M57 (Deep)

[Tim]

Here is one of my ongoing projects. The main detail of the inner nebula was captured via DSLR/C9.25 last year, and recently this week I have added the outer area's of Ha with the Mak-Newt 190 and SXV-H9 camera.

There is a real mix of exposures, and pretty much everything else in this one, but suffice to say that Registar handled them all very nicely.

For the stars which were large and bloated I used a trick I picked up on Ken Crawford's site (thanks Richie), whereby you take the image, save a version as an 8 bit jpg, select each bad star one at a time, and then use the pinch tool on them. Works a treat.

Thanks for looking.

TJ

[Coco]

Phwow!... looks wonderful...

Cant wait to get me obsy roof on... The CPC is all ready

[Beyond_Vision]

Thats something you dont see often the dim outer halo looking not so dim

Excellent result Tim I bet you are pleased with that one

Regards

Kevin

[Doc]

Coming along nicely Tim. Very detailed and vivid, how much more are you going to give it?

[Aza]

WHOA!

Thats incredible!

[Tim]

Coming along nicely Tim. Very detailed and vivid, how much more are you going to give it?

Thanks Mick.

You can just about see on the very outer edges the extent of the shell of M57. My aim is to capture, with some detail, the entire body and outer bubble of M57. There seems to be very few images of this, and mostly taken with 20" RC telescopes or IR filters.

Cheers

Tim

[Roy]

You know when you sometimes see an image and let out a loud involuntary wow,

Well that's one of those images TJ, great job mate.

[barkis]

That's a real Pro. effort TJ. You sure are blazing trails with your work. Outstanding Image.

Ron.

[ashenlight]

You know when you sometimes see an image and let out a loud involuntary wow,

another involuntary wow from me Tim, amazing, superb work.

[Rob]

Thats gotta win some prizes!!... fantastic effort

[Sam]

Wow TJ, that is deep! It's a very interesting structure around the ring.

Sam

[SteveL]

Crikey!

[Psychobilly]

Nicely done TJ

Peter...

[roundycat]

a very fine result, a definite 3D effect to that one.

Dennis

[MartinB]

Superb work Tim, that is a seriously deep image.

Ken Crawfords site is a terrific resource. I haven't looked at the star trick

[Milliways]

Wow incredible image TJ!!

[philj]

Ah yes what a pic:eek:

The outer halo is superb, nicely focused as well.

Great pic TJ

philj

[ncjunk]

That is one of the best I have seen in ages, love the detail it is...not bad!

Neil C

[SteveL]

I hope this one is getting sent to the mags...

[adamsp123]

WOW!

[Tim]

Thanks for the comments, here is a link to a larger version, although not much to be gained by it.

http://www.btinternet.com/~mr.squeegee/Astro/M57-Ring-Nebula.jpg

[johnh]

I had a go at this but not a patch on yours, the double outer ring is a real catch. John.

[glennbech]

Holy carp! I didn't recognize "The Ring" at all when I first saw this image. My mind short-circuted and I had to look up M57 again in the messier catalog (!)

I've never seen that kind of detail in M57 before. Excellent work and a very hard task!

[MikeD]

Awesome result, Deep and clean.

Mike.

[steppenwolf]

This is an absolutely gorgeous image, Tim - can't believe how deep it is, absolutely amazing!