M57 The Ring Nebula

[Petergoodhew]

I struggled to get enough Ha signal for the outer ring so had to resort to bin 3x3.

Captured on the APM TMB in Spain.

18 hours total integration.

RGB 26x300s

Ha 15x1200s bin 1x1, 10x1200s bin 3x3

OIII 11x1200s bin 1x1, 12x1200s bin 2x2

[Hallingskies]

3x3 binning was a good trick to catch the outer structure without inordinately long subs.  I must try that.  Great image!

[Tim]

Cracking result

[MilwaukeeLion]

Terrific, liked zooming in on details checking out galaxy too.

[newbie alert]

3 hours ago, MilwaukeeLion said:

Terrific, liked zooming in on details checking out galaxy too.

Likewise...never seen that one that close to the ring before..

[Demonperformer]

Nice to see a result from 3x3. Have often thought about trying this, but with so few good imaging nights I am reluctant to do too much 'experimenting'.

[Stub Mandrel]

Wowser - and in London too?

[Petergoodhew]

7 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Wowser - and in London too?

Ooops no - Spain.  Forgot to say that. Post updated now.

[steppenwolf]

Great image and well done on getting so much of that halo.

[Petergoodhew]

3 hours ago, steppenwolf said:

Great image and well done on getting so much of that halo.

Thanks Steve. In part it's thanks to your excellent books.

[steppenwolf]

15 minutes ago, Petergoodhew said:

Thanks Steve. In part it's thanks to your excellent books.

  You did the hard work!!

[MarsG76]

Thats looks great and unique.. not often do we see the outer outgassing on the ring nebula... great work.

[Petergoodhew]

On 31/07/2018 at 11:00, MarsG76 said:

Thats looks great and unique.. not often do we see the outer outgassing on the ring nebula... great work.

Many thanks!

[rl]

Brilliant image...Learnt something new after 40 years..I never appreciated those outer halos were even there!

[Rob]

Oh wow, that's very nice. The Ring is still one of my faves!.

[carastro]

Excellent and what a great tip 

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I struggled to get enough Ha signal for the outer ring so had to resort to bin 3x3.

I have been doing this target on and off for a while and might do the same.  

Carole 

[stepping beyond]

A  lil' bit of time spent and splendid results on such a small target loving the-

detail Peter .

[Petergoodhew]

20 hours ago, stepping beyond said:

A  lil' bit of time spent and splendid results on such a small target loving the-

detail Peter .

Thanks!

[peter shah]

super deep....lovely job.