This is an extremely faint bubble of gas in Cygnus, only discovered in 2008. Classified PN G75.5+1.7, popular name the Soap Bubble Nebula. See here. 25th July and 24th August. ST-10 binned 2x2 on 12" LX200 ACF at f7, 12 x 10 minutes H-alpha, 4 x 10 minutes each OIII and SII, 'Hubble' palette (SHO= RGB)

NGC 246 - the interesting and quite large 'Skull' planetary nebula in Cetus. 26th December 2008. 12"LX200ACF OTA at f7, SBIG ST10XME with Astrodon filters and AO-8. Luminance 12 x 5 minutes, RGB 5 (blue 4) x 5 minutes. The central star is a double - the box in the top right corner is a less stretched crop showing the duplicity.

The beautiful planetary nebula NGC 1514 in Taurus, 29th November 2008. Meade 12" LX200R OTA at f10, SBIG ST10XME, Astrodon filters, AO-8. Luminance 15 x 5 minutes, RGB each 5 x 5 minutes.

 

NGC 2371 planetary nebula in Gemini, near Castor, but usually passed over for the better known Eskimo Nebula. Very interesting bipolar shape, definitely reminds me of a toffee in purple wrapping out of a Quality Street tin. I hereby name it the Purple Toffee Nebula. 7th December 2007. SBIG ST8 with 12" LX200ACF at prime focus. L 10 x 10 minutes, RGB each 5 x 3 minutes binned 2x2

The Helix planetary nebula, NGC 7293 in Aquarius. September 10th. 2007. It never rises higher than 14 degrees from my location, and requires very good conditions to be imaged successfully. SBIG ST8XME, Mirage 8 at f7, Luminance 12 x 5 minutes, RGB each 4 x 5 minutes

Planetary Nebula NGC7008 in Cygnus. August 24th 2007. SBIG ST8XME with LX200ACF at full 3048 mm f10, Luminance 6 x 5 minutes, RGB each 3 x 5 minutes.

Messier 57, the 'Ring' nebula in Lyra. 17th. July 2007. Also in this image, brought out through the magic of digital processing is the faint 15th. magnitude galaxy IC1296. SBIG ST8 XME, 12" LX200ACF at f10. Luminance 5 x 5 minutes, RGB each 3 x 3 minutes binned 2x2. Full Size

Messier 27, the 'Dumbbell' planetary nebula in Vulpecula. 17th. July 2007. SBIG ST8 XME, 12" LX200ACF at f10. Luminance 5 x 4 minutes, RGB each 3 x 2 minutes binned 2x2.

Jones-Emberson1 (the 'Headphone' nebula) Planetary Nebula in Lynx. 6th and 7th February 2007 for Luminance. 16 x 6 minutes, Artemis 285 and Mirage 8 at f6.3. Colour information on 12th. March 2007. RGB each 3 x 5 minutes binned 2x2

NGC 6781 planetary nebula in Aquila. 3rd. August 2005. Art 285 and Mirage at f10. Luminance 12 x 2 minutes, RGB each 3 x 2 minutes binned 2x2.

M97, the 'Owl' planetary nebula in Ursa Major. Artemis 285 and Mirage at f10. L 13 x 2 minutes, RGB each 2 x 2 minutes binned 2x2

M76, the 'Little Dumbbell' planetary nebula in Perseus. 10th. November 2004. MX716, Mirage8 at f10, Luminance 15 unguided frames at 3 minutes, RGB each 5 minutes