NGC 6337 Cheerio nebula

[Lester]

Hi all, this is the Cheerio nebula in Scorpio, magnitude 12.3, size=0.8'x0.8' . Captured with 12 x 4 minute exposures, using Astro 40D and 14" LX200 at F6.3 . Guided with Orion OAG and Starshoot auto guider using PHD.

[TrevorW]

The big "O" that is a dim one Lester

[Lester]

Yes Trevor it is faint.

Here it is a bit brighter.

[Lester]

Here it is processed in Iris by Ray. Many thanks Ray, as your image has bourght out and defined the brighter regions well.

[Hagar]

very nice faint little bugger. Well done Lester. These little PN are a bit small for my FL.

[Bassnut]

Another top PN Lester, Rays repro looks good. Your native res looks very high and natural looking.

[Dennis]

Hi Lester

That is quite an amazing image Lester – 0.8 arc mins is miniscule! Great job in finding and recording this at around 2300mm focal length, a very impressive effort indeed.

Out of the 3 images, I think that I prefer your 2nd repro in msg#3.

Cheers

Dennis

[Lester]

Hi Doug, Fred and Dennis, thanks for your comments, I appreciate them.

I enjoy imaging these planetaries with their differing characteristics. While I have the 14" on the mount ready for planetary imaging it works well for these little chaps also.

[Shiraz]

Hi Lester
agree with other comments - it's impressive that you can get detailed images of such tiny objects - the ones that you have posted are all really interesting and spectacular.
There was not much that extra processing could get out of this one - the original image was so good to start with - but thanks for letting me try anyway.

[multiweb]

Beautiful shot. The repro looks very natural. Lovely colors. :thumbsup:

[David Fitz-Henr]

Great image Lester - I like seeing these small, challenging objects!!! Well done to bring the detail out and keep the stars good at such a long fl.
One thing though - it's Scorpius ;)

[Paul Haese]

Nice going Lester on a faint and difficult object. Well done.

[Lester]

Thanks Ray, Marc, David and Paul for your comments.

All the best.

[richardo]

Beautifully done Lester!
This is a cool little PN.
Great colours and processing.

Rich