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This deep-space image showcases two stunning nebulae in the constellation Auriga: the Tadpoles Nebula (IC 410) at the top center, and the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) toward the lower left.

 

IC 410, the Tadpoles Nebula, is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light-years from Earth. It surrounds the young star cluster NGC 1893, whose massive, energetic stars light up and shape the surrounding gas. The 'tadpoles' that give the nebula its nickname are dense streams of dust and gas about 10 lightyears long. They are assumed to be sites of star formation.

 

IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, lies in the lower left portion of the image. This beautiful mix of emission and reflection nebula is about 1,500 light-years away and is illuminated by the hot, massive star AE Aurigae. Its flowing, flame-like filaments of gas and dust give the nebula its name and striking appearance.

 

Set against a dense star field, this image uses narrowband imaging techniques to highlight different elements: hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. The result reveals both the structure and composition of these rich star-forming regions.

 

This image is a SHO combination with the classic gold and blue hues of the Hubble Palette

 

Equipment

 

Telescope: William Optics Megrez 88

Mount: Equatorially mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI

Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM

Filters: Baader H/Sii/Oiii with ZWO EFW

Autofocus: ZWO EAF

Autoguider: ZWO ASI 385MC & Artesky Guidescope UltraGuide 32mm

Rig control: ZWO ASIAir

 

15x 300s H

15x 300s Sii

15x 240s Oiii

Château-d'Œx, Vaud Switzerland, Balloon Festival night celebrations - A hot air balloon at full throttle regales assembled onlookers with a fantastic display amid the smoke from adjacent fireworks.

 

Check out my Photostream for related pictures from this event.

Messier 20, Barnard 85

Emission, reflection and dark nebulae in the constellation of Sagittarius.

 

Magnitude: +6.3.

Apparent size: 29′ x 27′ (about Moon size).

Diameter: 44 light years.

Distance: 5,200 light years.

 

Image date: 7th September 2020.

Exposure: 121 x 90 sec = 3 hour exposure.

Field of View: 47.7 x 31.7 arcmin.

 

Imaged with my ZWO ASI071 camera on Skywatcher Esprit 120 telescope, this time with a Televue 2X Powermate.

English:

The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula

 

Portuguese:

A nebulosa de Órion ou nebulosa de Orião, também descrita como M42 ou NGC 1976, de acordo com a nomenclatura astronômica, é uma nebulosa difusa que se encontra entre 1500 e 1800 anos-luz do Sistema Solar, e situada a sul do Cinto de Órion. Foi descoberta por Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc em 1610 (anteriormente havia sido classificada como estrela - Theta Orionis). Existem muitas outras (fracas) nebulosas ao redor da nebulosa Orion e existem muitas formações de estrelas na região. A nebulosa Orion é, provavelmente, a nebulosa mais ativamente estudada do céu. O seu nome provém da sua localização na constelação Orion. Possui 25 anos-luz de diâmetro, uma densidade de 600 átomos/cm³ e temperatura de 70 K. Trata-se de uma região de formação estelar: em seu interior as estrelas estão nascendo e começando a brilhar constantemente. Há uma enorme concentração de poeira estelar e de gases nessa região, o que sugere a existência de água, pela junção de hidrogênio e oxigênio.

Here we have more data from the new set up in Spain that will soon be available for subscriptions.

It is always interesting to reshoot a previously imaged target to review where one's processing is.

I hope my current level shows a bit more of a natural look whilst still pulling out as much detail as I currently can.

Guess you will decide that though ;)

 

Imaging telescope or lens: Borg 125

Imaging camera: QSI 683WSG-8 OAG QSI 683

Mount: Paramount MX

Guiding telescope or lens: Borg 125

Guiding camera: QSI 683WSG-8 OAG QSI 683

Focal reducer: Borg Super reducer f/4

Software: Diffraction Limited Maxim 6.x, ACP Expert, Pixinsight 1.8

Filters: Astronomik Ha 6nm, Astronomik SII 6nm, Astronomik Oiii 6nm

Accessory: Starlight Xpress lodestar 2

Resolution: 2494x3282

Dates: Nov. 9, 2017, Nov. 10, 2017

Frames:

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 20x1200" bin 1x1

Astronomik Oiii 6nm: 20x1200" bin 1x1

Astronomik SII 6nm: 20x1200" bin 1x1

Integration: 20.0 hours

Locations: Image The Universe Remote Telescopes, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain

Heart and Soul Nebulae

 

My first attempt at HSO processing. Got the data from Telescope live, processed in Pixisight and used ForaxX's Dynamic Narrowband Pixelmath calculations

Frames recorded at DeepSkyWest with a Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII and QSI683,

 

www.astrobin.com/253160/

 

L: 26x900s

RGB: (19, 20, 17)x600s

 

Copyright: R. Colombari

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Explanation: An eerie blue glow and ominous columns of dark dust highlight M78 and other bright reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. The dark filamentary dust not only absorbs light, but also reflects the light of several bright blue stars that formed recently in the nebula. Of the two reflection nebulas pictured above, the more famous nebula is M78, in the image center, while NGC 2071 can be seen to its lower left. The same type of scattering that colors the daytime sky further enhances the blue color. M78 is about five light-years across and visible through a small telescope. M78 appears above only as it was 1600 years ago, however, because that is how long it takes light to go from there to here. M78 belongs to the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that contains the Great Nebula in Orion and the Horsehead Nebula.

 

Source: APOD

  

Wishing you all a Happy New Year.

 

More background and details on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/2lufbh

Soul Nebula on the left, Heart Nebula on the right, and Fishhead Nebula on the upper right.

 

This is a mosaic made with the Dwarf III that took from about 9:30pm till 4:30am. Skylark, where this was taken, was hot during the day, cold during the night and everything was caked with a fine dust. Unbelievably beautiful night sky overhead, but challenging conditions on the ground.

Milky way nightscape over the Pinnacles desert in Western Australia

Shot using an L-enhance filter from my deck.

This Nebula is 2400 lightyears from earth, taken with my own telescope and filters.

 

Equipment used:

Skywatcher NEQ6 Rail and Belt modded

ZWO ASI 1600mm pro

ZWO ASI 290mini

Canon 70-200 L IS II USM @ 200mm

Astrodon Ha, OIII and SII filters

 

Image:

100 frames each @ 240s, Gain 139 Offset 21.

 

Total exposure 20h

As I mentioned dear viewers, I would probably end up processing this image several times before I was happy with it. This version (no. 7) is closer to the magic I felt beneath this starry sky.

The stars and the Milky Way from a backyard in Umina Beach on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia.

Image capture by Carlos Araya, Chile, and processed by Martin Campbell using Pixinsight and Photoshop CC 2023. Image stack of 1.5 hours using a Canon 6D and a Nikon Nikkor 85mm F/1.4 lens at F/4 on a SW Star Adventurer.

Situated 7500 light years away in the ‘W’-shaped constellation of Cassiopeia, the Heart Nebula is a vast region of glowing gas, energized by a cluster of young stars at its centre. The image depicts the central region, where dust clouds are being eroded and moulded into rugged shapes by the searing cosmic radiation.

 

Details

M: Avalon Linear fast reverse

T: AT 8" RC CF

C: QSI690-wsg with 3nm Ha and OIII filters

 

17x1800s Ha

9x1800s OIII

 

totalling 13 hours so far

39 images with Starry Landscape stacker

Equipment:

ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x 7 (SHO)

TeleVue NP101is (4" f/4.3)

Losmandy G11

 

Software:

Captured in NINA

Processed in PixInsight

Finished in Affinity Photo

 

Integration:

SII 13 x 600s = 2:10

Ha 17 x 600s = 2:50

OIII 16 x 600s = 2:40

Total integration: 7:40

Triplet 115/800

Reducer 0.79

ZWO ASI 183MMPRO

HA: 5 hours

L: 3 hours

RGB: 30 minutes each channel

Total: 9:30 hours

PixInsight + PS6

HaLRGB

In the constellation Sagittarius, seemingly in the middle of the Milky Way, are two bright nebulae.

The Lagoon Nebula, the bright one lower in the frame, is a gigantic glowing cloud.

The Trifid Nebula (smaller, higher in the frame) is a composite of three nebula and an open star cluster. An emission nebula emits its own light (red), a reflection nebula (blue) and a dark nebula that looks like black lines on the glowing red (discernible by zooming in).

The Rebel T71 was modified for astrophotography.

52 images, 35 seconds, ISO 1600, f 8.0, Images rotated to a composite with Starry Landscape Stacker

A short window of clear skies on the 16th February, before clouds and rain rolled in, allowed me a longer imaging session on the beautiful Orion Nebula.

 

The nebula complex actually consists of two nebula Messier 43 (M43),the small beak-like feature on the left. This nebula is also referred to as De Mairan's nebula and it is joined to the second much larger fan-like nebula, M42, by a dense dust lane.

 

This dust lane is known as the northeast dark lane and is visible in the image.

 

Also visible top left is part of the reflection "Running Man" nebula - Sharpless 279 - running off the frame!!

 

The Orion Nebula complex is believed to lie just over 1300 light years distant and is estimated to be 24 light years across.

  

One of the very brightest nebula visible even to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch in the sword of the Orion.

 

This collection of neutral clouds of gas and dust, associated stars, ionized gases and reflection nebulae is a fine sight in any telescope.

 

Imaged with a guided Skywatcher Esprit 120ED fitted with a field flattener and a ZWO 2600MC camera.

 

44x75s (Total Integration 55min)

Darks & Flats

Gain 100

Offset 50

 

Bortle 6 Sky

 

Many thanks for looking!

The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.

 

The very brightest part of this nebula (the knot seen at www.flickr.com/photos/jrgibbs/28671076182/in/photostream/) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of this nebula to be discovered.

 

The nebula's intense red output and its configuration are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars known as Melotte 15 contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of our Sun's mass.

 

Source: Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Nebula

 

Taken at Lee, Illinois on Sep 20 2016

Image Type: Narrowband Ha + OIII

Hardware: SBIG ST8300M, AT8RC on an Atlas Mount

Interstellar dust clouds and glowing nebulae abound in the fertile constellation of Orion. One of the brightest, M78, is centered in this colorful view, covering an area north of Orion's belt. At a distance of about 1,500 light-years, the bluish reflection nebula is around 5 light-years across. Its tint is due to dust preferentially reflecting the blue light of hot, young stars. Reflection nebula NGC 2071 is just to the right of M78. To the left, and much more compact in appearance, the intriguing McNeil's Nebula is a recently recognized variable nebula associated with a young sun-like star. Deeper red flecks of emission from Herbig-Haro objects, energetic jets from stars in the process of formation, stand out against the dark dust lanes. The exposure also brings out the region's fainter pervasive glow of atomic hydrogen gas. (Text from APOD)

Taken from Santa Rosa CA, Jan 1-3 2022.

TEC 140 refractor, QSI 683 camera, MYT mount.

R:G:B:Ha 7h:7h:7h:4.5h

 

Reprocessed January 2023

NGC2244

Skywatcher 150/750 PDS

 

Neu bearbeitet, um die Strukturen der Nebel nochmal zur Geltung zu bringen.

Teleskop oder Objektiv (Aufnahme):Skywatcher 150/750 PDS

 

Aufnahmekamera:Sony A6000 astro

 

Montierung:Skywatcher NEQ5 Pro SynScan GoTo

Teleskop oder Objektiv (Nachführung):Skywatcher 9 x 50

Nachführkamera:Lacerta MGEN 2

Frames: 35x300" bin 0x0

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Astro-Physics RH 305, RCOS 14.5"

Imaging cameras: SBIG STX KAF-16803, FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI

Mount: Paramount-ME

Software: Pixinsight 1.8

Filters: Astrodon Luminance, Astrodon Blue, Astrodon Red, Astrodon Green

Accessory: FLI Atlas

Resolution: 3723x3338

Dates: Jan. 19, 2017, Feb. 1, 2017, Feb. 2, 2017, March 5, 2017, March 19, 2017

Frames:

Astrodon Blue: 25x900" bin 1x1

Astrodon Green: 24x900" bin 1x1

Astrodon Luminance: 31x1200" bin 1x1

Astrodon Luminance: 16x30" bin 1x1

Astrodon Luminance: 12x300" bin 1x1

Astrodon Luminance: 83x600" bin 1x1

Astrodon Red: 22x900" bin 1x1

Ha 5nm: 13x1200" bin 1x1

Ha 5nm: 16x1800"

 

Here we have a look at M81 with some excellent RC data and some very nice test data from the new AP RH 305. I could have pushed the IFN but felt this balance worked well. Hope you enjoy.

La famosissima cintura di Orione e le nebulose Testa di Cavallo e Fiamma.

 

Un mare di stelle avvolge le meraviglie del cosmo.

Circa 50 minuti di posa con un telescopio rifrattore da 1000 mm e una semplice reflex APS-C non modificata. 1600 ISO

 

Dal mio album dei ricordi, quelli belli :)

 

#orione #orion #stelle #stars #cintura #belt #fiamma #flame #milkyway #costellazione #inverno #nebulae #nebulose

DESCRIPTION: I took photo of central part of Milky Way using 135 mm lens. It is very rich part of MW for nebulae, star clusters, dust and stars… From left to right you can find M16 Eagle Neb., M17 Omega Neb., M24 Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, M20 Trifid Neb., M8 Lagoon Neb., M22 Great Sagittarius Cluster. On my latitude (+50°) is this part only approx 20° (center of image) above S light polluted horizon. I looking forward your comments and tips…..

  

GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Sigma 135/1,8, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 clip in filter, Rollei Astroklar lens filter, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding.

 

ACQUISITION: June 15, 2021, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 120s, f 2,8, ISO 400, Interval 10 s, Light 35x, Dark 30x, Bias 0x, Flats 20x, DarkFlats 20x. Total exposure time 70 min. No Night, only Astronomical twilight, no wind, 8°C, No Moon, Light pollution - Bortle 5.

 

STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralization, light pollution removal, calibrate background), Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 (stretching, black and white point settings, star reduction, enhance DSO, contrast setting and sharpening). No cropped, image size 6000 x 4000 px.

 

Along the top are M36 and M38 star clusters. The two big nebulae on the bottom are the tadpole on the left and the flaming star on the right.

 

Modified Nikon D750 (sensor filter removed)

Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 @ 200mm

Optlong L-Pro filter, LXD75 mount

120x30" iso800 shots stacked with DeepSkyStacker, processed in Ps

 

Just over 4 hours' data on the Heart and Soul nebulae in Cassiopaeia with an Optolong l-eNhance filter, processed in AstroPixelProcessor, siril and darktable.

This region of the sky, in the constellation Monoceros, contains many different types of objects including Reflection nebulae (NGC2170), Hydrogen Alpha Emission nebulae (LBN999) and lots of surrounding molecular dust clouds. It is low in the sky from my latitude so more difficult to capture clean data and I also battled with intermittent clouds and a large number of satellite trails.

 

Takahashi FSQ-85EDX with 1.01x Flattener

Altair Astro Hypercam 26C

iOptron CEM70

16 hours of RGB data captured with APT

Processed using AstroPixelProcessor, Pixinsight and Photoshop

More details and hires on Astrobin: astrob.in/swtfm6/K/

I'm scared of the take off.. and turbulence.. but in all honesty.. where am I gonna go..? XD Might as well get used to it..

 

Access: Iskra set by Zibska *Get this item at the WLRP event!* www.flickr.com/photos/zibska

 

Wings: Curiosus Mea (Nebulae) by S.C *Get this item at the WLRP event!* www.flickr.com/photos/147212998@N02/?

 

Backdrop: All the lights by Bad Unicorn *Get this item at the Level event!* www.flickr.com/photos/badunicorn

An old favourite target, the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in Orion. The bright blue star in between the two nebulae is Alnitak which is the left most star in Orion's belt (as viewed from UK latitudes). Could have done with more Hydrogen alpha acquisition but looks like dismal cloudy weather again for a while so publishing this as is...

 

Equipment:

- Redcat 51 (250mm focal length at f/4.9)

- ASI1600MM mono camera

- HaRGB filters in EFW filter wheel

- ZWO EAF focuser

- Ioptron GEM28 mount

 

Acquisition:

24 Jan 2023

- 20 x 60s each RGB for stars

- 18 x 300s Ha

with camera sensor at -15degC

 

Processing:

APP, StarTools and Gimp.

The famous Lagoon and Trifid nebulae in the Milky Way imaged over a few nights over a few months with a big delay from when I first started this! Tak FSQ106N on a WD-20 mount, QHY268M camera, Astronomik RGB filters, NINA session control, APP stacking and processing, final processing in Photoshop. Nearly 33 hours of exposures in this one!

A few hours over 3 nights battling clouds with the Tak on some nebulae near the Tarantula Nebula in the LMC. Not sure if I continue this one.

ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x7 (RGB, S-II, Ha, O-III)

Tele Vue NP101is (4" f/4.3)

Losmandy G11

 

RGB Stars: 10 subs/filter x 30s = 15m

 

SHO Nebula

Ha: 18 x 600s (180m)

S-II: 5 x 600s (50m)

O-III:: 13 x 600s (130m)

6 hours total SHO integration

 

Processed in PixInsight

Finished in Affinity Photo

This was my first attempt at a combined 4 hour exposure. The seeing was average, and got increasing worse, with clouds in the middle, my camera ran out of battery... always learning. It's the first time I even captured this though. Hoping to get more detail in the future!

 

Modified Nikon D750 (sensor filter removed)

Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 with TC-14: 280mm f/4

 

Optlong L-Pro filter, LXD75 mount

46x90" iso800 shots stacked with DeepSkyStacker, processed in Ps & Lr

 

This is a wide-field image of Lagoon (M8) & Trifid nebulae (M20) in Sagittarius constellation. These nebulae are both star nurseries. The Lagoon nebula is emission nebula mainly composed of Hydrogen gas. The black focal spots in the nebula are protostar collapsing dust clouds called Bok globules. The nebula is brightened by two giant stars in the centre and the open star cluster NGC 6530 above it. In the other side, the Trifid nebula which is composed of Red emission nebula & Blue reflection nebula. It’s called trifid because the dark dust lanes are separating the nebula into three lobes. Its about 5,200 light years distance. Gear setup: WO Redcat51 f/4.9, Optolong L-Pro, ZWO ASI 2600 MC, iOptron Sky Guider Pro unguided, ASIair. Acquisition 20 x 180 sec subs, 20 Darks, 50 Bias. Total one hour integration. Processed by DSS, PS and Topaz Denoise AI. Little cropped from sky Bortle 4.

 

(All 120 sec Subs)

Upper Frame

Filter Subs Hrs

S2 111 3.7

Ha 61 2.0

O3 96 3.2

TOT 268 8.9

 

Lower Frame

Filter Subs Hrs

S2 144 4.8

Ha 67 2.2

O3 140 4.7

TOT 351 11.7

Avevo iniziato nel 2015 ad acquisire queste immagini flic.kr/p/CCbNR7 , flic.kr/p/CCejHs , flic.kr/p/CCi68y per realizzare un mosaico con 5 pannelli. Purtroppo solo la 1° acquisizione è stata buona, mentre le altre hanno avuto vari problemi e il 4° pannello aveva poca integrazione quindi speravo di rifarmi quest'anno, ma non è stato possibile.

Malgrado ciò, ho unito i 4 pannelli ed ho tentato di elaborare il mosaico nel modo migliore possibile.

Il risultato (work in progress) mi è sembrato molto gradevole quindi lo condivido con piacere con voi.

I dati EXIF sono riferiti all'acquisizione del 4° pannello in data 20/08/2016

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I started in 2015 to acquire these images flic.kr/p/CCbNR7, flic.kr/p/CCejHs, flic.kr/p/CCi68y making a mosaic with 5 panels . Unfortunately only the 1st acquisition was good, while the others have had various problems and the 4th panel had lower integration so I was hoping to solve this year, but it was not possible.

Despite that, I joined the 4 panels and attempted to process the mosaic in the best possible way.

The result (work in progress) seemed very nice so I share it with pleasure with you.

The EXIF data refers to the acquisition of the 4th panel on 08.20.2016

 

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Lens: Zenit Giove-11A 135mm f/4

Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) mod. Baader BCF

Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan

flic.kr/p/CCbNR7 > 30x300s 1600iso / 21 dark / 21 flat / 21 bias

date 16/07/2015(24) - 18/08/2015(6)

flic.kr/p/CCejHs > 30x300s 1600iso / 21 dark / 21 flat / 21 bias

date 16/07/2015 (11) - 19/08/2015 (19)

flic.kr/p/CCi68y > 33x300s 1600iso / 21 dark / 21 flat / 21 bias

date 13/08/2015 (13) - 19/08/2015 (20)

4th panel > 22x300s 1600iso / 21 dark / 21 flat / 21 bias

date 20/08/2015 (10) - 12/09/2015 (12)

Total Integration 9h 35min

Location: Rifugio Margio Salice, monti Nebrodi (Sicily-Italy) 1250m slm

Elaborazione DSS + PSCS3.

 

Le luci cittadine nascondono tutte le stelle eccetto le più brillanti. Fotografare nebulose ad emissione fra la nebbia, l'umidità, i lampioni è una impresa alle volte disperata...

ma qualcosa viene fuori ogni tanto.

 

80 minuti di esposizione equivalente a 600mm con Canon 800D e filtro Astronomik CLS su montatura i-Optron Pro, elaborazione in Sequator e Photoshop.

 

#horsehead #bortle #sky #cielo #sky #orion #nebulae #alnitak #belt #stars #stelle #padova #lightpollution #luci #lampioni #astronomy

The Southern Cross is one of the most popular representations in the sky for observers in the southern hemisphere. Four stars give the constellation its characteristic configuration:

1. Acrux, at the foot of the cross, is the brightest of the four at magnitude 0.67 (and is the 13th brightest in the sky). Although a single star is visible in the image, Acrux is a sixfold system 321 light-years (average) from Earth.

2. Mimosa (below in the image), is second in order of brightness with a magnitude of 1.15. It is also known by the name of Becrux and is a spectroscopic binary system 278 light years from Earth.

3. Gacrux, the head of the cross, is third in order of brightness with a magnitude of 1.63. It is a red giant 88 light years from Earth.

4. Delta Crucis, also known as Imai, is the least bright of the quatern, with a magnitude of 2.70. Delta Crucis is in the process of evolving into a red giant.

An important group of star clusters enrich the view of this magnificent region of the sky, such as NGC 4755, known as The Jewel Box, under Mimosa. Caldwell 97 and Caldwell 100 can be seen above in the image on the Gacrux and Delta Crucis side. But surely what is most striking are the dark areas surrounding the foot of the cross. It is the most important of the dark nebulae in our sky, known as the "coal sack."

If you visit Argentina, don't miss the opportunity to go to a dark sky and look at the stars. After the astonishment, after feeling and assuming our enormous finiteness and contingency under that magnificent starry sky, look for the Southern Cross, the smallest, but the most notable of the 88 constellations in the sky. It is always visible, not hidden, and the sack of coal can be seen with the naked eye.

 

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Details:

nova.astrometry.net/user_images/7940925#annotated

 

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Nikon D5600.

Nikon 75-150 lens (in 100 mm).

23 minutes of integration.

Iso 1000.

f/3.5.

Processed with Siril and Gimp.

April 30, 2023 - 00:38 UT (average time).

Rural area, Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina.

HFG-1 and Abell6 are both planetary nebulae in the constellation Camelopardalis. I love the shockwave on HFG-1 and the nearly perfect translucent sphere of Abell6. I'll need to come back and add data to this one though. This is only 21.5 hours of Ha-OIII-RGB data, just enough to get teased by this one.

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