M57 Ring Nebula at DSC

[MarkS]

Most of us observed M57 visually at DSC - well here is the image.

32 x 5min exposures.  Modified Canon 350D on Celestron C11 with F6.3 reducer and using CLS filter.  Guided on an EQ6 using a 300mm lens with x2 converter and modified Toucam.  This is a crop of the stacked image - it has not been scaled.



I've also produced an extremely stretched version of the same data which just begins to show another ring encircling the main one:
http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10046/ring220509stretched.jpg

Mark

[Mike]

Wow! Nice image Mark. Lovely detail you've got there.

[mickw]

That's good, very nice

[Jim]

Lovely Mark. There's a nice spiral in your stretched image. Is it IC1296?

[JohnP]

Yep very nice Mark.... Spiral galaxy looks excellent in stretched image & outer halo showing nicely as well. Well done! Stars a little elongated - Is that guiding issues...?

Very good though - John

[MarkS]

Yes, Jim - it's IC1296

John, yes the stars are a little elongated.  Examining the inter-frame drift on the subs it looks to me like some kind of flexure issue.  But I don't know where.

Mark

[Fay]

Very nice, Mark, great colours!

[JohnP]

it looks to me like some kind of flexure issue

Oh dear the dreaded flexure strikes again...!!!!

[Mac]

very nice

[Rocket Pooch]

Very colourfull, gave you run a decon on it?

[RobertM]

That's very nice Mark and tremendous for a DSLR.  As Chris has mentioned a small amount of deconvolution should bring out a little more detail.

[MarkS]

That is the decon version - I can't extract any more detail from it.  I'm pretty pleased with the result given what a small object it is.

Mark

[The Thing]

Superb, I am going to use it as a benchmark for reprocessing mine. I haven't got colour in the same places as you but it's there in the RAW files. Another go, other hour :}

[Mike]

To be able to see both central stars is amazing.