A pleasant surprise M57

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I was finally able to capture a few photons Friday night despite the poor forecast. I could see some clouds on the horizon but the sky in the east didn't look horrible so I set up quickly and hastily picked a target. I decided on M57 because it's bright and I might have some success even with the high clouds.

This target blew me away when I first observed it through my 10" dob 3 years ago and then again when I first imaged it with that same dob and DSLR. I didn't think I would really be able to do well with it but I'm a bit surprised and happy with this result.

My only real mistake this session was not double checking my auto focus with a mask (I'm still trying to sort out the backlash and it's not quite right) so the focus is a bit soft and I will toss this data since it's not worth trying to add to.

I managed to capture (and not totally clip out) the outer envelope and companion galaxy IC 1296.

This is the result of 288 x 30 sec light frames with flats, dark flats and bias frames. No darks.

Thanks for looking!

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That's a fine M57 Larry. Nice bright colours.

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NICE 👍
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love the colors , thx .
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Looks Good.
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