Spare Tyre Nebula

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Nicknamed the Spare-tyre nebula, IC 5148 is a planetary nebula located around 1 degree west of Lambda Gruis in the constellation of Grus (The Crane). It was discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Walter Gale in 1894. Around 3000 light-years distant, it is expanding at a rate of 50 kilometres a second, one of the fastest of all planetary nebulae.
There are two little galaxies near the bottom orange star as well as other faint ones in the field.

Skywatcher 300PDS 12" F5 Newtonian, Svbony RGB filter set, ZWO ASI 183mm Pro, modified NEQ6 Pro, 389 x 30 seconds.

Larger field at Astrobin ---> https://astrob.in/hw2lrh/0/

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah yes the, I need to diet Nebula

Another great shot, of a cool target Kevin

There is a (fairly recently discovered) triple shell halo around it too, if you go deep in OIII

Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

That's a very cool target, and a nice break from Helix city - well done!

[markas (Mark)]

Very nice Fine image!
Mark

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ah yes the, I need to diet Nebula

Another great shot, of a cool target Kevin

There is a (fairly recently discovered) triple shell halo around it too, if you go deep in OIII

Mike

Interesting Do you have a link to the shell? I doubt I have the time this year. It's always raining. Edit, found one on Astrobin.

Originally Posted by Andy01

That's a very cool target, and a nice break from Helix city - well done!

Thanks Andy. I think I have enough of the Helix. I might wander off the beaten path for a while.

Originally Posted by markas

Very nice Fine image!
Mark

Thanks Mark!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Interesting Do you have a link to the shell? I doubt I have the time this year. It's always raining. Edit, found one on Astrobin.

Here is mine and here, taken back in 2015

Mike

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Here is mine and here, taken back in 2015

Mike

Now you've got me wondering if I can pick it up. Be more of a struggle at F5.

[matlud (Mathew)]

A cool target and a very nice image to boot 👍

[RichardJ (Richard)]

Hi Kevin,

Inspired by your lovely image I thought I would have a go at it from my home. I've never imaged it before so thanks again for bringing it to my attention.

Richard

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by matlud

A cool target and a very nice image to boot 👍

Thanks Mathew.

Originally Posted by RichardJ

Hi Kevin,

Inspired by your lovely image I thought I would have a go at it from my home. I've never imaged it before so thanks again for bringing it to my attention.

Richard

That's a beauty Richard! Yeah I find many of my images by what others shoot as well.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

You've got a lot of detail out of that one. Distant memories of it being tiny and difficult.