He2-111, a surprising planetary nebula

[Paul Haese]

Lovely work Marco. The PN and as Bert pointed out what looks like a SN remnant really stand out despite the glare of Alpha centauri. Processing is very smooth and I had no idea that these objects were in such close proximity to this often viewed star.

[Lester]

Wow, Marco. I love planetary nebula and their unique characteristics. Thanks for the view. All the best.

[avandonk]

Thanks Marco. I found I had two 960s exposures so I corrected them for darks and flats and squeezed out what I could for you.

Here 9MB

http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.co.../ACfoccorr.jpg



The main reason I invested in my new system was to image very dim stuff in a moderately wide field. The Astrodon 50mm square 3nm filters are not cheap but their performance is superb. From my mildly light polluted site it was the only way to go.

This image shows just how much NII is out there and I have barely begun to look.


Bert

[tornado33]

Fantastic work. I will have to have a go at that myself. A most inspiring image and the follow up ones by Bert also amazing, uncovering the majesty of the deep southern skies, some of which has only recently been discovered.
Scott

[LucasB (Lucas)]

Well done Marco! That is a wonderful image. It is amazing what is around this star which I see so often
Lucas

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by AstroAussie

Well done Marco! That is a wonderful image. It is amazing what is around this star which I see so often
Lucas

Thanks Lucas!

Originally Posted by tornado33

Fantastic work. I will have to have a go at that myself. A most inspiring image and the follow up ones by Bert also amazing, uncovering the majesty of the deep southern skies, some of which has only recently been discovered.
Scott

Thanks Scott, definitely the southern skies are full of quite unknown gems, I am enjoying a lot going to "discover" them as well

Originally Posted by avandonk

Thanks Marco. I found I had two 960s exposures so I corrected them for darks and flats and squeezed out what I could for you.

Great Bert, with your system speed and field of view I hope you are going now for a deep narrowband composition of the area!

Originally Posted by Lester

Wow, Marco. I love planetary nebula and their unique characteristics. Thanks for the view. All the best.

Thanks Lester

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Lovely work Marco. The PN and as Bert pointed out what looks like a SN remnant really stand out despite the glare of Alpha centauri. Processing is very smooth and I had no idea that these objects were in such close proximity to this often viewed star.

Thanks Paul for the appreciation

Originally Posted by stevous67

Beautiful image Marco. Mikes right -who'd have thought to image here?

Steve

That's the beauty of our hobbie, there are so many things out there that ones never end to get surprised

Clear skies
Marco

[Ross G]

A great capture Marco.

Amazing stuff!

Thanks.

Ross.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hey, I saw this on some obscure backwater NASA site today ..thought it might get missed

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hey, I saw this on some obscure backwater NASA site today ..thought it might get missed

Mike

Yeah me too, congrats.

[naskies (Dave)]

Beautiful - congrats on the well-deserved APOD!

[gregbradley]

Congrats on the APOD Marco!

Greg.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Congrats on a well deserved APOD Marco. I somehow missed this one but what a striking image it is! I love it! Most people avoid such bright stars but in this composition it's beautiful!

Cheers, Marcus

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Thanks Mike, Paul, Dave, Greg and Marcus for the congratulations !
Marco