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NGC2736 Herschel's Ray

Started by gregbradley, 01/11/2009 10:34AM
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Posted 01/11/2009 10:34AM Opening Post
Greg Bradley
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Here is a very pretty object in a fascinating part of the Southern Sky. It is part of the
Vela Supernova Remnant.

Tak BRC 250 with a FLI Microline 8300 and Astronomik filters.

LRGB 90 30 30 30.

Taken from my dark site about 2 weeks ago with excellent seeing.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/107971610

Greg.
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Greg,

That's beautiful.
I've never seen an image of this before. The dark nebula scattered throughout make it even better.

I see you are using an 8300 chip camera,a chip I have been considering,I wonder if you could tell me what you think of it?

Great work,

Jason
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Posted 01/11/2009 03:01PM | Edited 01/12/2009 09:23PM #2
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Awesome shot Greg!
A very interesting & colorful object, for sure! 8)

Thank you for sharing!
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Posted 01/11/2009 03:38PM #3
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Awe yes, the Pencil Nebula!! Excellent mate!!

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Posted 01/11/2009 05:37PM #4
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Very cool object!
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Nice one, Greg!

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Excellent work Greg.

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Beautiful Greg !
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Hi Greg,

A very nice image of a very neglected object. I stumbled on this one 2 years ago and was surprised at just how easy it was visually. Probably the easiest section of the Vela SNR to observe. It deserves to be better known.

My own piccie of this object is here : http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/faculty/~mclark/public_html/2736oz.htm

Nowhere near as good as your excellent image, not enough exposure time. sad You did a very good job with yours.

Regards,

Maurice

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Greg,
Very interesting object - Nice pic!
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