Planetary Nebula

M 57 = NGC 6720

 

  2010/05/23     2011/03/12    2011/07/01

 

2011 Jul 01

Place Mt. Guizi Observatory, Wuchang, China
Optics Skywatcher 130-mm reflector f/5 + coma corrector
Camera Canon EOS 1000D modified (ISO 800)
Mount EQ5 Pro
Exposure 110 sec x 37 frames
Processing 37 images stacked in DeepSkyStacker 3.2.2 with dark frames and flatfield frames divided; further processed with Fitswork V4.41, IRIS V5.33 and Photoshop CS3 Extended; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments images taken by Zhu Mao and processed by me; severe city light pollution;

 

 

Copyright © Man-To Hui 2011/07/11


 

2011 Mar 12

Place Mt. Guizi, Wuchang, Hubei Province, China
Optics Takahashi Mewlon Cassegrain 210 mm f/11.5
Camera Canon EOS 1000D (ISO 800)
Mount NEQ6 Pro
Exposure 6 min x 14 frames
Processing 14 images stacked in DeepSkyStacker 3.2.2 with 10 dark frames and 6 bias frames subtracted and 22 flatfield frames divided; further processed with Fitswork V4.41, IRIS V5.33 and Photoshop CS3 Extended; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments images taken by Zhu Mao and processed by me; severe city light pollution; coma abberation due to coarce collimation;

 

 

Processing cropped image from the above; processed with iterative PSF function in Fitswork V4.41;
Comments Notice that delicate structures inside the Ring Nebula.

 

 

Copyright © Man-To Hui 2011/03/18


 

2010 May 23

Image M 57 = NGC 6720
EXIF Time 2010/05/23 17:37:59 UTC - 18:06:09 UTC
Place Mt. Guizi, Wuchang, Hubei Province, China
Optics Skywatcher 130-mm reflector f/5
Camera Canon EOS 400D (ISO 800)
Mount NEQ6 Pro
Exposure 14min51s (60s x 1 frame + ~40 s x 21 frames)
Processing 22 images stacked in DeepSkyStacker 3.2.2 with dark frames subtracted and flatfield divided; fixed with Fitswork V4.25, IRIS V5.33 and Photoshop CS3 Extended; 0.5x resized and cropped;
Comments images taken by Zhu Mao and processed by me; severe city light pollution; not in focus accurately; obvious coma abberation due to coarce collimation;

 

 

 

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