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“The Medusa Nebula is a large planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini on the Canis Minor border. It also known as Abell 21 and Sharpless 2-274. It was originally discovered in 1955 by UCLA astronomer George O. Abell, who classified it as an old planetary nebula. The braided serpentine filaments of glowing gas suggests the serpent hair of Medusa found in ancient Greek mythology.” Wikipedia
It is at a distance of 1500 light years, and has size 4 ly. It is magnitude 16 overall, but the details are faint.
Bicolor HO image with RGB stars.
Imaged from Deep Sky West - Rowe New Mexico, using RCOS 14.5” Ritchey–Chrétien telescope f/9. 3340 mm focal length.
HO RGB 10,9.5, 2:2:2 hours
total exposure 26 hours
Transparency and Seeing good to excellent.
Oct 2017-January 2018
Processed in Pixinsight, Lightroom, Photoshop.
SBIG 16803 CCD,AO-X
astrophotography website: www.Eric-Ganz.net
Messier 76 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus. It is named after its resemblance to the Dumbbell Nebula in the constellation Vulpecula.
Details:
18 x 360s, ISO 800
36 darks, 50 flats, 300 bias
Equipment: Canon 450D, Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph @ 800mm, Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech LPS D1, Orion Atlas EQ-G
Processed in Pixinsight
Strictly my opinion. It's hard to believe ... no, naive and egotistical for humans to believe that we are the exception in the universe and our planet is the only one capable of sustaining life. Looking up at the night sky is both humbling and awe-inspiring, and you have to wonder. Who else is out there?
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
UUU v4.6.9 by Frans 'Otis_Inf' Bouma (www.patreon.com/Otis_Inf)
ReShade v5
Small Adjustments in Lightroom
Equipment Details ;
OTA : Celestron C11 Edge HD
Mount : ES Losmandy G11
Imaging Camera : Zwo290mm
Filters : Astrodon RGB Gen II
Accessories : Powermate 2.5x , ZwO ADC
Fairly significant atmospheric turbulance last night so couldnt pull much detail out of Mars images.
Mars is starting to get smaller again - just 19 arcseconds here.
Celestron C9.25 inch SCT scope with Baader VIP x2 Barlow.
ZWO EFW Filter wheel. Luminosity Filter.
ZWO ADC - +/- 1
ZWO ASI 224 MC colour camera.
Acquired with FireCapture.
The detail map is taken from the BAA Mars Mapper 2020/2021 here: secure18.prositehosting.co.uk/secure_ssl/BAA/mars.html#
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Camera=ZWO ASI224MC
Filter=L
Profile=Mars
Diameter=18.99"
Magnitude=-1.95
CM=274.2° (during mid of capture)
FocalLength=4800mm
Resolution=0.16"
Filename=2020-11-06-2057_6-L-Mars.ser
Date=061120
Start(UT)=205716.762
Duration=43.093s
Frames captured=5000
File type=SER
ROI=352x344
FPS (avg.)=116
Shutter=8.613ms
Gain=228 (38%)
HighSpeed=on
Gamma=83
Histogram=23%
Limit=5000 Frames
Sensor temperature=14.8°C
Focuser position=25370
- www.kevin-palmer.com - I found this area while wondering the backroads north of Sheridan at night. The aurora I had tried to capture was a bust, but when I left the milky way was perfectly placed above these bluffs. Mars and Saturn were close together after their conjunction last week. I lit up the formation with my headlamp from the side to add depth.
The ST100 Maglev is the preferred way to get around the surface of Planet Frost. Powered by a Cyclonic Fusion core, the 5 car consist is capable of reaching speeds in excess of 700 mph. Boasting a smooth ride and luxurious accomodations, the ST100 is popular among locals and visitors alike.
The ST100 is powered with Power Functions. The model features 16 3mm LEDs. This is the first element of a large space display I'm (slowly) working on.
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Planetary alignment in the dawn of June 24, 2022. Mercury (as expected) is lost in the twilight (even if, with a lot of imagination and a little good will, one might see a tiny dot of light in the right place in the original RAW files), the rest of the planets are visible "in the correct order", i.e. corresponding to the actual distance from the Sun. The Moon (with visible Earthsine!) represents the Earth-Moon-system in this row: Mercury (Merkur) - Venus - Moon (Mond) - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn.
Like a circle in a circle, like a wheel wishing a wheel...
Dusty Springfield youtu.be/qJAVP7jP0bI?si=-XDwxynrrnReoGkF
Windmills of your Mind
This was imaged in the west until it passed behind a tree, west is not the best direction from my location. This was taken back at the beginning of September but it’s taken until now to get the enthusiasm up to process it as I’ve imaged and processed this on 3 other occasions but this is the first time with this camera.
Object Description:-
M27 the Dumbbell Nebula is a Planetary Nebula and lies in the constellations of Vulpecula. Its distance is about 1,360 ly with a visible magnitude of 7.5 and a diameter of 6 arcmin so it quit a small but bright object and is easily seen in a small telescope. It is believed that this star went nova about 14,600 years ago.
Note:-
As there is a lot of detail to be had in the Oiii (like most planetary Nebula and Super Nova remnants) I combined it with the Ha to create the luminance Layer.
EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT
ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera
Orion Mini Auto Guide
Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter
Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter
Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC
IMAGING DETAILS:-
M27 Dumbbell Nebula (Vulpecula)
Gain 139 (Unit Gain)
27 Ha subs@240sec (1h 48min)
30 Oiii subs@240sec (2h)
Total imaging Time 3h 48min
Dithering
20 Darks
20 Flats
PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
DSS
PS CS2
Back in 2020 in our lovely flat close to the city center. Feeling trapped in between corona lockdowns.
Jupiter, Saturn and Venus lining up in the evening sky above the Tihany peninsula (Lake Balaton, Hungary)
A Dying Star in Sagittarius
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Image exposure: 61 minutes
Image size: 36.9 x 23.7 arcmin
Image date: 2022-07-30
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BluShock Planetary Exploration is the new, official name given to BluShock Coalition's world designing and RP exploration operation, responsible for creating new, exotic and detailed worlds, for the BluShock franchise RP group.
Complex and incredibly detailed worlds at your fingertips.
Exclusive to BluShock.
Several new planet projects are currently in development, and we can't wait to share more in the coming months.
What started as a fun project with Vanargand, and Planet Idun, exploded into an ambitious project that gave us all this incredible idea. SL doesn't have enough exotic worlds and planets to explore, so we're changing this from here onwards.
Our next main world is Ingemar. An underwater planet, with crashed ships and wreckages above sea level, and deep underwater caves, with ancient aliens, as tall as skyscrapers, who once ruled the races of the galaxy.
A planetary nebula found in the constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Also known as the Oyster Nebula.
A little under 5,000 light years distant from Earth, it's another one of William Herschel's discoveries in 1787.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.
Abell 39 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Hercules. This quirky, delightful bauble is one of those deep-sky objects I’ve wanted to photograph since the moment I learned of it. Planetary nebulae are usually admired for their remarkable shapes and structures, but Abell 39 is striking to me for rather the opposite reason: it appears as an almost perfectly spherical, turquoise, soap bubble, with ripple-like shimmers of structure throughout. Amidst the negative space of a relatively featureless, dusty black backdrop of space, dotted with galaxies and stars, Abell 39 captures my imagination a delightful way. Like some sort of cosmic being’s child blew a bubble that has yet to pop.
I photographed Abell 39 during a few nights of camping in April and May 2024 in Skull Valley, located in Utah’s west desert, United States. Edited in PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop using 13 hours and 55 minutes of images.
Equipment Used
Celestron EdgeHD 8 SCT (0.7x Reducer)
- ZWO ASI2600MM Pro, ASI2600MC Pro Duo
- Astronomik MaxFR OIII
- Rainbow Astro RST 135E
- ZWO ASIAir Plus
Takahashi ε180D (1.5x Extender)
- ZWO ASI2600MC Pro Duo
- ZWO AM5
- ZWO ASIAir Plus
For more information about Abell 39, technical information about how this was photographed, post-processing notes, see:
mypetstars.com/astrophotography/Abell39
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Attribute to James Peirce
It's FebRovery again, my favourite themed building month.
So let's begin with a modification of set 10497 (or as I like to call it, the "UCS Galaxy Explorer") into a rover.
As far as names go, "Planetary Explorer" was the obvious and only choice. The rear cargo compartment contains a small skimmer-type vehicle to mirror the rover carried by the original
Another Dimension - Font’s Point overlooking the Badlands of California's Anza Borrego desert. Spent sunset watching this spectacular view with friend and fellow photographer David Gregg. We then stayed on well into the night with several miles of dirt road back to civilization… but not before a good cigar while waiting for long exposure shutters to finish.
The comet was added in post just for dramatic effect.
The Medusa Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini. It is also known as Abell 21 and Sharpless 2-274. It was originally discovered in 1955 by University of California, Los Angeles astronomer George O. Abell, who classified it as an old planetary nebula.
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