Comments on: NGC 6894

By: Above the clouds » NGC 6894

Above the clouds » NGC 6894 — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:21:07 +0000

[...] NGC 6894 is located in the constellation Cygnus and is aprrox 4000 light yrs away with a visual mag of +12.3.One site that I visited while searching for info on this neb,compared it to the size of Jupiter.Well,I don’t know if I believe that but,I will definitely say “it is extremely small”!!!. Vern over at Verns Astronomy Weblog has a really nice shot of it…..check it out,you won’t be disapointed!!. [...]

By: Vern

Vern — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:34:07 +0000

Looking forward to seeing your image!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:47:16 +0000

I processed the heck out of the Cats eye neb.It came out pretty nice but,if you don’t mind,I would like to send you the processed image (via e-mail).I am worried that I have over processed it.I have seen the Hubbles image but,I need a human eye to give me a idea about what I have done wrong/right and I trust your judgement.I won’t be able to send it right away because,I need to step out.Perhaps later this afternoon?.

By: Vern

Vern — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:04:52 +0000

I didn’t try to view it visually through an eyepiece, too light polluted here to see a dim fuzzy like this one directly. I’ll maybe try that this weekend at FoxPark if the skies clear up. The nebula was easy to see on the notebook screen while I was taking the images, but not the central star. I apparently screwed up taking the flat fields, amp-glow in the upper left is noticable in all images I took that evening.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:16:12 +0000

Could you see the neb through the eye piece or were you just able to pull the structure out through processing?.Regardless,that is a nice shot!.
Clear skies!