Haven't had much luck with work, my sons graduation from ADFA early Dec (four ceremonies/functions in three days), Christmas, travel, New Year, the weather aaaaand the bluudy Moon all lining up
...so, I fiiiinally got one clear (and free) night on Friday night just gone, yaaaay
first time out at the observatory since late Nov
still there..just a couple a big Red Backs inside the dome that a broom got rid of but the scope, well she just chugged away as beautifully as ever
So, decided, no faint dwarfs, no faint stella ejecta or halos, no Olsenesque exposure time...I want an image now! I want something (relatively) bright!
and that I haven't imaged before...and not M42
So...the seeing was kind to me
yet again and all the data was collected in a single night, unfortunately the first hour of darkness was clouded out (I almost went home
thank god for beer!
) so 5.2 hours after that (incl a manual meridian flip) and this time of year, is pretty good going I recon
This is the traditional/original Hubble wavelength ordered emission line palette SIIHaOIII
NGC 2467
Yeah, apparently this nebula is sometimes called the Mandrill Nebula and the
wide field appearance is also known as the Skull and Crossbones nebula, read more
HERE
Mike