NGC 6302 --digging out some more detail

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

http://www.astrobin.com/104993/B/


Note added: Later version a few posts down.

This is the Butterfly Nebula, more commonly known as the Bug Nebula. It's taken a while--got a few exposures at the SPSP, some more in June. At this stage the core was blown out, so I took some shorter exposures in July. Finally put it all together.

Exposure around 8 hrs--4 hours of 600s subs and 4 hours of 200s subs.
Telescope: 12.5"PlaneWave CDK
Camera:QSI540wsg
Mount: AP900
Geoff

[Shiraz (Ray)]

crikey that's a good image Geoff - very high res detail.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

A really nice capture of this little gem Geoff, a great addition to your growing collection from your Wiruna observatory

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Good detail on such a tiny object, Geoff!

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

crikey that's a good image Geoff - very high res detail.

Thanks Ray. PixInsight is very good at digging out the detail

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

A really nice capture of this little gem Geoff, a great addition to your growing collection from your Wiruna observatory

Mike

Thanks Mike. Problem with growing collection is growing disorganisation on the computer.

Originally Posted by RickS

Good detail on such a tiny object, Geoff!

Thanks Rick.

[Don Pensack]

A little clarification: it's NGC6302.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Don Pensack

A little clarification: it's NGC6302.

Thanks Don--corrected.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

I managed to dig out a few more details using PixInsight"s HDRMultiscaleTransform with a star mask to protect the stars.
See here http://www.astrobin.com/104993/C/
Starting to look like the answer in the back of the book (See Thumbnail)

[multiweb (Marc)]

I like the repro very much.

[gregbradley]

The thumbnail is a Hubble image?

The linked image is very nice. The thumbnail is spectacular.

Greg.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I like the repro very much.

Thanks Marc

Originally Posted by gregbradley

The thumbnail is a Hubble image?

The linked image is very nice. The thumbnail is spectacular.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. Yes the thumbnail is a Hubble image.
Geoff