Observation by Simon Dawes: M57 - The Ring Nebula

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Mr Simon Francis Dawes

Observer

Simon Dawes

Observed

2017 Aug 19 - 22:00

Uploaded

2017 Aug 20 - 11:12

Objects

The Ring Nebula (M57)

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Constellation

Lyra

Field centre

RA: 18h53m
Dec: +33°03'
Position angle: +154°12'

Field size

0°38' × 0°28'

Equipment
  • Sky Watcher MN190
  • Canon EOS 600D (Full Spectrum Mod)
  • CLSCCD clip-in filter
Exposure

36 frames, 60s

Location

Bexleyheath, Kent (S.E. London really), England

Target name

M57 The Ring Nebula

Title

M57 - The Ring Nebula

About this image

Clear last night so thought I'd have a go at a favourite.

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Comments
Dawson
Dawson, 2017 Aug 20 - 18:20 UTC

Great. Lots of colour there. I do like the Ring Nebula - though I can easily say that about all the planetary nebula as they are just so compact and so photogenic; the physics behind them so interesting too. On my desktop PC screen the image is quite dark and I think your data is sufficiently robust to stretch it all a bit more and brighten up the whole thing, to make the nebula stand out a bit better; I've done a very rough and ready stretch below to show the comparison. One reason for my perception of it looking dark is that you processed it all on a very bright screen on say a laptop, so it looks good for you, but on my aged desktop monitors it is less bright. Either way, it is a great image and I think sticking in a 2x Barlow or a Powermate would work a treat. Nice work.


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Mr Simon Francis Dawes
Mr Simon Francis Dawes, 2017 Aug 21 - 08:00 UTC

Thanks for the advice, yes it was processed on a laptop with a bright screen - I'll have a go at calibrating the screen. :)

My immediate thoughts were 'I should do this again with my Barlow!'

Simon.

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