hi folks,

this rarely imaged planetary nebula is located in taurus named "the crystal ball nebula" and it is not really bright. I imaged it with 2 different CCDs:

luminance: 9" tmb apo f/18 using a 2" 2* powermate
2 hours exp time -- 10 min subframes

color: f/9 prime focus; 10 min subframes.

seeing and transparency were both very good!

the preview:


Here is the link to the full scale version:

http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/ngc1514.html
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Dietmar
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Wow, fantastic shot. The detail is great and the color very nice a subtle.

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Observatorio de la Ballona

Hi Diets,

That looks like a flower.
So beautiful.

Thanks for sharing .

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What an excellent shot!

Hi Diets, Another outstanding shot!. I need to check this one out. On your equipment you used a 2x barlows increditable! wow. i noticed you dont use a reducer to cut down your f stops and what were the cameras you used? Simply a beautiful shot and the outer shell is observable also and the colors are pastel like. Clear Skies my friend

Hi Diets forget the question on the cameras, Just notice it on your site. Thanks

Excellent! I tried this guy under rather poor seeing last year. See I failed even more than I thought after seeing your version. I need to try again on a good night. Something not seen here for over 6 months now.

Rick

...thanks Andy, Whirly, Madweasel, Efrain and Rick.

Efrain, I have no functional flattener yet. )-:
I will use it once it is avainable...

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Yet another stunner. And double wow with clarity like that through your barlow. The surrounding starfield does it for me asthetically.

Kind regrds
Matt