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IC 4642 04-20-2013 Ara by Gerald Armstrong

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IC 4699 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 6781 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 3918 04-16-2013 Centaurus by Gerald Armstrong

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He 2-55 by Gerald Armstrong

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North America Nebula - Pelican Nebula by Mark Westerlund

NGC 7000 - Caldwell 20

Near Deneb in the Constellation Cygnus

narrowband filter Rokinon 135mm
Cygnus Loop by Davey

The Cygnus Loop under Bortle 3 skies

 

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-Stock Canon Rebel T7 on Star Adventurer

-135mm Rokinon lens at f/2, ISO 800 and 480 thirty second-long exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker along with calibration frames (50 bias, 20 dark, and 20 flat frames)

-Total integration time of 4 hours

-Linear image autostretched in Graxpert

-Starnet++ used to separate and color-enhance surrounding nebulosity in photoshop

-Dust and scratches filter to remove background gradient

-saturation, vibration adjustments, star defringing in Adobe Camera raw
HaTr 6 Apr 27 2015 by Gerald Armstrong

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IC 2501 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 6804 by Gerald Armstrong

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PC 14 Antlia 8x6 sec 12.8 mag by Gerald Armstrong

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Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6960 by ClickFlash11

Bright nebula in Cygnus.

Optical: TEC 140 FL with Astro Physics Quad TCC 0.72

Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro

Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate

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60 x 300 second subframes

Processed with PixInsight 1.8, Capture One 23
He 1-4 by Gerald Armstrong

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PLACE: Moccasin Lake, Winston, Georgia

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M 3-3 by Gerald Armstrong

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Abell 33 by Gerald Armstrong

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IC 418 by Gerald Armstrong

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IC 289 by Gerald Armstrong

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Orion Nebula M42-43 by Mark Westerlund

Diffuse nebula - Star forming region of Milky Way closest to Earth - approximately 1350 light-years away.

total exposure time - approximately 5 hrs

M 1-27 by Gerald Armstrong

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M 1-30 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 6818 by Gerald Armstrong

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Hoffleit 38 04-29-2013 Carina by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 2867 04-19-2013 Carina by Gerald Armstrong

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He 1-6 by Gerald Armstrong

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IC 2165 by Gerald Armstrong

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Menzal 1 by Gerald Armstrong

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Sher 1 by Gerald Armstrong

OBJECT: Sher 1; OCL 837; C1058-601

CLASS: Open Cluster aka Galactic Cluster

CONSTELLATION: Carina

POSITION (2000.0): 11 01 03 -60 14.0

URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 198R

DIAMETER: 1.0'

DISTANCE (parsecs): 2965

TYPE: I2p

MAGNITUDE: 8.8

MEMBERS: 11

REFERANCE: Star Clusters - Archinal & Hynes, 2003

 

DATE: May 8/9, 2015

TIME: 08:54 to 09:11 PM (local time)

PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa

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NGC 7027 by Gerald Armstrong

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IC 4406 04-28-2015 Lupus by Gerald Armstrong

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Heart Nebula by Paul Macklin

This is a crop and reprocess of the Heart Nebula, roughly 6 panels of my 15-panel mosaic.

 

I reprocessed to better balance the ionized hydrogen (shades of gold) and oxygen (shades of blue) and used a lighter touch in Topaz denoising.

 
PHR J1429-6043 = PN G314.6-00.1 by Gerald Armstrong

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He 2-86 + NGC 4463 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 6445 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 6960 - Witches Broom (Ha-OIII) by David Nicholson
Pismis 22 by Gerald Armstrong

OBJECT: Pismis 22; OCL 957; C1609-517

CLASS: Open Cluster aka Galactic Cluster

CONSTELLATION: Norma

POSITION (2000.0): 16 14 07.9 -51 53 02

URANOMETRIA 2000.0 MAP: 196L

DIAMETER: 3.3'

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TYPE: I2p

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MEMBERS: 30

REFERANCE: Star Clusters - Archinal & Hynes, 2003

 

DATE: Apr. 5/6, 2015

TIME: 01:11 to 01:16 AM (local time)

PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa

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NGC 40_08252015 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 5979 04-19-2013 Triangulum Australe enhanced by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 6087 by Gerald Armstrong

OBJECT: NGC 6087; S Nor Cl; Cr 300; Mel 141; OCL 948; Caldw 89; C1614-577

CLASS: Open Cluster aka Galactic Cluster

CONSTELLATION: Norma

POSITION (2000.0): 16 18 51.8 -57 53 59

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DIAMETER: 15.0'

DISTANCE (parsecs): 904

TYPE: II2m

MAGNITUDE: 5.4

MEMBERS: 349

REFERANCE: Star Clusters - Archinal & Hynes, 2003

 

DATE: May 20/21, 2015

TIME: 12:36 to 12:41 AM (local time)

PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa

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Pleiades - March 31st by David Power

Tripod-stabilized shot taken with a LG G8X ThinQ through a Skymax 90 telescope on a Celestron Astromaster AZ tripod, 25mm Super MA Sky-Watcher eyepiece.
North America Nebula (NGC 7000) & Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) by stevenkwuphotography

North America Nebula (NGC 7000) & Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)

 

Location: Montclair, California, USA (Bortle 8)

Date: August 19-22, 2022

Moon: Waning Crescent (40-15%)

Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61ii

Flattener: William Optics FLAT61A

Filter: Astronomik L2 UV/IR Block; Antlia ALP-T

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Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75

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Astronomik L2 UV/IR Block (RGB stars): 53 x 30 sec = 26 min 30 sec

Antlia ALP-T: 137 x 300 sec = 685 min = 11 hr 25 min

 

Copyright © 2022 Steven K. Wu Photography. All Rights Reserved.
NGC 4535 - Lost Galaxy of Copeland by David Nicholson
K 4-8 by Gerald Armstrong

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IC 2003 by Gerald Armstrong

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PLACE: Moccasin Lake, Winston, Georgia

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NGC 6765_09192015 by Gerald Armstrong

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PLACE: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia, Africa

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NGC 3211 by Gerald Armstrong

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Witch Head Nebula by Davey

The Witch Head Nebula under Bortle 4 skies

 

Technical:

-Stock Canon Rebel T7 on Star Adventurer

-135mm Rokinon lens at f/2, ISO 800 and 105 minute-long exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker along with calibration frames (25 bias, 20 dark, and 20 flat frames)

-Total integration time of 105 minutes

-Background gradient removed using graXpert

-Starnet++ used to separate and color-enhance surrounding nebulosity in photoshop, final result was merged with stars and cropped

-Final stacked image histogram stretched and color-corrected in Photoshop
NGC 7635_09192015 by Gerald Armstrong

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CRL 2688_11072004 by Gerald Armstrong

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Nov. 7, 2004

Moccasin Lake, Winston, GA

14 inch f/10 SCT Meade LX200

SBIG ST-2002 ccd camera

30 sec subs, 18 frame

exposure 9 minutes

 

Cygnus

PK 080-6.1 = Egg Nebula

21 02.3 +36 42 (J2000.0)

30"x15"

14.0 mag; ---- mag CS

Type PPN

3,000 light years

Uranometria 2000.0 Map 47R
NGC 2022 by Gerald Armstrong

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NGC 6563 04-20-2013 Sagittarius by Gerald Armstrong

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