Messier 57 - ring nebula - luminance only - first light 8" Cassegrain scope (Simon)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lyra (Lyr) · Contains: IC 1296 · M 57 · NGC 6720 · Ring Nebula

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Messier 57 - ring nebula - luminance only - first light 8" Cassegrain scope

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Messier 57 - ring nebula - luminance only - first light 8" Cassegrain scope

I am not sure how many of you picked up on my recent developments, but my ZWO ASI294MC went down and I got an insurance pay out for it. As I already have the monochrome version of this camera, I took the big decision not to replace the camera, but instead, after much thought, get myself a Classic Cassegrain, which has an 8 inch mirror and runs at f12. My hope is that I will be able to use this for planetary and lunar work, and for certain DSOs. I managed, whilst the weather held, to image M57 in luminance. I need to improve on the balance of the scope, and it was a bit of impulsive decision to image M57 at the time I did, but I am really pleased with the result because the f12 focal length means that I have been able to pick details out from within the nebula, that get blown out when using my other telescopes. I did nothing fancy here, it was just a basic process. I took 53 subs at 2 minutes long each, which totals 1 hour and 46 minutes imaging time. Thanks everyone...

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RA (center)	18h53m37s.520
RA (top/left)	18h54m47s.215
RA (top/right)	18h52m36s.609
RA (bottom/right)	18h52m26s.943
RA (bottom/left)	18h54m37s.223

Dec (center)	+33°01′19″.80
Dec (top/left)	+33°09′03″.94
Dec (top/right)	+33°12′08″.43
Dec (bottom/right)	+32°53′30″.74
Dec (bottom/left)	+32°50′28″.86

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