NGC 4361 in Corvus

[chuckp]

Last night is was clear so I was looking for planetary nebula to image. This was in perfect position for me to image. It is quite small even for my 9.25 scope so it is cropped considerably. This isn't imaged that much so I gave it a try. I used the Celestron 9.25 w/0.7 reducer. Asi 1600mm, and took 10-360 sec. Hydrogen Alpha subs and 7-360 sec O3 subs
This is the info from Wikipedia "NGC 4361's central star is an extremely hot [WC] star. Its temperature is at 270,000 K,[4] hotter than every Wolf–Rayet star known. It is nearly 18,000 times brighter than the sun, but is only 6.1% its size. This star is only 1,230 years old."

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[Ben Egbert]

Pretty star, love the info.

 

[JimFox]

This is very cool Chuck! I don't think that I have seen it before. Such cool color and shape. And I appreciate the information too. It's interesting just how much hotter it is then our sun, but yet it's so tiny in comparison.

 

[chuckp]

This is very cool Chuck! I don't think that I have seen it before. Such cool color and shape. And I appreciate the information too. It's interesting just how much hotter it is then our sun, but yet it's so tiny in comparison.

I observed this many times but never imaged it. I could use ha and o3 so I gave it a try.

 

[AlanLichty]

Sure makes an interesting deep space scene. I like your resulting color palette.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Interesting DSO. Almost like a bubble.

 

[JimFox]

I observed this many times but never imaged it. I could use ha and o3 so I gave it a try.

I am glad you did!

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very fun image, with fascinating facts to go with it!

ML

 

[chuckp]

Very fun image, with fascinating facts to go with it!

ML

It's not imaged much and I'm always looking for planetary nebula to image. I would like to do more galaxies but I don't get that many clear nights to get good results from my area.