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Old 13-03-2010, 12:59 PM
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NGC3242 with Hubble comparison

Hi all, this is the ever popular Ghost of Jupiter, Eye Nebula or just NGC 3242. I imaged it before a couple of years ago, but decided to revisit this beautiful target and see if some more details could be captured this time around.
This is an impressive target also visually. Very strong blue/green in colour. With a 16mm Nagler and 5x Powermate I was able to see the nebula pretty much as it appears in the image, although much fainter.

The image is a stack of 270 x 4.5s taken on 07/03/2010 with 10" Newtonian and ToUCam Pro SC1, no filters or guiding.

Hope you enjoy! All comments, critique etc. most welcome.

Regards,
Rolf
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