The Bug nebula in scorpius

5ash (Philip) · #1 22-08-2015, 02:58 PM

This object is 1.4x 0.4 arc minutes across with a photographic mag of 13 . I knew with my 120ED working at F6 it would be small but thought 2 minutes would be enough at the magnitude quoted by skysafari. However looking at the pics , full size and cropped , I could have tried a shorter exposure. Anyway the first picture is made up of 40 x 2min subs and the second a cropped version.

multiweb (Marc) · #2 22-08-2015, 05:16 PM

That's a challenging object. You'll need some serious FL to image that one. It's bright alright but tiny. Good result though.

Somnium (Aidan) · #3 23-08-2015, 10:40 AM

Nicely done, such a small target for a relatively small scope. well done

raymo · #4 23-08-2015, 12:27 PM

Good job. I must have a go at it one day when the weather god permits.
raymo

5ash (Philip) · #5 24-08-2015, 04:25 PM

Thanks for all the comments , I'll have to swap scopes round and try with the c9.25". However the ease of using the ED120 is held me back ( and a bout of lower back pain).
Regards philip