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Scott Alder - Newcastle, NSW, Australia
MENZEL 3 (MZ 3) The Ant Nebula in Norma
Scott says of this image: "I am astounded at how bright it
is in the red, I used a Canon EOS 300d digital SLR, they are not very sensitive
to H alpha. A 10 inch F5.6 Newtonian was used, with three 5 minute exposures at
ISO 200.
MZ 3 doesn't seem to be a well known object, I have not seen any amateur
images of it before, just some HST ones and the DSS images like the one on your
site.
I have yet to ever image a nebula as red as this one, I'm thinking it would not
be very easy to see due to the absence of green light."
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NGC 5189 - Musca |
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NGC 6818 - Sagittarius |
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NGC 5882 - Lupus |
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NGC 6369 - Ophiuchus |
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NGC 3918 - Centaurus |
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NGC 6337- Scorpius |
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NGC 6302 - Scorpius |
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NGC 6567- Sagittarius |
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MZ 1 - Norma
Menzel 1 |
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MZ 2 - Norma
Menzel 2 |
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NGC 6309 - Ophiuchus |
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He2_207 Ara |
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2004