NGC 7635 "Bubble Nebula" + companions in Ha

[Paramount]

Hi All

It turned out to be a nice clear night last night despite the weather forecast and apart from a couple of small clouds passing across the imaging area at 2.30am it was clear. After having difficulty getting an acurate polar alignment (some stupid burk left the illuminated reticule eyepiece switched on from last week and the battery was as flat as stale beer) I decided to have a go at the Bubble nebula as there is a lot going on in a widefield shot of this subject. The image is made up of 18x10 minutes unguided with a 13nm Ha filter

Equipment used was

TMB 115 f7 with field flattener

Starlight Xpress H36

FLI filter wheel

Paramount ME

I have enclosed the widefield with all the companions and a cropped closeup to show just the Bubble Nebula and M 52. I had to use the lowest quality setting in Photoshop to get the size down so better quality images can be seen on my website http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk


Thanks for looking

Best wishes and more clear skies

Gordon
:)
http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk/USERIMAGES/bubbleHa.jpg

http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk/USERIMAGES/bubbleHacrop.jpg

[JAICOA]

Both are excellent images!, Very sharp and nice wide angle even the crop looks very good. The cluster gives it a nice touch and surrounding sparse clouds. Welldone Gordon and Clear Skies

[andyschlei]

Very nice sharp image. I like the framing on the cropped shot, with the open cluster nicely visible.

[chrissy]

Wow! Gordon, very nice pictures.

clear skies

chrissy