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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne
Great work Mike! 
You really do make the most of your setup. First time I've seen NGC 2438 at this resolution on this forum.
Cheers,
Justin. |
Cheers Justin, be prepared for a few more now
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Originally Posted by Astroman
That is an awesome image Mike, I love it, my second favorite OC. Will have to see if I can put a few more hours on it with my little setup. I had a quick go, but no real detail in it.
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Go for it Andrew, nothing ventured nothing gained
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Originally Posted by DJT
Great image.
It is a very cool cluster, mostly due toe the little ring in it
Saw Don Goldmans presentation on imaging PN's at AAIC last year and impressed with what you can do when you have a good set up and the right filters. Am now eeking out NB filters one at a time to reduce bank balance impact Got hooked on stellar life cycles over the last year or so and am fascinated with how PN's evolve and based on your point of view how they appear in images. M46 was my first imaged PN a couple of years ago but its clearly not a patch on this.
Did you figure out what the extra object was yet? |
Yes NB filters do assist, I essentially just did the RGB for the stars and the rest as NB for the rings
The little object is a protoplanetary or new star which I guess is essentially the opposite to a planetary nebula which is the death of a star.
EDIT ok that's wrong, this
is a planetary nebula ie a dying star.
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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone
Geez Mike, stop banging on about this proto planetary will ya?!?
It's OLD news, I took a photo of this region in March of last year and it was CLEARLY visible in my shot!!! See my attached proof 
Oh, and while you are at it, do something about your stars dude! They are all roundish and starlike, it won't do, it just won't do at all my friend......
If you ever need any tips on capturing or processing quality data, just let me know.
Cheers
Chris
(in case you missed it, this is a tongue in cheek, sarcastic post.... ) |
Yeah I got it
...hey I'm good with humour...
I'm just not that funny
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Hmmm? speaking of funny, your shot does indeed seem to show a little spot in the basic position of the babies rattle... but in my image there is actually nothing bright in that exact position, so not sure what is going on there
Mike