The incredible halos of the Ghost of Jupiter

[John Hothersall]

I had my eye on the Ghost Curtain too earlier this year but weather prevented. Knowing it is very tough, you have done a great job on such a faint object, I did not know if it had any OIII in the curtain but it is clearly visible as well as a faint halo around the PN itself. Great original imaging Marco.

John.

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

Indeed, very interesting Marco. Never would have released, thank you. It's now on the list for Feb.

Steve

[Ross G]

An amazing photo Marco.

Something new!

Thanks.

Ross.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Gobsmacked!

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by Tony_

The image I saw of ngc3242 was a while ago and I can't find it now - from memory I think it was taken with a modded dslr?
There are few amateur images of the halos around M27 & M57.
Apparently there are halos around a lot of PNs - not sure how many of them have been imaged by amateurs and I can't find any lists - but if you like to photograph these more obscure objects it is worth more research. These type of images are outside my capability.


Regards,
Tony.

Thanks Tony. There are lots of planetary halos out there, I agree, just need time and efforts to imaging them out

Originally Posted by dutch2

Stunning image, beautiful colours.
Very impressive.

Thanks Ingrid

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Beautiful image Marco; a wonderful capture of the extended halo!

Thanks David

Originally Posted by LewisM

Superb.

Thanks to you too Lewis

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Wow you have done it again Marco, absolutely incredible image. I never knew the Ghost of Jupiter had such a halo, that is a great find.
I'm sure it will look even more spectacular if you gather more luminance as you say, it's definitely a target worth pursuing further - although your current image is already excellent.

Thanks Rolf. Now the ball is in your court with few hundred hours of exposures to plan

Originally Posted by RickS

A lovely, deep image, Marco! Thanks for the view of something new.

Thanks Rick

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

Sounds like some difficult processing!

But as usual you've pulled it off!

I also agree with Paul re:amateurs imaging rarely imaged objects.

Cheers

Russell

Thanks Russel, processing took a while but overall not the most difficult target ever, surely took less to process than expose

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

I had my eye on the Ghost Curtain too earlier this year but weather prevented. Knowing it is very tough, you have done a great job on such a faint object, I did not know if it had any OIII in the curtain but it is clearly visible as well as a faint halo around the PN itself. Great original imaging Marco.

John.

Thanks John, can't wait to see your effort next time at higher resolution

Originally Posted by stevous67

Indeed, very interesting Marco. Never would have released, thank you. It's now on the list for Feb.

Steve

Ditto Steve, this will nicely match your RC!

Originally Posted by Ross G

An amazing photo Marco.

Something new!

Thanks.

Ross.

Thanks Ross

Originally Posted by seeker372011

Gobsmacked!

Thanks Narayan

Clear skies
Marco

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Congrats Marco ... what a wonderful image.

All the best,
Leo