NGC 1360 The Magic Egg in Fornax

[phomer (Paul)]

Michael,

That has to be one of the most amazing objects I have never seen before.

Regards

Paul

[Flugel88 (Michael)]

Very well captured Michael was well worth the 7 nights of bother.You managed to get both of those red jets blasting out the ends in nice detail.

I have been trying to image this with my gso14 but so far my results have been to embarrassing to post.
I really am jealous of your fast scope that punches so deep with such great clarity.

[alpal]

Great capture Mike,
it's right up there with the best images of this planetary nebula.

cheers
Allan

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Thats a cracker Mike. I had a go myself and not even close. The red feature came out very well. Excellent hardcore NF imaging , thats what its about, zooming in

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hey wow, holy crap guys, so glad you all like it

I read all your posts but too many to reply to but thanks heaps for the feedback, nice to be back in front of the processing screen after a bit of a break

Yes I see that capturing the red jets at both ends of the egg as well as the reddish central glow is pretty rare for this object, so those bits I am particularly happy about

The mega distant Tadpole galaxy clone is to the left of the blue egg and just to the right of the bright star.

Egg jokes huh?...ok: Two eggs had just got married, it was their wedding night, Mrs Egg put on a nice sexy negligee and lay on the bed, Mr Egg came in to the bedroom after having a shower and saw Mrs Egg lying there...well he froze and exclaimed "Oh no!..the last time I was this hard, someone hit me on the head with a spoon!"



Mike

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

What's this exquisite little gem?! Gorgeous Mike and well worth your persistence!

Good to see you back in the saddle again - 2 months is a long time for you to be in hiatus!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

What's this exquisite little gem?! Gorgeous Mike and well worth your persistence!

Good to see you back in the saddle again - 2 months is a long time for you to be in hiatus!

Yeah cheers Marcus, I am surprised so many people haven't heard of this though and although subtle, as you say it is a lovely gem of an object plus it sits in the middle of the well imaged Fornax galaxy region too

Yeah 2 months is not as bad as a year I guess ...you just getting old mate ...and a grand daughter probably doesn't help with the imaging either

Mike

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

Premium! loving this object and shot mike so well done! Russ

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

Premium! loving this object and shot mike so well done! Russ

Thanks heaps Russ we can sometimes tend to forget to contemplate the real beauty of what it is that we capture and I recon this object has a strange soothing wonder about it, the Universe is full of these odd but beautiful objects, they are everywhere up there.

Mike

[gvanhau (Geert)]

Beautiful object and nicely photographed.
Also like the faint galaxies all arround.

Geert

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by gvanhau

Beautiful object and nicely photographed.
Also like the faint galaxies all arround.

Geert

Good to hear Geert, I love the galaxies too, shame the seeing wasn't so good for the Lum, that would have brought out more of the really tiny faint ones that abound in this particular area

Mike

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Thanks heaps Russ we can sometimes tend to forget to contemplate the real beauty of what it is that we capture and I recon this object has a strange soothing wonder about it, the Universe is full of these odd but beautiful objects, they are everywhere up there.

Mike

very true Mike - especially PN's the only shame is most appear so small.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

very true Mike - especially PN's the only shame is most appear so small.

That was my feeling once too but with a bit of care, some half decent gear and more importantly the right image scale with a small modest focal length...worthwhile images of many of them are certainly still achievable

Mike

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Wow. that is really beautiful and technically excellent.

The Ha jets are an intriguing bonus - how astounding this universe really is.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

Wow. that is really beautiful and technically excellent.

The Ha jets are an intriguing bonus - how astounding this universe really is.

Thank you very much Ray, wish the conditions had been more favourable for all of it.... but such is life

Mike

[bimberi]

A very unique and beautiful image, Mihaly.
Good work with that galaxy too!

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Better than a Faberge egg.
I've not heard of it before.

[suma126 (Shane)]

great image

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by bimberi

A very unique and beautiful image, Mihaly.
Good work with that galaxy too!

Well, well, Otto Struve! Thank you my friend and glad to finally see a post from you on IIS! Kurva

Originally Posted by jenchris

Better than a Faberge egg.
I've not heard of it before.

Originally Posted by suma126

great image

Cheers guys, nice ain't she?

Mike

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Dunno how I missed this before

What a cracker Mike love the unusual objects out there!