M76 OSC+O3+Ha

Dietmar · #1 31-12-2008, 07:05 AM

hello guys,

finally I am able to post something new.
well, quite frankly it is not perfectly new, as I added 3 hours of Ha and 2.5 hours of O3 to a one shot color image I had taken in 07 and beginning of 08.
hmmm - it took my 3 months to gather this tiny little bunch of data.
this is supposed to tell you guys in the land of milk and honey what bad weather really means...

so this is the final result of "combining it all".

OSC at f/9
O3 and Ha at f/7.
both of course taken with my 9" TMB Apo

all data can be found here, as well as the images.
http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/M%2076.html

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Dietmar

theodog (Jeff) · #2 31-12-2008, 07:26 AM

Nice image Dietz.

vindictive666 (John) · #3 31-12-2008, 07:34 AM

cool image Dietz

regards john

Hagar (Doug) · #4 31-12-2008, 08:03 AM

Very nice image Dietmar. I might add that the weather here has not been at all perfect for imaging this summer with unusually high rainfall and clouds for much of the start to our summer.
Your image is quite detailed for such a short duration of data collection. Beautifully processed and presented.

renormalised (Carl) · #5 31-12-2008, 08:42 AM

As per usual, a great shot Dietz!!

Lots of neat little galaxies in the background, too

Ric · #6 31-12-2008, 10:17 AM

A fascinating image Dietz. The delicate structure has been brought out wonderfully with lovely detail.

Have a Happy New Year as well.

Cheers

Octane (Humayun) · #7 31-12-2008, 12:34 PM

Dietz,

Beautiful. Loads of background galaxies, too!

Happy New Year.

Regards,
Humayun

multiweb (Marc) · #8 01-01-2009, 10:17 AM

Nice pic. Interesting object and lovely colors.

Dietmar · #9 01-01-2009, 07:27 PM

thanks guys for the nice comments.
well, actually we are looking at 13 hours total exp time.

atalas · #10 06-01-2009, 06:30 PM

It's a beauty Dietz ! 13 hours,Wow.....spend any time in surgery these days? hehehe