NGC 3132 Sthn Ring Neb/ 8 Burst

[kinetic]

Tonight's object while doing more GEM drive refining.
A small frame count but I managed to get some detail.

Edit: added a resize result using Bspline 2.0x

Steve

[Alchemy]

providing awesome detail there steve,

[Lester]

I enjoy viewing the different detail that the planetary nebula show. The structure of this one is very interesting.

Good one Steve.

[astroron]

Thanks Steve for posting that image :thumbsup:
I have taken the eight burst as my favourite Planetary Nebula:)
Under High magnification., 300xmag the oscillation disappears but lots of detail is seen.:)

[jjjnettie]

Very nice detail indeed.
And the more you study the image, more detail seems to emerge.

[kinetic]

Thank you guys n gals!

My favourite too Ron.
The more I sit and look at it with the 12" mid power, the more it starts
to spook me like I'm being looked at:scared3:

Remote Desktop is SOOOOOO cool.
It was VERY cold last night and this and a few other capture sets
were all done while cosy indoors with a few coffees and the kids
playing with LEGO at my feet :)

Steve

[astroron]

Steve,when I showed it to the gang at Barambah DarkSky Camp a couple of months ago, the wows came thick and fast:eyepop:
Jeanette even took some images of it, they didn't come out bad, but as she said could be better;)
Can't wait for the Moonie and Cloudy nights to go away so as I can get back into some observing:prey::prey::prey:

[Ric]

Excellent capture Steve, a lot of nice structure and detail.

Definitely one of my favourites in the imaging department.

Cheers

[telecasterguru]

I love PN. I reckon this would look good on a T shirt.

Great image.

Frank

[Prickly]

Hi Steve,

These are great shots once again.

Was wondering whether there were any problems reaching focus with the DSI II with the 12inch GSO. Did you need to do any mods? Ive just received my DSI III and a friend (Tilt) has a GSO 10inch - we are keen to give it a go.

If you had a few colour filters lying around it would be great to see what you could do with a colour version!

The short multiple exposure low S/N approach seems to really work a treat.

Cheers
David

[kinetic]

Hi David, guys,thanks for the comments,


Yes David, I did the 50mm chop as per Clive's great article here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-441-0-0-1-0.html
This easily brings the DSI II into focus even with the homemade
filter wheel assembly (http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/astrosteve/filter_wheel.html) attached, which adds approx 22mm to the
equation.

Can't wait to see results from that!.....is it the mono version?

I have tried a few colour sets.
Nothing earth shattering to offer so far.
A lot is down to inexperience.
Colour balance is hard to get right. The Meade set (cheap) need
about 10sec exposures of RGB to match the 5sec luminosity subs.
No science here, no G2V calibration done yet...all estimates so far.
A work in progress.



That's the key to it David :)

Steve

[Prickly]

Hi Steve,

Cant wait to post some shots - hopefully it will fine up soon.I think I'm the cause of the horrific cloudy weather here in Canberra (new toy).

Did a quick trial run on the moon yesterday but it didnt quite reach focus - had to alter the flip mirror arrangment a bit and screw the DSI on rather than using the eyepiece nose piece which takes up extra space. All seems to be running well though.

I think combining the colours will be challenging although I have got some quite good filters I bought off a friend. Happy for any tips you may have.

You must be very happy with your results - extremely promising.

Cheers
David

[Hagar]

Nice one Steve. You are certainly getting lots of detail in these images.
Come on colour.

[atalas]

Nice work Steve!