Planetary Nebula - NGC 6781

Here is a planetary nebula in Aquila. It is taken in a 19' field which may be somewhat large for this object. The last image I posted was a 180' field so this image is toward the opposite end of my range. I have attached a midsize image, but a full size image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/NGC6781.htm

Scope was a C8 at f/8; Camera was an Artemis285.

Total exposure time was 84 minutes.

Attached Image:

Very striking. Great shot Jimmy.

Greg.

Jim,

That is very, very well done.

Tom

Greg, Tom, Stuart,
Thanks for the comments.

Stuart,
Nice HA exposure. I had actually taken an HA exposure for this image myself (as well as a luminance). I had noticed in my HA that, like yours, the central star is all but unresolvable in the HA. Yet it stands out noticably in the luminance (and blue channel of course). Your HA provides lots of detail in the expanding cloud.