NGC6164/65 - Ejection Nebula in Norma

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Hi all,

here's one I've been meaning to take for years but never got around to until last weekend.

This nebula is in Norma and also in the outskirts of the huge emission region NGC6188 in Ara. Like Thor's Helmet it's driven by a wolf-rayet star mag 6.7 SAO226891 in the center of the image.

Hope you like it.

More info and a larger version is available here http://astroshed.com/st10pics/6164.html

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Lovely shot Eddie. Looks like a xmas tree decoration.

[atalas]

Yep top shot from the Eddie !


Louie

[Orion]

Beautiful shot Eddie.

[ving (David)]

thats wonderful eddie. great shot!

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Thanks David, Ed, Louie and Paul. It's an interesting object and quite difficult with that bright star smack in the center.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Keepiing up with your usual standards there Ed, well done, brilliant shot.

[Dennis]

Cosmic Eddie - just cosmic.........can't really say much more than that.

Cheers

Dennis

[tornado33]

Thats VERY good for even a scope of considerably bigger aperature. Nice and deep too, with the faint nebulosity running to the star visible.
Scott

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful image Eddie, i love the diffraction spikes on the bright star.. very nicely framed.

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Thanks Andrew, Dennis, Mike and Scott! I'm really happy with the outcome. I thought that the bright star was going to make it very difficult to bring out the dim inner nebulosity, but the long focal ratio tamed it considerably and allowed 10-minute exposures without too much blooming. Mixed blessings from the slow optical system.

Dennis, looking forward to Astrofest again this year! It's be good to catch up with you again.

[GrampianStars (Rob)]

Eddie and the Star Cruisers

top shot i'm envious

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Thanks Robert,

BTW, there is a typo in the web address in your profile.

[Striker (Tony)]

Awesome Eddie.....

Over the generations to come I will be able to pass onto my kids and grand childen that I new Eddie.....Wow.

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Thanks Tony. You'd better stop though before I have to replace all of my hats

[xstream (John)]

Magnificent image Eddie.
Your images are a credit to yourself; take a bow mate.

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Thanks John. nbkkj zf

I bowed and hit my head on the keyboard.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Eddie, how do you decide which objects your are going to image. do you have a plan you're working through or do you just throw a dark at a sky map???

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Hi Paul,

Eddie, how do you decide which objects your are going to image. do you have a plan you're working through or do you just throw a dark at a sky map???

I have a fairly large object schedule for various publications that I try to adhere to. Many of the latest objects have been requested and/or commissioned.

But sometimes there may be no scheduled objects readily placed. Then I'll draw on personal preference to pick something that is well-placed, usually I try to pick something bright if this is the case. Over the years there has been many objects I've wanted to image but never got around to, and there are others that I was never completely happy with that I've wanted to re-image.

There are also many bright southern patches in my milky way mosaic that have rarely been imaged to any great depth or resolution, that I want to take at longer focal length to see just what's there. I've done a few using the mosaic as a reference with excellent results. It's amazing how many large bright patches we have down here that have never been deeply imaged.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks Eddie.

If you had to choose just one, and only one object to image, which one would you choose and why? Sorry to put you on the spot (not really ), but I'm be really interested to know.