A little 'smoke ring'

[centroid]

Still very low in the East at this time of the year , well at a reasonable hour anyway , so looking through quite a thick 'chunk' of atmosphere, but I thought I'd try and grab my first M57 for this year.

Given that the sky was also a little hazy, I was quite surprised to get a reasonable result.

12" LX200R at f/6.3 (if my spacing calcualtion was correct ), and 20x120 sec subs with the SXVF-H9C.

Dave

[jcm]

Nice capture. Central star nice and clear and good colour.

John

[robindurant]

Very nice. I am looking to have a go at it when my CG5 Mount comes back from Hospital where it is being made well by Dr Hinds.

Robin

[CELESCOPE]

very Pretty Dave nice clean , image mate ,

Rog

[zhgutas]

Well not that small at all really nice colour on nebula, and some nice star field as well. Cute

Marius

[markcol]

Very nice Dave, esp considering current conditions.

MarK

[mightymonoped]

Good Job Dave :cat:

Nice colour allround and good central detail.

Tony

[moondog]

Very good image of M57 Dave - colour and focus spot on

8)

MD

[SteelRat]

Yup, great ring image that - purdy 8)

[RobH]

Good shot Dave, nice detail in the ring.

Cheers

Rob

[Beyond_Vision]

That's a great result, despite its being in a low position. Lovely colour and good focus.

Regards

Kevin

[MikeD]

Lovely detail and colour in that shot, result.

Mike.

[lunator]

Dave

That is an excellent shot.

Some great detail in there

Cheers

Ian

[LostNSpace]

A very good result Dave considering the weather last night......

Mark

[Paxo]

Excellent image Dave, especially given the conditions you describe.

Steve..

[Sam]

Dave,

That's a brilliant image - you've picked up heaps of detail and a very bright central star! - very nice colour as well!

Sam

[beamish]

A lovely capture, great image.

[steppenwolf]

Little and perfectly formed! A very nice image indeed!

[barkis]

Dave, the conditions under which you got this result have not done it any harm as far as I see it.

It looks a textbook M57 to me, and as good as I have seen anywhere.

A great picture of a fine planetary nebula.

Ron.