Hi all
Heres an image of the Boomerang Nebula in Centaurus. Taken last Sat night with my 10 inch f5.6 Newtonian and Hutech modded 350D camera. Ive included a full frame view and a full resolution crop.
5x10 mins ISO200. UV/IR filter, Baader MPCC coma corrector. Hand off axis guided with Q guider cam as usual.
This is an odd protoplanetary nebula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_Nebula
Its actually colder than the cosmic background
Another article here
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/Pr_1_2003_h_en.html
Its an odd colour too, a yellow white, seeimgly more broadband emission than emission line, hence I didnt use a nebula filter only the uv/ir filter.
Its small and faint, would be a good visual challenge for the big dob users.
Scott