NGC 2626 Reworked

sjastro · #1 17-09-2009, 10:41 AM

Nothing better to do (at least it kept me off the streets), here is the rarely imaged NGC 2626.

A nice combination of emission, reflection and dark nebulae.

http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/ngc2626nnc.html

Clear skies

Steven

multiweb (Marc) · #2 17-09-2009, 11:21 AM

That's a beauty Steven.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #3 17-09-2009, 11:23 AM

Gorgeous image. Very rich. Thanks for posting it.

renormalised (Carl) · #4 17-09-2009, 06:41 PM

Nice shot, Steven...very nice colours

sjastro · #5 18-09-2009, 12:18 AM

Thanks Marc, Jeanette and Carl.

Clear skies

Steven

javier alves (Javier) · #6 18-09-2009, 12:40 AM

steven , as we say in argentina :te pasaste macho, expectacular

regards.

sjastro · #7 18-09-2009, 04:17 PM

Thanks Javier.

Much appreciated.

Regards
Steven

Robh (Rob) · #8 18-09-2009, 06:43 PM

Nice one Steven and a rare treat!
Not familiar at all with this one.
In fact, there is very little real data on the nebula. Unknown distance and no visual magnitude. Central star is magnitude 10. Revised NGC Catalog gives its dimensions as 5x5 arcminutes.

Regards, Rob.

Hagar (Doug) · #9 18-09-2009, 07:59 PM

Lovely image Steve. I'll say it's rarely imaged, yours is the only one I've seen. Captured and processed very nicely too.

Tom Davis (Tom) · #10 19-09-2009, 06:22 AM

That's a great target!! Wonderful image!

Tom

strongmanmike (Michael) · #11 19-09-2009, 07:08 AM

Nice! That has a bit of a Tom Davis image feel to it now Steve

Mike

gregbradley · #12 19-09-2009, 11:01 AM

Great image Steven.

Greg.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #13 20-09-2009, 01:28 AM

another terrific , off the beaten path target

great stuff

Narayan

sjastro · #14 20-09-2009, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by seeker372011

another terrific , off the beaten path target

great stuff

Narayan

Thanks Narayan.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great image Steven.

Greg.

Thank you Greg.

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Nice! That has a bit of a Tom Davis image feel to it now Steve

Mike

Hi Mike.

I don't think it qualifies as there is not enough dust.

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Originally Posted by Tom Davis

That's a great target!! Wonderful image!

Tom

Thanks Tom,

Perhaps you should consider a wide field image of the region.

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Originally Posted by Hagar

Lovely image Steve. I'll say it's rarely imaged, yours is the only one I've seen. Captured and processed very nicely too.

Doug,

It's surprising it's not a common object for imaging. NGC 2626 is part of a much larger complex so it should appeal for both narrow and wide field imaging.

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Originally Posted by Robh

Nice one Steven and a rare treat!
Not familiar at all with this one.
In fact, there is very little real data on the nebula. Unknown distance and no visual magnitude. Central star is magnitude 10. Revised NGC Catalog gives its dimensions as 5x5 arcminutes.

Regards, Rob.

Thanks Rob.

Perhaps being overshadowed by other objects in Vela has made this a rather anonymous object.

Clear skies to all.

Steven

Octane (Humayun) · #15 11-10-2009, 12:44 AM

Steven,

That is beautiful like an oil painting. Another object I've never heard of or seen before.

What causes the vertical spikes on the bright stars?

Keep up the excellent work.

Regards,
Humayun

spearo (Frank) · #16 11-10-2009, 09:50 AM

well done
love rare targets
frank

sjastro · #17 11-10-2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by spearo

well done
love rare targets
frank

Thanks Frank.

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Originally Posted by Octane

Steven,

That is beautiful like an oil painting. Another object I've never heard of or seen before.

What causes the vertical spikes on the bright stars?

Keep up the excellent work.

Regards,
Humayun

Thanks Humayun,

The vertical spikes are caused by pixel blooming. The software used to clean it up wasn't able to completely remove the blooms.

Steven