NGC2736 Pencil Nebula in Vela

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Hi Guys

Taken on my RCOS 10" RC Scope at f9, SBIG STXL6303E Camera and PME mount at itelescopes Siding Spring Observatory.
Processed with CCDstack, Star Tools and Photoshop. 74 hrs Total exposure time.
Ha,OIII. Mapped as Red and Blue (bicolour).
Ha 41hrs, 60min subs bin1. OIII 33 hrs, 60min subs bin1..
Unusually, this Nebula has far more Oxygen than Hydrogen gas.
Stretched a bit so a bit noisy in parts.

Big version here
Thanks for looking!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Top shot. Really nice close up.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Fantastic image Fred, big bold & punchy, all the trademarks of an FVDH image.
Something odd going on with the brighter stars though, they look a bit "blobby" up close?

Well done & welcome back!

[gregbradley]

That's a high impact image Fred. A very dim target made to look very detailed and bright.

Greg.

[h0ughy (David)]

Wow you've been doodling! Your etchings are great though may need to seek professional help
Very impressive

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

That's wonderfully deep Fred. There's nebulosity in there that's clear and clean but not even hinted at in our version. A superb result.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Lovely colour Fred; well done!

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Marc, Andy, Greg,David, Mike and Lee, thanks for your kind feedback!.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Deep (as usual) and colourful Fred

Mike

[Jen]

74 hours, I’ve spent 17 hours on it so far and I thought that was enough OMG 🤣 😱😱 very pretty nice work 👍👍

[jahnpahwa (JP)]

That is so unreal Here I was thinking I was set on an OSC...



Well done!

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Nice work Fred, you've put a lot of effort into this one.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Superb Fred! I think that's more than my yearly allocation of hours!

[Paul Haese]

I started this myself last year and know that with an RC it requires a lot of time on it to get the back ground working. 74 hours is very deep. Well done Fred.