Planetary in M46 and Eight Burst Nebula in Hi-Res.

[johnh]

SPX350 F9.1+F14.3, Mintron12V6, Astrodon filters.

Two planetaries I have always wanted to image close in, NGC2438 in M46 is very colourful and Mag 10.8 distance 3000lyrs and a little further away than the cluster (M46 1500lyrs away). Eight Burst is mag 9.9 and 2000lyrs away. Both planetaries are 3/4 the major axis length of M57's 9th mag ring.

NGC2438-L/RGB-1400/750 each colour in 2.56sec subs.

NGC3132-R/G/B- 900/350/350 in 2.56sec subs.

Thanks, John.

[Aris Panagiotopoulos]

Great!

That's a reason for going for a longer focal length scope...I think...