The Medusa Nebula

[MartinB]

Firstt discovered in 1955 this faint, small nebula in Gemini was orignially thought to be a SN remnant but is now believed to be a planetary nebula.  I had never heard of it until recently

The data was captured over 4 nights in mixed conditions this month.

Scope: SW MN190

Camera: ZWO294 binned x2

Filters: Chroma 5nm OIII and Ha

OIII - 103x5mins

Ha - 54x5mins

Captured using Maxim DL, Combined in PI.  Processed in a mix of PI and PS utilising the "Xterminator" suite

I've posted a cropped version of the image

 

[Sunshine]

Wonderful image!

[simmo39]

Nice!

[MartinB]

Thanks Sunshine and Simmo.  I was pleased with the outcome especially given the very low surface brightness

[Fegato]

Excellent - nice subtle detail and colour!

[MartinB]

Thank you Fegato.

As awways, I'm never quite happy.  I haven't made any adjustments to saturation but the colour does look a bit heavy so I've done a little desat and prefer the appearance, for now anyway!

[Mark at Beaufort]

Excellent image Martin - really well produced.

[gorann]

Congratulation Martin, well deserved!!!

A beautiful image with lovely colour and outstanding detail.

@wimvb will be ecstatic when he sees it was taken with an MN-190!

[ollypenrice]

Deserved without a shodow of a doubt. Confident and subtle imaging.

Olly

[MartinB]

Thank you everyone.  @gorann @wimvb  The MN190 is a gem!

[tomato]

Top notch Martin,  the MN190  doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

[wimvb]

A MN190 delivers once again! Wonderful rendering of this nebula, Martin.

[tomato]

Congratulations Martin, I’ve only just found out it is today’s APOD!👏