Ant Nebula MZ3 in Norma [Archive]

tornado33

10-01-2005, 09:01 PM

Hello all.
Ive just joined up. Here is an unusual little object, the Ant Nebula also known as Menzel 3 in Norma
http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/Ant%20Nebula%20MZ3.html
I took it with my 10 inch F5.6 Newtonian and Canon EOS 300D. Its 2 x 3 min ISO 400 images stacked.

Orion

10-01-2005, 09:09 PM

Nice shot tonado33 and Wellcome!

tornado33

10-01-2005, 09:31 PM

Many thanks :)

[1ponders]

10-01-2005, 10:05 PM

Welcome tornado33. Challenging shot and well done. Good to see another 300D user:)

Mick

10-01-2005, 10:13 PM

Hello and welcome, wonderful image Scott a difficult target.

iceman

11-01-2005, 08:00 AM

Hey Tornado, great shot! Very interesting subject, never heard of or seen that one!

:welcome: to the forums too, another from the NAS! Great to see you guys here.. just up the road from me.. I went to uni at Newcastle.

Hope you enjoy your time here and come back often!

gbeal

11-01-2005, 09:05 AM

Great image Scott, and like most others, one I too hadn't even heard of.
I too have reinvented the wheel with using my 10" f5 newt for imaging. I had it out last night, and have yet to process the stacks.
Regards, and welcome,
Gary

seeker372011

11-01-2005, 09:58 AM

Hi Tornado,

glad you found your way here to this forum and welcome

I hope you dont mind if I let the others in the forum know that you had three of your photographs published in the last issue of Sky and Space.... so folks here is a 300D jedi knight.

iceman

11-01-2005, 10:01 AM

Ooh I didn't know that, i'm going to hunt down my last issue to have a look! Nice work Tornado!

rumples riot

11-01-2005, 12:16 PM

Nice shot, and welcome to the forum. Bring on some more of your shots.

ving

11-01-2005, 12:42 PM

welcome to the forum and enjoy your stay :)

Orion

11-01-2005, 06:37 PM

Actually Ice that’s were we have our monthly meeting in the lecture hall at the Newcastle Uni.
(All Welcome):hi:

tornado33

11-01-2005, 10:31 PM

Many thanks people, Im glad I found this great place :). yes I luv my EOS 300D :)
Heres a pic of my astro rig
http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/temp/scope.jpg
10 inch F5.6 newt. and Unitron 75mm refractor as guidescope

Mick

11-01-2005, 10:55 PM

Nice Telescope tornado.:D

iceman

12-01-2005, 06:23 AM

Very nice tornado!
Where abouts in Newcastle are you? Hows the light-pollution up there?

I'm thinking of coming up and joining up with the NAS.. Do you have a dark sky site you go to?

Orion

12-01-2005, 10:34 PM

In reply to your question I posted it in the (General Chat) forum.

iceman

13-01-2005, 06:15 AM

Thanks! You didn't answer this one..
:D

You're at swansea aren't you? The LP wouldn't be too bad there would it? Although you'd get quite a glow to the north I imagine.

I had some friends at Belmont and Charlestown back in my uni days.

Orion

13-01-2005, 06:22 PM

Well we don't have a "dark site" that we go to but we do have our viewing night Shortland I woudn't call it a dark site though.

And yes I'm at Swansea the light polution sin't that bad towards the east or south east not that great towards the north.

tornado33

14-01-2005, 12:19 AM

Im in good old Wallsend. On a good night I can just see the LMC naked eye, on bad nights cant even do that.
The Newcastle Astro Society has that site at Mcarthur St Shortland, on disused Waterboard land, viewing nigts held the night after each meeting which are at the last Friday of month GP 1.1 Newcastle Uni.

iceman

14-01-2005, 06:18 AM

Sounds good..
I saw your photos in the Nov/Dec S&S, great shots! Loved the trifid shot!