NGC1763

Another obscure and very faint nebula in the southern skies. Image taken by Dave Jurasevich with the AP 12" F8 astrograph in Chile.

I dub it the Smoke Rings nebula.

Rolando

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That is really cool. The southern hemisphere has the best objects it seems.

I tracked down the full resolution version of this image.
It's quite detailed.
I think there's a good amount of OIII in this nebula (not sure about SII).
Is there an OIII filter in the wheel on that scope?
If I understand correctly, it was gravitational interactions with our galaxy that caused the gas collapse and star forming 'flash bulbs' that are illuminating the gas in this image.
An excellent image, Roland.
My best regards,

dan kowall
photonhunter.com

Rolando,

I haven't been posting actively, but I've been drooling over all the recent images from down under. Great shots!!!!

Eric

Roland,
Some great astro imaging, thats a beautiful optical system...
Dave