Abell 39 Planetary Nebula in Hercules

[dsoman]

Abell 39 is an early morning object right now [yawn!].

A seldom photographed small PN, only 3.9 arc min in diameter. Abell 39 has a low surface brightness and is almost perfectly spherical with a radius of 2.5 light years. The integrated magnitude is 13.7 while the central star has a magnitude of 15.5.

http://tinyurl.com/yd3guhn

This image is composed of 16 exposures of 15 minutes each.

Meade SN10 [10" - f/4] on an Atlas EQ-G.
Camera: QHY8 single shot color with MPCC.
Guiding: Orion ST80, DSI & PHD.
Captured with Nebulosity.
Stacked with DSS and processed in Photoshop.
Seeing and transparency: excellent.

Brent

[stevec]

This is one of the best images of this planetary that I've seen. Well done!

Steve

[trevorw]

That is surreal very well done

[poppasmurf]

Magnificent. Great depth, just love it. Please keep posting shots like this one for us all to admire.

[timthelder]

VERY nice capture Brent! I've never seen that particular planetary before.

Well done:thumbsupmate:

[dsoman]

Thanks guys, appreciate it.

Brent

[Radar]

That is awesome Brent.:bow::bow::bow::bow::bow:

Ray

[Warthog]

Very pretty!

[poppasmurf]

Congrats on pic of the month Brent, well deserved.

[dsoman]

Thanks for the complements guys.

Brent