Norma Ring of Fire.

[Robby]

Hi all,
Last night I had a go at NGC6164/65 after local astro guru Coops mentioned it as a good target.
Cloud was a real pain, coming and going.. But I did get a spell of about 30mins that were clear, although looking at the RAW exposures, I think there was some high cloud about playing games with me!
Anyway I got something. It's needs longer and a much darker sky. But it's a kick-off anyway.
http://www.star-mate.com/NGC6164Web.jpg

6x4mins exposures at ISO800 with unmodified Canon300D and C9.25 @ f/6.3. Guided with ST80, ToUCam, K3CCDTools, & Star-Mate interface on G-11 mount.

Cheers

[iceman (Mike)]

Interesting target RObby, and a beautiful job you've done on it.

Well done

[Striker (Tony)]

Nice one Robby.....Lately it sounds like the weather hasn't been to good to you.

[tornado33]

Nice shot Robby
Viewing it, its that faint it takes a scope like Orion's 18 incher to see it. It seems most of its light is red H Alpha, thats why its so hard to see and why it looks so red, even on unmodified DSLRs
Scott

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Nice choice of target Robbie and great image

have not heard of it before

[atalas]

Nice detail alright ! well done dude .

Louie

[ving (David)]

nice shot.
well done

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Hi Robby. That's an interesting dark crescent shaped lane to the right of the central star.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Great Pic Robby.

I have never heard of it either. Interesting formation!

[beren]

Interesting object and top shot Robby.....got to go through the charts and find this one