looked like a galaxy in the 4" Tak, but when I processed the images, it looks more like a planetary nebula.