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The North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb. The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. This part of the North America nebula (NGC 7000) shown spans about 15 light years and lies about 1,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan
The North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb. The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD100 f/3.8 Astrograph
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Software: PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Resolution: 3307x2486
Dates: July 8, 2015, July 9, 2015
Frames:
Baader Ha 8.5nm: 11x1800" bin 1x1
Baader O III 8.5nm: 12x1800" bin 1x1
Baader SII 8.5nm: 10x1800" bin 1x1
Integration: 16.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 21.77 days
Avg. Moon phase: 54.01%
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
A light snow fall in June in the Canadian Rockies made a pretty scene along the open water, trees and calm lakes. I wanted to wait for the sun to make a full appearance, but the sun was too immersed in the clouds that day - just means I have to go back (which I look forward to!).
The Orion Nebula is a massive cloud of gas and dust around 1,300 light years from Earth and is located in the constellation of Orion.
The Nebula is actually part of a much larger nebula known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
The first recorded observation of the Orion Nebula doesn't appear until 1610, and this was thanks to the telescope which had been invented two years earlier.
Using his telescope the French astronomer Peiresc noticed the diffuse nebula and noted down his observations, he is therefore credited with its discovery.
Throughout the 17th century many others independently discovered the Orion Nebula including the famous Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens. In 1774 the French astronomer Charles Messier included the Orion Nebula in his now famous catalogue of deep space objects, naming it Messier 42 or M42, a tag is still widely used today by professional and amateur astronomers.
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
PHD2 Guiding Software
Astronomy Tool Actions
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
The Strawberry Full Moon name comes from the Algonquin tribes of North America because the June full moon was a sign for them to begin harvesting wild strawberries.
As the moon, Earth, and the sun go through their orbital dance, the part of the moon that's illuminated by sunlight moves in and out of our view, creating a predictable series of lunar phases. In any given month we see eight distinct phases of the moon, defined by how much of the lunar disk is illuminated from our perspective and whether the moon is heading toward or away from being full.
This image was taken on June 17th from our backyard.
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
ZWO ASI294MC Pro Color Camera
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
SharpCap Pro
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plan of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth.
IC 443 may be the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago. The same supernova event likely created the neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127, the collapsed remnant of the stellar core. IC 443 is one of the best-studied cases of supernova remnants interacting with surrounding molecular clouds.
Integration: 37.5 hours
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader Ha, Hb, OIII & SII
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters
I captured these three combined shots against the sunset sky, watching it as the blue changed to purple to pink.
I used the skeletal shape of a Winter tree in my neighbours garden as the interest.
On an island of soaking stone
Water rises and makes it's home
Leaping up to the sky
Watch the drops as they fly
On the wind, through the air
Falling down, on stone now bare
Dancing wetly before all eyes
Placing kisses sent from the skies
Nébuleuse de la Rosette.
Données prise de vue
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Date : 2021-11-06
Objet : NGC2239
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 36
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : New Moon(0.047)
Données Météo
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2021-11-06 05:39:45
Lever du soleil : 07:52 AM
Coucher du soleil : 05:41 PM
Conditions climatiques : clear sky
Couverture nuageuse : 6 %
Taux d'humidite de 83 %
Pression : 1032 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 6 km/h
Orientation : 12 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de -1 °c
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@ Frank TYRLIK -->>> www.flickr.com/photos/frank_tyrlik/
Quite a boon for me, Kelvin Helmholtz and lenticular clouds both visible together on the same evening!
An extremely rare phenomenon, where a cloud produces a billowing wave pattern. They occur when there is a strong vertical shear between two air streams, causing winds to blow faster at the upper level than at the lower levels.
Height of base: Can be any height, but usually at higher levels.
Shape: A repeating breaking wave pattern.
Latin: These clouds are named after Hermann von Helmholtz and William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, physicists who studied turbulent airflow. There is no Latin etymology.
Precipitation: None.
What are Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds?
Resembling evenly spaced rolling ocean waves, Kelvin-Helmholtz are one of the most striking and rare cloud types.
How do Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds form?
They occur when two different layers of air in our atmosphere are moving at different speeds (a phenomenon known as shear). When the upper layer of air is moving at a higher speed than the lower-level air, it may scoop the top of an existing cloud layer into these wave-like rolling shapes.
Kelvin Helmholtz instability is a scientific phenomenon not exclusively associated with clouds. It can occur wherever there is a velocity difference across the interface between two fluids. The most obvious example is wind blowing over water, in which fast-moving air can create the waves on the slower-moving water.
What weather is associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds?
The clouds are more likely to occur on windy days. They are often good indicators of aircraft turbulence.
Text from the UK Meteorological office
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of...
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805 lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on November 3, 1787. This is an emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.
The very brightest part of this nebula (the knot at the western edge) 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.
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
PHD2 Guiding Software
Astronomy Tool Actions
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
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This image (false coloured) shows our Sun's chromosphere and sizeable active region (AR12882), captured in Hydrogen Alpha.
This was captured on 6th October 2021 from my backyard in the UK.
Equipment used :
Sky-watcher 120mm Evostar Achro
CEM70
Daystar Quark Chromosphere Ha Eyepiece
Point Grey Blackfly mono CMOS
I wasn't sure what this was, as it does not look like the red tailed hawk I am used to seeing in the area, but it was Quite Large...
see the trees, see the sky
Watch the reflections as they fly
Over the wildness of the deep
Where the sun descends to sleep
In the wildness of natures pool
Where reflections swim and rule
Cráter Endimion (D 126km)
Arriba a la derecha se aprecia el Mare Humboldtiano, que no siempre es visible y depende del movimiento de libracion
Se distingue bien al sur de Endimion el pequeño Keldysh (D 33km)
Mas abajo la pareja Hercules (D 70km) a la izquierda con impacto interior, y Atlas (D 88km), entre muchos otros
Sky Watcher 200P Dobsoniano manual
ZWO ASI120MC-S
This particular day I was sky watching...and omg these dark exiting clouds with light to the north....this is how it appeared to the south. How wonderful!!...I'd been waiting for this moment for years.
After procrastinating for several years I decided to buy a GSO 8” F4 Newtonian with the heavy duty focuser. Apparently it’s a rebranded TS-Optics Newtonian. It has a larger secondary mirror than the F5 version that will suit my full frame DSLR. With my C11 I could only squeeze in the smaller galaxies and planetary nebulae. As an example, on this frame, I would have only fitted in Barnard 33 or The Horsehead nebulae with the focal reducer on. Here’s my first image through my new scope with the pesky bright star Alnitak creating some havoc. The new scope arrived just before the Vicsouth Star Party so unfortunately I didn’t have time to practice collimating it at home first. I’ve now done a full circle with scopes because I owned an 8” Newtonian from Astro Optical suppliers some 50 years ago.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 6D (modified) ×
Mounts
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
Accessories
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Software
Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Nov. 1, 2024
Frames:
90×30″(45′)
Coastal brown bear in Alaska fishing for his meal as the tide comes in. The skies were not the best when we first landed on the beach but cleared up later in the afternoon. A chartered sea plane took us to this remote area to watch the bears - it was an amazing experience.
NGC 6334, also known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, is a large and active star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius, about 5,500 light-years from Earth. It spans around 50 light-years across and is one of the most massive stellar nurseries in our galaxy.
170×30″ unguided from suburbia.
30 Jun 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 6D
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Canon EOS 6D Modified.
Focal length: Canon 400mm f5.6
Mount Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro Go-To
Guiding: None
Exposure: 30 x 60sec @ ISO-3200 (RAW)
With Dark and frames applied.
Software: DSS & LR
The Orion Nebula Messier 42, M42 is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way Galaxy, south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. M42 is located 1344 light years away, and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth.
The Running Man Nebula M43 is a popular target for amateur astrophotographers, as it lies close to the Orion Nebula and has many guide stars. The outline of the running man shows up primarily in photographs; it is difficult to perceive visually through telescope, thought the reflection nebula itself is visible in small to medium apertures in dark skies.
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
PHD2 Guiding Software
Astronomy Tool Actions
Since March 25th, I haven't been able to take any astro photographs due to bad weather we have been having in northern Arizona. Here is a revised image of the Great Orion.
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
Inspirational song and music.
February started very snowy and cold. A reminder that winter is not over yet. Was a pretty scene in the blue hour of the morning with the frost and this Great Gray Owl on the hunt for breakfast. Taken in Alberta, Canada.
“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Thank-you to all who take the time to comment on my photos, it is greatly appreciated <3
📷 Canon EOS Rebel T5i ( 700D )
EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6
🔭 Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
ISO 1600
ExpTime 211s
F/4
18mm
September 2021 and March 2022
Edinburgh Bortle 7/8 zone
Celestron RASA 8"
ZWO 183mc pro
ZWO EAF
IDAS NBZ filter
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
Just under 5 hrs of lights with flats, darks and bias
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in APP , Pixinsight and Photoshop
Messier 16 or the Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens at a distance of approximately 7,000 light years.
100×30″ unguided from suburbia.
30 June 2025
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 6D
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
With the current travel restrictions in place, I thought I'd try imaging from home under light polluted skies.
Canon EOS 1200D with IR cut filter removed and Astronomik Light Pollution CLS CCD filter added.
Focal length: Canon 400mm f5.6
Mount Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro Go-To
Guiding: None
Exposure: 14 x 60sec @ ISO-1600 (RAW)
With Dark and Bias frames applied.
Stacked in DSS. Processed in Starizona Action Pack for Photoshop and Astronomy Tools, finished off in LR
In one of my night photography workshops, me and two clients observed something truly beautiful, milky way (even though not quite obvious), light polluted clouds and aurora borealis. I once again sat there to enjoy the scene, good night, lake Minnewanka.
NGC 5128 or Centaurus A, is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth at a distance of 11 million light years. The centre of the galaxy contains a supermassive black hole with a mass of 55 million solar masses.
90×30″ unguided.
5 May 2025.
GSO 8" f/4 Imaging Newtonian
Canon EOS 60Da
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 PRO
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm filer.
GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector.
Adobe Lightroom
Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Didn’t intend to be this close to the owl. Pulled over on the side of the road to review the photos I had (scrolling on the back of the viewfinder). I had been watching a deer so had my window down. Big great gray owl lands directly beside my vehicle on a farmer’s post. I had to get one shot - and move slow enough but fast enough (sometimes they take off fast and this fella seemed to be as surprised as I was that we were within close proximity). Clickety-click and he flew away.
NGC2359 La nébuleuse du Casque de Thor.
Données prise de vue
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Date : 2022-01-12
Objet : NGC 2359
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut + L-Extreme / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 50
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : Waxing Gibbous(0.317)
Données Météo
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2022-01-12 06:33:29
Lever du soleil : 08:45 AM
Coucher du soleil : 05:37 PM
Conditions climatiques : scattered clouds
Couverture nuageuse : 42 %
Taux d'humidite de 75 %
Pression : 1037 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 13 km/h
Orientation : 40 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de -1 °c
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
La Luna entre las nubes fotografía a foco primario con telescopio Sky-Watcher 150/750
We were on the beach near home on Sunday morning when the sky took on this beautiful colour, considering the time of the morning the sun was still low enough over the sea to spread some gorgeous colours.
I never remember to alter the clock on my camera, this shot was taken at 09.47 I have now adjusted the clock.
When Jane walked down to the waters edge I had my shot.