NGC2392 - The Eskimo Nebula

Hi All

I finally got a decent weekend to do some DSO imaging. I havnt had a good one in more than a month. I chose to image a small planetary nebula, NCG2392, in Gemini to test my optics and camera imaging at f/19.5 with a 2.5x Powermate. Seeing and transparency over the weekend was never better than 3/5. Still, i feel that my scope can handle the magnifications required to image small objects like NGC2392. Its not the Hubble, but I think its not to shabby considering my aperture and camera.

Here are the particulars for image capture

Scope: Stellarvue SV-102 APO @ f/19.5 w/Televue 2.5 Powermate
Camera: ATIK-2HS
Exposures: LRGB 39:15:15:15 (all 3 min subs)
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: ST-4 w/SV-80/9d Guidescope
Filters: IDAS LPS & Astronomik Type 2 LRGB filter set

All images were dark subtracted and Sigma Median combined in Images Plus. Registration and combination of color channels was done with Registar. Luminance layering and all other processing was done with Paint Shop Pro 8.0. Image has been resized 200%, cropped and rotated.

Thanks for looking.

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Hi John,

Very nice NGC2392. My telescope's field of view are much too wide to capture this object so I played with your image a little. I hope you don't mind. I sharpened more and adjusted the histogram some -- really it doesn't improve the object much (which is a compliment to you and your processing). Good job.

Tom

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Really nice John! That scope holds up well at almost f/20!!

f/20! Wow. That's some great detail... very nice job.

Well done John!
A tough object, since you have that bright center star and a very faint surrounding nebulosity with internal detail...

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the compliments guys. Not to beat a dead horse, but i did have another go at color balanceing my image before i put together an HTML page for my website. I think i've got it right where i want it now.

http://ardenastrophotography.com/NGC2392.html