NGC 3132 - Southern Ring Nebula

[stevec]

Here's another one that I managed to knock up in the last few days - NGC 3132 which is sometimes known as the southern ring nebula and also the eight burst nebula. Quite a nice planetary and pretty bright which means it didn't really require very long exposures.

This is also posted in the Image Gallery

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/NGC3132_STL6303_RC.htm

[poppasmurf]

Awesome shot.

[Warthog]

Nice shot. It does look very much like the Ring Nebula in Lyra. I'm not sure if you can see that one from Australia. Can you?

[stevec]

Thanks for the comment. The ring nebula reaches a maximum altitude of about 15 degrees above my local horizon which is too low for me to photograph from my observatory. I did use R Jay Gabany's telescope in New Mexico to take an image of it once though just for the record.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/m57_STL11K_RC20.htm

[trevorw]

Nice to compare the two images considering the difference in equipment used Steve but as expected yours is more refined considering

[Radar]

That is an awesome Ring Neb Steve. Tonnes of galaxies in that shot as well. I'm impressed.:smile:

Ray

[stevec]

Thanks guys. I didn't really do much regarding the ring nebula shot. It was Jay's hardware after all. Wish I had a 20" RC.

Cheers

Steve

[poppasmurf]

Me too, I guess an 8" will have to do me until I become a millionaire.lol