NGC 2516 - just a quickie.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Hello all,
Just a quickie NGC 2516 image to get me back in the imaging swing - setting the LED display on my Synscan controller tells me I've not had the scope out for over a month! Tut tut!!

Canon 40D (modded)
Canon 300mm f4L IS lens @f5.6
9x10min subs, iso 1600, ICNR on
HEQ5 mount

Images Plus and PS for all the fiddling.

Does anyone know what the object is around the bright orange/red star at the extreme right of my image?

Higher Res version here...
http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k...current=7a.jpg

Cheers
Doug

[kinetic (Steve)]

Hi Doug,

a quick play in Cartes got me the ID for the star you describe.
TYC 8565-02285

Entered into Aladin skyserver gets you this:

IC2220?

Butterfly nebula?

http://old.astrodon.com/_img/userfil...220WebCrop.jpg
A description by Rob Gendler:
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/IC2220text.html


ps: Lovely pic btw Doug!


Steve

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Cheers Steve.
Wish I had a bit more FL as that's a very nice object.
Thanks for the info
Doug

[leon]

Nice for a quicky Doug, but I expect you would have liked some more time on this one, well done mate

Leon

[TrevorW]

Nice one Dougie

may need to drop the star colour back a tad as appears a bit red on my screen

[Robh (Rob)]

kinetic (Steve) is right.
It is the reflection nebula IC 2220 that surrounds the variable star V341 Carinae (or HD 65750), a red giant.
Also see ...
http://www.sai.msu.su/apod/ap960105.html

Regards, Rob.