Turtle Planetary Nebula

[Thalestris24]

... or not! I was hoping to get an image of this (NGC 6210) last night. I did 8 x 360s of which 5 are stacked in this image. But no obvious sign of the turtle (shape) even after processing This was with my 150pds and qhy8l. However, I think it's there as the bluish dot highlighted in the cropped image. Oh well.

Also some of the stars seem to have 'comet tails' - as they are towards the edges not sure if this is just the effects of coma with fainter stars?

Any feedback gratefully received

Thanks

Louise

Cropped version (Turtle?):

[Leveye]

You need to stretch these way way more to bring out any nebula details sir. Try levels in Photoshop.

[Thalestris24]

You need to stretch these way way more to bring out any nebula details sir. Try levels in Photoshop.

Hi

I've stretched as far as I could without making too much noise. Processed in StarTools and in CS2. I think the object is small and the nebulosity too faint. I think it's the dot that I highlighted... I think I'd need a longer focal length to pick it up properly.

Louise

[Thalestris24]

You need to stretch these way way more to bring out any nebula details sir. Try levels in Photoshop.

ps Please don't call me sir! Lol. Not appropriate at all!

Thanks

Louise

[GuillermoBarrancos]

You need to stretch these way way more to bring out any nebula details sir. Try levels in Photoshop.

Ehmm I think Louise is a lady. Jut saying.

[knobby]

Definitely

[lensman57]

Hi Lady,

Great effort louise, but to be realistic you need about 2.5 meters of FL to get a decent scale of this one, it is very small and very dim, Mag 12+.

Regards,

A.G

[Thalestris24]

Hi Lady,

Great effort louise, but to be realistic you need about 2.5 meters of FL to get a decent scale of this one, it is very small and very dim, Mag 12+.

Regards,

A.G

Hehe thanks! I thought I was probably over optimistic - it doesn't show up as an image in Stellarium, just a marker.

Um, what do you think of the comet tails - just coma?

Cheers

Louise