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Old 04-05-2008, 12:32 PM
tornado33
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NGC 3699, planetary resembles Centaurus A

Hi
Got a deep image of this strange little seen Planetary Nebula. It resembles Centaurus A with a "dust lane" through it. Ironically this object is also in Centaurus. Ive seen blue in it before but never got the white/yellow/orange colour in the middle of the lobes before. 100 mins total time

10x10 mins ISO400, Hutech LPS filter (A less severe filter then the Baader UHCS) Modded 350D, Baader MPCC coma corrector, 10 inch f5.6 newtonian, off axis hand guided with q guider cam display on laptop pc. Seeing not so good, guidestar looked like it was under water, I was surprised to get the result I did. Very chilly weather.

Theres also a very tiny planetary there, He2-67, marked in 2nd pic and rotated so north is up. Processed as usual in Iris and PS

Full frame pic here. Its a very starry area.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads...s10inchbig.jpg
Scott
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