I went for this area primarily to capture one of my favorite objects, known as N86 or The Lionel Murphy Nebula, a nitrogen rich supernova remnant in the LMC.
Astronomers at Mt Stromlo named the SNR after the High Court judge and Labor minister in the Whitlam government who had both a science degree and Law degree, becasue of an uncanny resemblance and his known interest in science.
Actually I first saw a B&W UK Schmidt (??) enlargement of N86, printed on photographic paper waaay back in about 1985 as a teenager while rummaging around inside one of the outbuildings in the dome of the Oddie refractor at Mt Stromlo. It looked sooo cool and I remember thinking "wow, imagine being able to photograph that!!"
It is quite a small remnant at only about 4 arc min but I was able to frame it with 4 other small emission nebulae, including NGC 1770 (the largest) and two open star clusters in that area of the LMC in a narrow-broad band compilation. Their somewhat random appearance and spread around the rectangular framing reminds me of one of those Mr Squiggle submissions people would make to the show, usually consisting of a sparce collection of random lines and shapes and Mr Squiggle would turn them into a picture of something
The difference in the predominant emissions between the SNR and the other nebs is quite obvious.
My first thought was "All the stars are elongated" and then I realised I wasn't wearing my glasses
Looks fantastic Mike, nicely framed and interesting emission bubbles. Sometimes wish I had a 5nm Ha filter for that NII line :/
Every one of those four regions has its own little thing going on.
My first thought was "All the stars are elongated" and then I realised I wasn't wearing my glasses
Looks fantastic Mike, nicely framed and interesting emission bubbles. Sometimes wish I had a 5nm Ha filter for that NII line :/
Every one of those four regions has its own little thing going on.
I suffer from astigmatism too, annoying when looking at lots of tiny points
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Originally Posted by glend
Nice image Mike. I did not realise that NII is normally lumped in on wider Ha filters. Thanks for clarifying that.
Cheers Glen
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Originally Posted by RickS
I hadn't noticed the resemblance before, Mike An interesting little collection captured and processed with your usual flair
Thanks Rick
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Both NGC 1770 and LKM QC are exquisite! Very fine detail with no annelids.
Thanks M&T...I'm a PITA huh? ...just ignore me..hey, you might like worms..? ..I thiiiink you are ok with me letting you know when I spot'em ...if not, let me know and I'll refrain from digging them up
Fascinating, where do you find references to look for these things?
Another pretty cool capture mate, with very pretty stars
Thanks Andy...years of loving amateur astronomy and astrophotography will pile up a few things I guess
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Originally Posted by SimmoW
Another masterpiece of art and technical details, with excellent description, I think you've really found your niche and calling Mike!
The wider view is epic IMHO, really gets them all into context and the eye can drift around for ages at the 5 targets.
Really making me salivate over my almooooost built 1000mm F4 scope!
When studied law in my early uni years, Murphy was one of my idols, a true legal legend, judgements incredible - like your work Mike
So glad you enjoyed the scene Simon and yes, Lionel was a pillar of what makes a society a good one
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
Another well captured interesting LMC field Mike. Must admit I think Lionel Murphy is a bit of a stretch. I don't see the resemblance at all.
Cheers
Steve
Cheers Steve. That's unfortunate, I could see Lionel in the nebula that first time I saw it on a Schmidt print I found up at the Oddie when only 17 years old...keen visual perception and seeing stuff in otherwise unrelated displays, is a bit of a gift...not often useful but certainly a constant source of intrigue and amusement wish I was (or had been) more gifted at seeing solutions in algebra, complex equations or number sequences though....
Thanks M&T...I'm a PITA huh? ...just ignore me..hey, you might like worms..? ..I thiiiink you are ok with me letting you know when I spot'em ...if not, let me know and I'll refrain from digging them up
Mike
Worm spotting is welcome, Mike. Best that you keep us honest!
Bat 99 may be an interesting target for a long focal length.It looks like a SNR shockwave bubble.
Greg
It's a Berthon-Jones favourite...a Wolf Rayet nebula around BAT99-11
Not so much a long focal length.. but rather a better image scale (which can be acheived in a number of ways ) but more importantly, in better seeing While not bad, the seeing for this data set was pretty average for my site.
Mike
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...just ignore me..hey, you might like worms..? 
..I thiiiink you are ok with me letting you know when I spot'em 
...if not, let me know and I'll refrain from digging them up 
...time to move on.
While not bad, the seeing for this data set was pretty average for my site.
