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Old 01-02-2006, 06:35 PM
tornado33
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The Red Rectangle Nebula in Moneceros

Ive been after this elusive object since seeing a HST image of it. That, and info about it is here
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMHBNGHZTD_FeatureWeek_0.html
[IMG]http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9122&st c=1
Heres my humble effort. Its central star is quite bright and is readily visible in the camera viewfinder and telescope finder. Its at 06h 19m 57sec ra and dec of -10deg 38m 12sec. Im kicking myself for not chasing it down at Lostock with Eddies or Andrews light buckets.
Anyway my pic is 2 x 5 min ISO 400 shots, and a 5 min ISO 800 shot, no dark done. Seeing it was at first impossible, till I drew a circle round the star then selected Inverse, so when I stretched the Levels, the cent. star would not be affected, stopping it from "bloating" over the faint nebula. If the central star wasnt so overwhelmingly bright it would be a much easier to image nebula.
Scott
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