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130GTX discovered a bubble nebula in Canis Major
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Roland Christen
Hello fellow Astronuts,
I was going to post another deep sky image that I took last 2 days, but have hit a snag. I was going very deep field with it and discovered a fairly large bubble nebula near the object that I was imaging. At first I thought it might be a reflection ghost image caused by a nearby bright star. But there are no bright stars in the field. The object also stays put in relation to surrounding stars when changing the position of the scope field.
Upon further sleuthing, I found an image taken with a scope at the ESO observatory and it shows this object just ever so barely if you stretch the crap out of it. It's in the exact same position with respect to the surrounding stars as mine. So, before I post it, I would like to find out who I should contact to register this object.
Anybody have any ideas?
Rolando
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics |
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Juan Marín Otero
Roland, I co-discovered a PN candidate last December and I think I may be able to assist. There are a couple of amateur groups that should be able to help you if you think this object is not in the catalogs. First, I would check the HASH PN database (you will need to register) as it is possible that someone else has already reported this object. If not, congratulations!. It is exciting to put your name up there in the sky; in order to do that, you can contact Pascal LeDu from https://planetarynebulae.net/FR/ and / or Marcel Dreschler. This is the path we followed in our team and they provided good advice on how to proceed after assessing our images. Your object will most likely enter as a PN candidate and stay there until the pros can provide spectral confirmation. It is also possible that it is something else, the contacts I provided should be able to help you (they may take a day or two to respond). A word of caution: this stuff is addictive! :)
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midmoastro
I am a newb, so take this for what its worth, but what about the IAU?
Read this link and see what you think or see what others think. Maybe wait for others to chime in and confirm. https://www.iau.org/public/themes/discoveries/ Todd |
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Roland Christen
Thanks, I will try that first.
Roland -----Original Message-----
From: Juan Marín Otero <juan.marin.otero@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Cc: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> Sent: Sun, Mar 26, 2023 2:30 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] 130GTX discovered a bubble nebula in Canis Major Roland,
I co-discovered a PN candidate last December and I think I may be able to assist. There are a couple of amateur groups that should be able to help you if you think this object is not in the catalogs. First, I would check the HASH PN database (you will need to register) as it is possible that someone else has already reported this object. If not, congratulations!. It is exciting to put your name up there in the sky; in order to do that, you can contact Pascal LeDu from https://planetarynebulae.net/FR/ and / or Marcel Dreschler. This is the path we followed in our team and they provided good advice on how to proceed after assessing our images. Your object will most likely enter as a PN candidate and stay there until the pros can provide spectral confirmation. It is also possible that it is something else, the contacts I provided should be able to help you (they may take a day or two to respond).
A word of caution: this stuff is addictive! :)
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics |
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Roland Christen
Hello Juan,
Here is the ESO image on the left, with mine taken with the 110GTX to the right:
 I did a search of the HASH PN database, and this is the object:
 -----Original Message-----
From: Juan Marín Otero <juan.marin.otero@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Cc: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> Sent: Sun, Mar 26, 2023 2:30 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] 130GTX discovered a bubble nebula in Canis Major Roland,
I co-discovered a PN candidate last December and I think I may be able to assist. There are a couple of amateur groups that should be able to help you if you think this object is not in the catalogs. First, I would check the HASH PN database (you will need to register) as it is possible that someone else has already reported this object. If not, congratulations!. It is exciting to put your name up there in the sky; in order to do that, you can contact Pascal LeDu from https://planetarynebulae.net/FR/ and / or Marcel Dreschler. This is the path we followed in our team and they provided good advice on how to proceed after assessing our images. Your object will most likely enter as a PN candidate and stay there until the pros can provide spectral confirmation. It is also possible that it is something else, the contacts I provided should be able to help you (they may take a day or two to respond).
A word of caution: this stuff is addictive! :)
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics |
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How exciting!!! I think both Pete's and Juan's advice is good. Stuart Heggie
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Alex
Took a look at my Thor's Helmet, and it's just out of my field of view. I did find an image highlighting it.
https://www.astrobin.com/mrfke2/C/?q=thor%27s%20helmet&camera= |
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fernandorivera3
Perhaps one of these days the James Webb Space Telescope will create a high definition view of this "space bubble"!!
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