Ngc3699

[Paul Haese]

This is a not often imaged planetary nebula lying on the border between Centaurus and Crux.

To my surprise I found two other planetary nebula in the field which I could not find catalogue numbers for in SkyX. I'll let you go find them.

Re the main attraction; you might be able to see several outer shells that I managed to capture which are clearly evident in the Chart 32 image of this object. Certainly great exposure might define them better but I suspect it would be double or more of the current exposure to define them better.

Click here for the larger resolution image.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Wow, what a great field Paul. The outer shells extend out like a pair of large ears surrounded by a very colourful star field. There is a lot of texture and detail to the PN and I see a splash of red nebulosity under the PN at about 7 o’clock. Some faint nebulosity extending out to the right as well.

I also found the two little PNs. A good fun image to exlore.

[theodog (Jeff)]

Nice image Paul.
Guide 9 and my best go at identification shown attached.
One PN and another GN.

Apart from the obvious.

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work on a rare and difficult looking object, Paul!

[gregbradley]

I haven't seen that one before and those 2 extra nebs are a nice bonus. Great imaging.

Greg.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nice work Paul. For some reason I've never imaged this one myself.

Cheers

Steve

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Nice one Paul, the faint shell could almost be another bubble nebula. Man it's tiny tho

[Joshua Bunn (Joshua)]

Interesting FOV, nice work. Well preserved star colours to... I suspect the RGB was specifically for the stars.

Josh

[LewisM]

Cute little monkey that one. Love the lateral H-a cloud and the additional nebs. VERY interesting. Might need to try this one in the 8" f/9...

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

That's exceptional, Paul.

All the features are clearly there.

Your version is nicer than the ESO image.

Best,
MnT

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Really good Paul. As well as the main object there is a surprising amount of detail in the two small planetaries.

[Atmos (Colin)]

A really nice field Paul and the addition of a few other random planetaries is quite neat

[atalas]

what a great PN Paul....just see those outer shells and looks to me like there's some bipolar ****e happening in the core....maybe

[Paul Haese]

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Originally Posted by theodog

Nice image Paul.
Guide 9 and my best go at identification shown attached.
One PN and another GN.

Apart from the obvious.

Thanks Jeff for the identification. The top one is a mystery to me. I didn't think the bottom one was a GN. I was thinking PN. I knew about about PK292 though.

Originally Posted by Placidus

That's exceptional, Paul.

All the features are clearly there.

Your version is nicer than the ESO image.

Best,
MnT

Thanks MnT but you are too kind. I like the ESO version and I was using that as a check on the nebulosity I processed out. I figure theirs is pretty close to being right.

[tornado33]

Great pic. I see the small ringlike one upper left, Its listed on Sky safari Pro as He2-67 however the other one near bottom isnt shown on Sky safari pro 4 at all. In trying to emulate your shot tonight I did manage to get another PN called Wray 16-93

[topheart]

Well done Paul!
I love seeing these new targets!
Cheers,
Tim