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kinetic
28-10-2009, 05:55 PM
Barry certainly inspired me to try for this object.
He has certainly done a fantastic job to get so much detail. (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=52069)
The outer ring (star forming blue areas) are SOOO dim.

Now for some excuses!;)
CCD chip was 24-26 degrees.
Gully breezes were playing havoc with the tracking.
1st quarter moon was up.
There was high cloud during parts of this capture.

But I got the ring!
It certainly inspires me to try for this object when I have a cooler
CCD, no moon and the BEST seeing.

PS: Aladin shows that one of the 3 faint galaxies visible in my
shot (the one at 8 oclock, far left, is a mag 16 galaxy)

Steve