NGC 1763 in the LMC

[DJT (David)]

Great image Dave, like what you are doing. The detail is quite something.

Cheers

[naskies (Dave)]

Thanks David!

[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by naskies

Thanks Bob! Back to learning about macules, papules, plaques, patches, nodules, pustules, vesicles, ...

oooowhh yuuuck, thats discusting

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Great shot.

All the best,
Leo

[gregbradley]

I missed this one. Fantastic object choice. That is rarely imaged. A terrific result.

The 60 minute subs paid handsome dividends.

Greg.

[naskies (Dave)]

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Great shot.

All the best,
Leo

Thanks Leonardo!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I missed this one. Fantastic object choice. That is rarely imaged. A terrific result.

The 60 minute subs paid handsome dividends.

Greg.

Thanks Greg! A tiny bit less rare now that Justin's imaged it too

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Narley and smooth 3d effect there, and wow, 60min subs on an EQ6, well set up. Impressive altogether.

[lazjen (Chris)]

Very nice - I'm also impressed with 60min subs. I might get game enough to try 10min subs sometime soon, so to me that sounds legendary.

[naskies (Dave)]

Thanks Fred & Chris. With a well-tuned EQ6, software-assisted polar alignment, off-axis guiding, and adaptive optics, guiding and long subs is a no-brainer

[glenc (Glen)]

James Dunlop was the first to see NGC 1763. He described it as "A very faint rather elliptical nebula, about 2' diameter. This is the preceding and largest of three nebula forming a triangle." Dunlop observed with a homemade 9" speculum reflector from his backyard in Parramatta in 1826.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1100488...13124865331714

[naskies (Dave)]

Thanks Glen. I had a look at this neb through my 10" dob over the weekend under dark skies. The three brighter nebs forming the triangle were easy to see, as was the central star cluster, but the ring around the star cluster was very, very faint. A great target for both imaging and observing