Ngc2437 & Ngc2438

[Ric]

Hi all, heres an image of Open Cluster NGC2437 (M46) mag 6.1 and it's little mate Planetary Nebula NGC2438 mag 10.0 from the 4th.

Image was taken through the LX200R 12" wih a DSI II Pro with a f/3.3 FR in Alt/Az mode using Meade Envisage.
60 images in Lum @ 15 seconds each.
20 images each in RGB @ 15 seconds each.

Processed with MaximDL.

I had imaged in Lum only back in January so I was happy to capture the colour this time.

Cheers

[Dennis]

Very nice Ric - the image scale is very large; this is the biggest I have seen the PN.

Cheers

Dennis

[jase (Jason)]

Great work Ric. Nice PN indeed.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice one Ric, I love that cluster + PN.

[RB (Andrew)]

I love PN's, well done Ric, very nice image.

[Ric]

Thanks guys, your encouragement is appreciated.

Cheers

[FOOTPRINT]

Hi Ric,
Well done, good to see some postings from larger Scopes of the smaller more difficult objects, planertay nebula are difficult to image generally but often have unusual shapes and illumination/colours which makes the interesting, look forward to seeing more of the same.


cheers....Jim

[Ric]

Thanks Jim

Cheers

[Ric]

It may be my CRT monitor settings on the main computer but the PN seems very faint and half is missing. When I processed and sent it through the laptop with a LCD monitor it was much brighter and the full ring was visible.
Is it visible as a full ring to everyone else?

Cheers

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

very nice Ric. I remember giving this object a shot with the DSI . havent give it a go with the dslr yet. thansk for sharing.