NGC 7635 "Bubble Nebula" + companions in Ha

[Paramount]

Hi All
It turned out to be a nice clear night last night despite the weather forecast and apart from a couple of small clouds passing across the imaging area at 2.30am it was clear. After having difficulty getting an acurate polar alignment (some stupid burk left the illuminated reticule eyepiece switched on from last week and the battery was as flat as stale beer) I decided to have a go at the Bubble nebula as there is a lot going on in a widefield shot of this subject. The image is made up of 18x10 minutes unguided with a 13nm Ha filter
Equipment used was
TMB 115 f7 with field flattener
Starlight Xpress H36
FLI filter wheel
Paramount ME
I have enclosed the widefield with all the companions and a cropped closeup to show just the Bubble Nebula and M 52. I had to use the lowest quality setting in Photoshop to get the size down so better quality images can be seen on my website http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk

Thanks for looking
Best wishes and more clear skies
Gordon

[neilfleming]

Very nice! Not to much to improve on this one...

...Neil

[Paramount]

Hi Neil
Thanks for the comments, I particularly like the widefield as there is so much going on in the area covered such as M52, NGC 7538 (bright nebula top just left of middle), Sh2-161 and Sh2-157 just showing (depending on monitor settings, clear on mine) and LBN536 as well as the bright star 4 CAS at bottom left. I will be tackling the bubble nebula again next year when I get my new scope, a 10" RC Astrosib.
Best wishes and clear skies (absolutely tipping it down here at the moment)
Gordon