Abell 31

[prokyon]

Hi folks!

This week I build up my mount on my balcony. Nice weather but a lot of cirrus. But I kept on, here the result of 3 nights. 26x900s Ha and 12x300s for every channel in RGB. Done with the Moravian G2-8300 and Pentax75.
Abell 31 is a very weak but large planetary nebula in Cancer.

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Abell31_Theli.jpg

larger:
http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Abell31_66Perc.jpg

Cheers

Werner

[Stevec35]

Hey that's a nice job Werner. I like faint planetaries and this is another good example of one.

Cheers

Steve

[bkm2304]

Hi Werner,

Great to see pics of rarely imaged objects. There are so many of them up there but people (myself included :nerd:) tend to concentrate on the bright, shiny ones.:lol:

Richard

[CoolhandJo]

Amazing detail on this. Looks like a faint bubble inside the red nebulosity!

[Lester]

Very nice image, thanks for the view.

[TrevorW]

Interesting target well done

[Octane]

Werner,

That is a great target. And, well done on chasing 15-minute exposures. Awesome. : )

H

[gregbradley]

That's a great image, well done.

Greg.

[Hagar]

Very nice Werner. This must be a faint one. Loads of exposure and so little to show for it.
Tough targets are always fun when processing to see what you end up with.

Well done.

[spearo]

gotta love tough targets
well done
frank

[prokyon]

Thank you for all the nice comments! It is not a real stunner but it is a challenge to capture such a faint object.
But my next object will be a brighter one. ;)

Cheers

Werner

[telecasterguru]

Fantastic image. Planetaries rule.

Frank