NGC 1360 Planetary Nebula 1485 FL

[Tamtarn]

This is one of our favourite PN. Image taken 25th July. The PN showed up a nice size in the full frame no need to crop :)

Details

Celestron C9.25 using 6.3 focal reducer
Canon 40D unmodded

Total exposure time 90mins ISO800

Larger image http://www.pbase.com/rangeviewobservatory/image/115619761/original


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[renormalised]

"The Blue Footy"....nice shot there:D:D

Framed nicely too....got the image scale right here:D

[Dennis]

Wow – that is a gorgeous image of this beautiful, ghostly looking PN! Excellent work again from the A Team!

Cheers

Dennis

[Paul Haese]

Very nice image Barb and David. Nice and smooth.

[RB]

Lovely shot guys !!
Beautiful colour.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

love the color, some interesting surface detail to the lower left of the neb too

[multiweb]

Very nice. I've seen this one imaged a couple of times but I have to admit this shot in term of colors and details is right up there. :thumbsup:

[peter_4059]

Thats a beauty Barb and David. I don't recall seeing an image of this before. Great colour and detail.

Peter

[strongmanmike]

Ah nice B&D, it reminds me of a soft blue cotton wool ball...or a blue Emu Egg....or a chocolate easter egg covered in blue foil or a.... :)

Yes 1485mm FL is close to ideal, very useful and versitile IMO

Mike

[citivolus]

This one has been on my to do list for a while. You have done it well.

Do you ever have any mirror flop or flexure issues with this setup?

[Lester]

That is an unusual Planetary, captured well, thanks.

[jjjnettie]

"The Easter Egg Nebula" !!
Once again, beautiful work from both of you.

[Hagar]

Very nice as usual Guy's, great detail and I love the tiny little galaxies scattered in the background.

Well done.

[Tamtarn]

Like your description Carl :D



Thanks again for your comments Dennis




Thanks Paul and Andrew



Your right Clive although the neb looks plain there are some interesting features



Appreciate those comments Marc



There doesn't seem to be many images of this one out there Peter



It sure congers up lots of thoughts Mike hadn't thought of a soft blue cotton wool ball though :lol:

Regarding the scope. We find the 9.25 to be ideal for the objects we want to image and our setup seems to be doing a good job considering the total price we have outlayed

[Tamtarn]

Hi Ric
We have addressed some of the flexure problems by pier mounting the scope and replacing the EQ6 mount head with a Star Stuff losmandy style saddleplate with puck and dovetail plate with radius blocks. The guidescope is hard bolted to an ADM dovetail bar.

We haven't experienced any mirror flop at all

There are pics of our setup on the equipment page on our PBase web site if you're interested. link is listed in signature below

[citivolus]

OK, thanks. That definitely looks like a rigid setup.

Regards,
Eric

[Tamtarn]

Ric

Barb had typed that we had a vixen set up from starstuff, when it is actually a losmandy style set up. :doh:

Sorry about that.

David

[DavidU]

What a beautifully coloured PN.
Well done David & Barb

[RobF]

Wow - love those stunning colours!

[Tamtarn]

Pleased you liked the colours David and Rob