NGC 3242 - The Ghost of Jupiter Nebula

[PhotonCollector]

Hi all,

Here's an image I slipped in last night between banks of clouds.

It's a 90 second exposure on my 12-inch f/5 with the Canon 300D.
Higher Res: http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/NGC%203242.html

Regards
Paul Mayo

Image Details
Image Field of View: 50' x 33'
Telescope 12-inch f/5 newtonian telescope
Guiding: hand guided with 4.5-inch guide-scope.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital.

Exposures:
1 x 30 second exposures @ ISO1600
1 x 60 second exposure @ ISO200
Total Exposure time: 90 seconds.
Filter/equipment: Used Baader Multi-purpose Coma Corrector.
Sky Conditions: Seeing 6/10, partially cloudy.
Processing: Photoshop.

[h0ughy]

Very nice Paul, your starting the photon wars again, Scott will retaliate LOL. I cant believe the detail you got. Would longer over expose it or make it better?

[PhotonCollector]

Photon Wars? yes I know what you mean. :-)) I ordered the proper glass from Edmunds Optical this morning to replace the existing one in the camera.

Longer exposures did infact over expose the whole object. I think what would help is better seeing conditions and a dozen or more short exposures like the ones I did here to help get some more detail.

Paul

[Striker]

Nice one Paul.

Mine looked similar except for all the star trails on mine...lol

That 2 x secondry pic looks more 10 x.

Very nice.

[PhotonCollector]

Geeday Striker,

10X : yes I know what you mean. The enlargment is 2X the actual pixel size, however where I have mislead you, is that I didn't say the widefield image is about a 4x reduction of the actual size.

regards, Paul

[tornado33]

Great Hi res shot there Paul. That can be a hard object to image properly as it can easily be overexposed, but has been perfectly exposed there, showing the "eye" shape well. :)

[seeker372011]

brilliant work...