NGC3242 Ghost of Jupiter-close up

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Is the green the SII ? The two greenish looking stars inside the halo are only just discernible in other pics I have viewed of this object. Their prominence in your pic makes me suspect you pushed the SII too far?

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by trent_julie

Very nice indeed Fred.

Thanks Trent .

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

Fred,

You can see in the image what looks like the neb is starting to go middle elliptical with the bright rim starting to push out the halo at the bottom and the top.

Fantastic image.

Nice analysis there Frank, glad there was enough res to allow

Frank

Originally Posted by tonybarry

I can only echo others' admiration. A great effort.

Regards,
Tony Barry

Thanks Tony

Originally Posted by Lester

Very nice image Fred showing the structure of this planetary well.

I hope to do this with my 14" SCT soon when I get the OAG working.

All the best.

Lester. Yes, the extra resolving power and photons would make this a doddle for a 14", made for it. And the OAG at that FL would be required too , specially for NB.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hmmm?...at first I thought you had done the ol' looks like detail but is really just processing artifacts trick again ..but nup, comparing to Hubble shots I think the mottling in the halo is indeed (at least mostly) real , nice job.

Now I would like to see a crop of just the inner ring too please...and maybe the pointed ends of the inner oval, or.....oh sorry your field is already sooooo small you can't do that huh? DOH



Mike

Thanks Mike.Well, thats the thing about NF, no zooming for variety unforch , and ofcourse nothing like the sharpness and detail WF can offer, the asthetics are quite different.

What im missing, is the 2 little red tails. Theyre quite bright on the hubble pic, SII I suppose, got none of that in the subs at all.

Originally Posted by Starkler

Is the green the SII ? The two greenish looking stars inside the halo are only just discernible in other pics I have viewed of this object. Their prominence in your pic makes me suspect you pushed the SII too far?

Green is Ha, and they are there. I have noticed stars subdued in the middle of other Hubble planetary nebs, I wonder if the lower them for effect. Of course they maybe just very tiny like they should be, given they are point scources and no atmosphere to bloat them .

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

Beautiful!
I tried the same object only to realise I' dforgotten to put a card in the DC!
Images like this only re-inforce my opinion: "Leave it to the pros!"
Thanks for posting.

Thanks Peter. Hardly Pro , this one wasnt that hard to take given the short exposure times (and a stable rig). Processing was quite different though.

hehe, ive done that several times (forget the card) thinking I had "save on PC" clicked (but haddnt). Several subs on this pic were lost due to not having cooling on, theres always something

[gregbradley]

Super image Fred. Extremely close up and detailed. Amazing for a 12 inch scope. Your ACF12 inch continues to impress. What a great buy that was.

Greg.

[AlexN]

Greg - This image was taken with a 10" RCOS.

[jase (Jason)]

Tip o' the hat Fred. Ballsy comes to mind. Good to see you pushing your gear around to nail the small angular sized targets. Well done mate.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Cheers Greg, Jase.

Hopefully ill get to use the 12" in the future.