Don't get me wrong, I LOVE emission nebulae, reflection nebulae etc, but what really excites me - oddly - is planetary nebulae. Probably because some are hard to find, because of their science, or because of their look - or all of the above. Just something I LOVE about them.
Anyways, last night was a CORKER of a night here in QLD (and darned chilly- had to crack out the over-coat, and remember to buy some dew strips!), and I did a GOOD series of runs now I have APT all set, and everything ready to guide when the guide package finally arrives tomorrow.
This is NGC 7009. Not a hard target, but a fascinating one. 29 lights (1 rejected by DSS oddly), 6 each darks, flats and bias. Cleaned up some in StarTools (I cannot praise StarTools enough!). Cropped and voila!
I decided to TRY to show the core of the PN, which I feel it has done mostly. Most images of 7009 show the typicl blue "Saturn" image.
Criticism welcome!
Processing some HARD target FAINT PN's now
