Hershel's ray.

mill (Martin) · #1 20-01-2012, 03:12 PM

Hershel's ray or NGC2736 taken with the GSO RC8 inbetween testing the Gemini2 firmware.
Will need more exposures as it is fairly faint outside the main nebula.
This is a cropped picture so the nebula stands out more.

atalas · #2 20-01-2012, 03:36 PM

Very nice Martin.

leon · #3 20-01-2012, 03:49 PM

Agreed, very impressive Martin, nice work.

Leon

Rigel003 (Graeme) · #4 20-01-2012, 04:00 PM

Lovely image Martin and an intriguing object. I haven't come across this before.

Paul Haese · #5 20-01-2012, 04:52 PM

Lovely image Martin. I think this is your best work yet. The colour and detail is great. Well done.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #6 20-01-2012, 05:06 PM

Nicely done Martin

Steve

strongmanmike (Michael) · #7 20-01-2012, 06:00 PM

I agree that's a great rendition of Hershel's Imperial Star destroyer

Very nicely done Martin

Mike

mill (Martin) · #8 21-01-2012, 11:43 AM

Thank you all for your nice comments and the funny picture you made Mike

I myself am not quite happy with the picture because there is more nebulosity around it.
Will make longer exposures when the weather clears up and not testing.

RickC (Richard) · #9 21-01-2012, 01:40 PM

Lovely image Martin, first time I've seen this one.....very interesting

mill (Martin) · #10 21-01-2012, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RickC

Lovely image Martin, first time I've seen this one.....very interesting

Thank you Rick

I did see this neb a couple of times in my astro prog but never thought of imaging it untill i got the RC8.

CoolhandJo (Paul) · #11 21-01-2012, 06:09 PM

Nice! Lovely stars and colour! Great capture

Ross G · #12 22-01-2012, 09:59 AM

Amazing photo Martin.

Something I haven't seen before.

Ross.

mill (Martin) · #13 22-01-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Nice! Lovely stars and colour! Great capture

Thank you Paul

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross G

Amazing photo Martin.

Something I haven't seen before.

Ross.

Thank you Ross

SkyViking (Rolf) · #14 23-01-2012, 10:08 AM

Very nice image of something I haven't seen before either. Thanks for sharing this.

mill (Martin) · #15 23-01-2012, 02:00 PM

Thank you Rolf

This nebula is fairly big and can be imaged from New Zealand too.
It is in Vela just above the star Suhail.

Lester · #16 23-01-2012, 08:32 PM

Very nice view of an unusual nebula Martin, thanks. Look forward to when you go deeper on this one to see what else you find.

This one has been on my to do list, and after seeing your image definately will.

All the best.

Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz) · #17 23-01-2012, 10:32 PM

Nice.. I like it Martin. One to add to my imaging list.
Ted

mill (Martin) · #18 25-01-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Lester

Very nice view of an unusual nebula Martin, thanks. Look forward to when you go deeper on this one to see what else you find.

This one has been on my to do list, and after seeing your image definately will.

All the best.

Thank you Lester

I never imaged this one before because of the ED80, but now with the RC8 it is a whole lot easier to do.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Star Catcher

Nice.. I like it Martin. One to add to my imaging list.
Ted

Thank you Ted

You will have to go with long exposures on this one.

glenc (Glen) · #19 28-01-2012, 04:37 PM

Thanks Martin, nice to see a good image of something less common. I looked at it recently with my 16".

gregbradley · #20 28-01-2012, 06:25 PM

That's a very nice Herschels Ray super destroyer!

The extended Ha and O111 areas show up best in O111 and Ha.
It may be tough in LRGB to catch them.

Greg.