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Lapis colored filaments of Oxygen marbled with veins of ruby like Hydrogen, part of a vast supernova remnant in the constellation Vela.
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OTA: Takahashi FSQ-106
MOUNT: Software Bisque Paramount MX
CAMERA: SBIG STX-16803
GUIDE CAMERA: SBIG STX built in
REDUCER: na
SOFTWARE: SGP, PhD2, TheSkyX, Pixinsight, Starnet++, Photoshop
FILTERS: Astrodon LRGB; Hα 5nm, SII 5nm, OIII 5nm
ACCESSORIES: SBIG FW-7 Filter Wheel
LOCATION: M & K Observatory, NSW Australia
To see more of my work and to buy prints visit www.jklovelacephotography.com/pages/space
Las galaxias son al universo como la arena a la playa, mires por donde mires hay galaxias, sólo hace falta la suficiente exposición (en este caso 12h) y una relación focal rápida (f3.8) para que vayan aflorando por el fondo de una imagen, fotones extremadamente lejanos y antiguos emergiendo de entre el oscuro y vasto universo viajando durante millones de años a la máxima velocidad que permite la física conocida, para terminar entrando en nuestros telescopios, impactando en los sensibles sensores digitales y excitando sus píxeles.
En ésta imagen a parte de M31 la gran galaxia de Andrómeda y sus galaxias satélite M32 y M110, estan enmarcadas y ampliadas al 500% algunas de las lejanas galaxias que hay de fondo.
Before you draw your conclusions about this image, please read the description.
The sky and foreground were captured back to back at the same focal length and with the same equipment from a single tripod position.
The camera position was roughly 2 miles away from the mountain station, and the telescope/camera combination has an extremely narrow field of view of only 1.5° x 2°. The resulting telephoto compression makes the otherwise tiny Orion Nebula appear huge.
Two years ago, I had already captured a similar deepscape, but I was never really satisfied with it. The problem was lacking data for my sky, especially in the green channel, as clouds moved in towards the end of the imaging session.
Of course, I could have recaptured the missing data or the entire Orion Nebula from a different place, but that's not my style. After waiting two years for an opportunity to reshoot the image, I finally got my chance this February.
The weather this time was perfect, which made capturing the sky pretty straightforward, but otherwise, the conditions were still as demanding as 2 years ago.
Getting the foreground in focus with a monochrome micro 4/3rd astro-cam and RGB filters through a 500mm f/5.6 telescope is a real pain. Furthermore, snowcats grooming the slopes caused constantly changing, extremely bright illumination. Considering this, I am quite happy that I was able to capture a usable foreground.
EXIF
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro (cooled monochrome MFT astro-cam)
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 88 (500mm f/5.6)
Filters: Baader HaRGB
Other equipment: ZWO EFW and EAF
Autoguider: ZWO ASI 385MC
Mount: Equatoriallly mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Rig control: ASIair
Sky:
25min RGB (each)
21min Ha
Foreground:
5x 60s RGB (each)
10 x 60s Luminance
M 81 Also known as Bodes Nebula is a spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major. It is a close neighbour to M82 Cigar Galaxy in the same constellation.
M 81 was first discovered by Johann Elert Bode, who found it, along with M 82, in 1774.
M 81 is approximately 12 million light years from our galaxy and spans almost 70,000 light years.
A few hundred million years ago, a close encounter took place between M 81 and M 82, during which M 82 was dramatically deformed.
Imaged over 5 nights from my home in Gérgal, Spain.
A higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/full/btwb3x/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 21,22,28,30,31-01-2023
Imaging Sessions: 5
Location: Gérgal, Andalucía, Spain
Bortle Class: 4
Total Integration: 28h 47m
Filters:
Red 301x 60s 5h 01m BIN 3 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.6
Green 259x 60s 4h 19m BIN 3 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.5
Blue 251x 60s 4h 11m BIN 3 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.7
UV/IR 905x 60s 15h 05m BIN 3 Gain 100 -5C SQM 20.3
Pixel Scale: 0.389 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: Celestron C11 Edge HD 2800mm fl
Image Camera: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro
Guiding: ZWO OAG L with ZWO ASI 192MM Mini
Filters: Astronomik R, G, B, UV/IR
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Computer: Minix NUC
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Processing Software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
M 101 A spiral galaxy in the Constellation Ursa Major. Distance from Earth 21 million light years
To be honest this is more my son Matthew's hobby than mine but I must admit the results are quite surprising even though lacking a little in resolution!
Here is a selction of some of my astro images from 2015. A wide selection of mono, narrowband and LRGB taken with two very differernt focal lengths and two different camera's.
It's been an interesting 2015 and I am really looking forward to what 2016 brings!
From top left the images are as follows. There's a clickable link to show the picture.
DWB111 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/18055155179/in/dateposted-pu...
IC5146 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/20956920656/in/dateposted-pu...
IC1805 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/20847210896/in/dateposted-pu...
IC1396 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/22841402303/in/dateposted-pu...
IC1848 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/23065199495/in/dateposted-pu...
IC1871 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/23065199495/in/dateposted-pu...
NGC7635 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/21672256872/in/dateposted-pu...
M1 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/16155482830/in/dateposted-pu...
IC434 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/16265877975/in/dateposted-pu...
NGC7023 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/18877814869/in/dateposted-pu...
Veil Complex - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/21230850569/in/dateposted-pu...
NGC1333 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/23235920719/in/dateposted-pu...
NGC2359 - www.flickr.com/photos/swag72/23529756720/in/dateposted-pu...
IC5070 (the Pelican nebula) is located in the constellation of Cygnus at approximately 1800 light years from Earth. You can see on the right of the image a large pillar of gas and at the tip of this is a Herbig-Haro object.
Herbig-Haro 555 is a narrow jet of gas and matter, ejected by newly born stars at speeds of several hundred kilometres per second. It collides with nearby gas and dust in the interstellar medium, producing bright shock fronts that glow as the gas is heated by friction while the surrounding gas is excited by the high-energy radiation of nearby hot stars.
Details:
M: Mesu 200
T: TMB152
C: QSI683 WSG with 3nm Ha filter
26x1800s Totalling 13 hours
The Cocoon Nebula (Sh2-125, IC 5146) In the constellation Cygnus, an active star forming region.
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OTA: Takahashi CCA-250
GUIDER: None
MOUNT: Software Bisque Paramount ME-II w/AOE encoders
CAMERA: FLI PL-16803
GUIDE CAMERA: none
REDUCER: Takahashi 645 CA 0.72X (f/3.6)
SOFTWARE: SGP, PhD2, TheSkyX, Pixinsight, Starnet++, Photoshop
FILTERS: Astrodon LRGB; 5nm Hα
ACCESSORIES: FLI CFW 5-7 Filter Wheel
LOCATION: SRO
To see more of my work and to buy prints visit www.jklovelacephotography.com/pages/space
The Rosette Nebula is a Hydrogen II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The nebula is at a distance of 5,000 light-years from Earth and measures roughly 130 light years in diameter.
Taken from my backyard in Gérgal, Almería, Spain over multiple nights. The narrow band imaging started in November and December 2021 and final RGB images in January 2022. Total usable imaging time 20 hours. The image is a classic Hubble colour palette with RGB stars added.
Equipment details can be found at astrob.in/j9lej9/0/
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• Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
• Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
• ZWO ASI294MM-Pro
• Astronomik L: 55x300s bin1 gain 0
• Astronomik RGB: 26x300s bin2 gain 125
• ZWO Hα 7nm: 12x300s bin1 gain 200
(total integration 7.7h)
• ZWO OAG & ASI290Mini guide cam
• TS GPU coma corrector
• ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF & Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Trevinca, Valding, Spain
Bortle 3, SQM 21.8
processed with Pixinsight
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
Equipment:
Epsilon 130ED dual rig
QHY268m + CFW3M
Touptek IMX571 + ZWO EFW
Astronomik MaxFR
Skywatcher EQ8
September 2022
Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo
M1 - An Explosion in Space
Sky-watchers on Earth witnessed and wrote about a bright “supernova” (literally meaning “new star”) in the year 1054. What they were really viewing was the birth of rapidly expanding clouds from an exploding star. By the year 2021, roughly one thousand years later, these clouds have covered a distance of nearly 10 light years, and they continue to expand at a rate of about 1000 kilometers per second.
In 1840, after viewing this supernova remnant through a telescope and sketching it, astronomer William Parsons thought that it looked like a crab, and the name “Crab Nebula” caught on. If you can't see such a crab, you're not alone! With modern cameras we can collect so much more light and detail than that which could be previously captured with the eye and eyepiece combo, so to me (and probably to you) it looks more like, well, an explosion in space.
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OTA: PlaneWave CDK20
GUIDER: Astrodon Monster MOAG
MOUNT: PlaneWave L-500
CAMERA: FLI ML-16803
GUIDE CAMERA: QHY 5-III 174 M
REDUCER: N/A
SOFTWARE: SGP, PhD2, PWI 3 & 4, Pixinsight, Starnet++, Photoshop, various plugins
FILTERS: Astrodon NII 3nm, Hα 3nm, OIII 3nm, RGB
ACCESSORIES: Pegasus UPB
LOCATION: SRO
To see more of my work and to buy prints visit www.jklovelacephotography.com/pages/space
I imaged the Pleiades about a month ago. I used my 300mm lens. After getting some time on the Dumbbell Nebula, I took off the teleconverter and shot this target again with a longer focal length than I had before. I also used ISO 3200 and f/5.6 to bring out those diffraction spikes, which I think look really cool.
Equipment:
Celestron CGEM Mount
Nikkor 500mm f/4 P Ai-s at f/5.6
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
Altair 60mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my backyard - Bortle 3
35 x 90" for 53 min and 5 sec of exposure time.
9 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bais frames
Guided
Software:
SharpCap
PHD2
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
My mount was polar aligned with SharpCap (what an amazing system for aligning). I'm not comfortable using my SCT as my lens yet. My solution is to piggyback my Sony a7RIII and adapted Nikkor 500mm f/4 P Ai-s on a ADM dovetail rail on the top of my optical tube. I used DeepSkyStacker to combine all frames and then processed the TIFF file in Photoshop. I stretched the 32 bit file and used Gradient XT on the image. I then made it a 16 bit file and stretched in level, then curves. I used the color sampler tool and levels to do my best to keep the background space black. I then using my skillset and relyed on Astronomy Tools Action Set, and dodging and burning a bit to give the image the finishing touches.
NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 are known as the Antennae, or sometimes called the "rat-tail" galaxies. They are located near the western edge of Corvus.
This pair of interacting galaxies was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. The Antennae Galaxies are the nearest and youngest example of a pair of colliding galaxies. About 1.2 billion years ago, the Antennae were two separate galaxies. Simulations of colliding galaxies suggest that the two will eventually form a single elliptical galaxy.
A high resolution image and full imaging details available at astrob.in/e2yddz/0/
Remotely imaged over 5 nights in April 2024 from Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain.
55 x 120 second exposures with Red, 52 x Green, 19 x Blue and 131 x 120 seconds of UV IR Cut
Total image time: 12 hours 19 minutes
Telescope: Celestron C14 EDGE HD
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro cooled to -5C
Filter: Astronomic Deep-Sky Red, Green and Blue and UV-IR Cut
Mount:Sky-Watcher EQ8
Captured with: NINA, processed with PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom Classic
Thank you for viewing!
Planetary Nebula in Orion
A dying star.
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Image exposure: 60 minutes
Image field of view: 9.86 x 9.86 arcmin
Image date: 2021-12-31
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This object bears a striking resemblance to the much closer NGC 1535 which I posted a few weeks ago.
Era doveroso, dopo 13 anni, ritornare su questa bellissima nostra "vicina di casa" extragalattica, la grande Galassia di Andromeda, catalogata con le sigle M31 e NGC224 distante dalla Terra circa 2,5 milioni di a.l.. Se i nostri occhi fossero molto sensibili e non ci fosse l'Inquinamento luminoso la vredremmo in tutta la sua grandezza: le sue dimensioni apparenti sono più di 6 volte quelli del disco lunare.
Con il mio setup ho dovuto realizzare un mosaico con 2 pannelli, ma dopo l'esperienza faticosa con la NGC7000, questa volta ho trovato il modo migliore per unire i 2 pannelli grazie all'applicazione Siril 1.4 che permette di unire più pannelli con opportuni accorgimenti, che rende il risultato finale più equilibrato nei punti di unione tra i pannelli (vd youtu.be/4apAdLWJ3Dg?si=gwMaWN7lphNVQitW).
Volevo integrare più ore in banda larga, utilizzando il filtro UHC, ma condizioni meteo avverse non lo hanno permesso con la galassia sempre meno alta sull'orizzonte e in una zona di cielo più inquinata.
Quindi mi sono concentrato sulle tantissime nebulose Ha presenti tra i bracci della galassia.
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It was only right, after 13 years, to return to this beautiful extragalactic "neighbor" of ours, the large Andromeda Galaxy, catalogued with the acronyms M31 and NGC224, about 2.5 million light years away from Earth. If our eyes were very sensitive and there were no light pollution, we would see it in all its grandeur: its apparent dimensions are more than 6 times those of the lunar disk.
With my setup, I had to create a mosaic with two panels, but after the tiring experience with the NGC7000, this time I found the best way to join the two panels thanks to the Siril 1.4 application, which allows you to join multiple panels with appropriate adjustments, making the final result more balanced at the joins between the panels (see youtu.be/4apAdLWJ3Dg?si=gwMaWN7lphNVQitW).
I wanted to integrate more broadband hours, using the UHC filter, but adverse weather conditions prevented it, with the galaxy increasingly low on the horizon and in a more polluted area of the sky.
So I focused on the many Ha nebulae present in the galaxy's arms.
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Optic: APO Refractor Askar 103APO + 0.6X
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing: 3-4 (scala Antoniadi)
Filter: Narrowband Optolong L-eNhance 2"
panel1: 132x300s 250gain/ 35dark /27flat /80 bias
Integration: 11h 0m
panel2: 128x300s 250gain/ 35dark /27flat /80 bias
Integration: 10h 40m
Filter: Broadband Angeleyes UHC 1"
Panel1: 35x180s 250gain/ 23dark /27flat /80 bias
Integration: 1h 45m
Panel2: 43x180s 250gain/ 23dark /27flat /80 bias
Integration: 2h 9m
Date: 2025-11-19, 20, 23, 28, 29, 30
t° sensor: -10°C
Total integration: 25h 34m
Temperature: 14°C (media)
location for : Biancavilla -Catania-(Italy) 515m slm (Bortle 5-6) flic.kr/p/8AWHek
Acquisition: NINA, PHDGuiding
Processing: DSS, SIRIL 1.4, PS, GraXpert
LDN 1622 is located near the galaxy plane in the constellation of Orion. It is close to Barnards loop, a huge cloud that surrounds the emission nebulas found in the Belt and Sword of Orion.
LDN 1622 is thought to be much closer to the more famous Orion Nebula, perhaps only 500 light years away.
The REALLY interesting thing about this image is that I have got a pre-main-sequence (PMS) star .... Please take a look at my website to find out more www.swagastro.com/ldn1622.html
Details.
M: Mesu 200
T: TMB 152/1200
C: QSI690 3nm Chroma Ha filters
5x1800s in each pane - Totalling 15 hours of total exposure time.
NGC 6334 in Scorpius
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Diameter: 30 light years.
Distance: 3,300 light years.
Apparent size: 31.0 arc min
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Field of View: 77.4′ x 51.6′
Exposure: 72 min (120 sec x 36)
Image Date: 2021-05-31
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Telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 120
840 mm f/l @ f/7
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 071
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My Friday night was spent setting up my scope and targeting the Andromeda Galaxy. It is the furthest object visible to the naked eye as it lies relatively close to us at only ~2.5 million light years from Earth.
Equipment:
SkyWatcher EQ6-R
Nikkor 500mm f/4 P AI-S at f/5.6
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
ZWO 30mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my front yard - Bortle 3
36 x 210" for 2 hours, 6 min, and 30 sec exposure time.
5 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bias frames
Guided
Software:
SharpCap
PHD2
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
Lightroom
My Sony a7RIII and adapted Nikkor 500mm f/4 P AI-S were mounted on an ADM vixen rail and secured to the SkyWatcher EQ6-R mount. I polar aligned my mount using SharpCap Pro. The guide scope/camera was attached to the camera's hot shoe. I used PHD2 to autogude during the imaging session. DeepSkyStacker was used to combine all frames, and then I processed the TIFF file in Photoshop. I stretched the 32-bit file using Levels. I then made it a 16-bit file and continued to stretch the file in levels and curves. I used the color sampler tool and levels to do my best to help keep colors accurate. I then used my skillset, including some dodging & burning, and relied on Astronomy Tools Action Set and Topaz Denoise to give the image a polished look. I brought it into Lightroom to do final color corrections and add EXIF data.
Messier 56 is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation of Lyra. It was discovered in 1779 by Charles Messier.
Spanning 84 light-years in diameter and approx 32,900 light years away it is believed to be about 13.7 billion years old, It is believed to contain around 80,000 stars.
A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as as satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centres.
Details.
M: Mesu 200
T: TMB 152/1200
C: QSI683 Baader LRGB filters
30x600s Luminance
30x600s Red
30x600s Green
30x600s Blue
Totalling 20 hours.
Pickering's Triangle is part of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, which includes the famous Veil Nebula.
It is located about 1,500 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Cygnus.
Details.
M: Mesu 200
T: TMB 152/1200
C: QSI683 3nm Astrodon Ha and OIII filters
This is a 2 pane mosaic and has been stitched together using Astro Pixel Processor software.
Pane 1
Ha 20x1800s and OIII 20x1800s
Pane 2
Ha 20x1800s and OIII 20x1800s
The total exposure is 40 hours.
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Located about 5000 light years from Earth, the center image shows the Rosette star formation region. The stars of NGC 2244 formed from the surrounding gas only a few million years ago. A survey of the nebula with the Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed the presence of numerous new-born stars inside optical Rosette Nebula and studded within a dense molecular cloud. Altogether, approximately 2500 young stars lie in this star-forming complex, including the massive O-type stars HD 46223 and HD 46150, which are primarily responsible for blowing the ionized bubble. Most of the ongoing star-formation activity is occurring in the dense molecular cloud to the south east of the bubble.
This is a part of my new project currently under construction: Part One and two of ten panels. (this image is made up of two panels) This will eventual form a skyscape including Caldwell 49 up to and including the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster. See moonrocksastro.com/index.php/2016/01/13/rosette-nebula-2/
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Imaging telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Imaging camera: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD
Software: Sequence Generator Pro
Filter: Baader Ha, Hb, OIII & SII
Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Resolution: 2281x1743
Dates: Dec. 8, 2015
Frames: 78x1800"
Integration: 39.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 26.30 days
Avg. Moon phase: 11.32%
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
Hypothetical giant exoplanet orbiting a binary star system. The mountains and hills of one of its satellites can be seen on the foreground. Another satellite is shown on the lower right corner of the frame.
Three giant worlds found orbiting twin suns
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"A team of Carnegie scientists has discovered three giant planets in a binary star system composed of stellar ''twins'' that are also effectively siblings of our sun. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in which both stars host planets that has ever been observed." (Text credits NASA -
exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1386/three-giant-worlds-found-or...)
EXOPLANETS
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Confirmed 3439
Candidates 4696
Solar systems 2569
Earths 348
Data from NASA (exoplanets.nasa.gov/)
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The **Eagle Nebula**, also known as **Messier 16 (M16)** or **NGC 6611**, is a stunning region of active star formation located about **7,000 light-years** from Earth in the **constellation Serpens**. It is best known for containing the **Pillars of Creation**, towering columns of gas and dust famously photographed by the **Hubble Space Telescope** in 1995.
This vast nebula spans about **70 by 55 light-years** and consists of **interstellar gas, dust, and young, hot stars** that illuminate and shape the surrounding material. The Eagle Nebula is a **stellar nursery**, where massive new stars are born from collapsing clouds of gas. These young stars emit intense ultraviolet light and powerful winds that sculpt the nebula’s features and erode the dense pillars from which they formed.
The "eagle" shape that gives the nebula its name is created by dark, silhouetted dust lanes against the bright background of glowing hydrogen gas. The Eagle Nebula is both a scientifically important object and a visually iconic one, offering astronomers insight into how stars and planetary systems form and evolve over time.
Shot in New Orleans, LA
Bortle 8 Skies
TEC140
AP900
SHO: 21 / 20 / 24 x15m
Total Integration = 16.25h
SXT/LF/SHO/NBNorm/NXT/NBStars/HT/Conv/Recreen
ColorEfex/Curves/Sat
DWB111 Propeller Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The Propeller Nebula is actually part of a much larger nebular complex which are common in this area of the sky.
Imaging camera: Starlight Xpress SX-814 Trius
Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD @ F3
Chroma filters: Ha 3nm x10x1800 OIII 3nm x 10x1800. SII 10x1800
moonrocksastro.com/index.php/2016/06/30/dwb111-propeller-...
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The remarkable shape of the emission nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. The North America Nebula is large, covering an area of more than four times the size of the full moon; but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. The North America Nebula and the nearby Pelican Nebula, (IC 5070) are in fact parts of the same interstellar cloud of ionized hydrogen. The distance of the nebula complex is though to be approx 1800 light years away.
Details
M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: QSI690-wsg with 3nm Ha filter and Starlight Express Trius M25C
This is a 2x2 pane mosaic for the Ha data
29x1800s in Ha
And 35x600s with the OSC camera.
This has been combined as LHaRGB
Total exposure time 20 hours and 20 minutes
Red hydrogen emission and blue reflection nebulae, dark molecular clouds and a bright star sitting in the middle, flooding the scene its yellow light... Sounds like the Rho Ophichui region?
Sure. There is, however, another smaller, but similarly colorful area in the sky:
Meet the Cave Nebula!
Officially designated Sh2-155, the Cave Nebula in the constellation Cepheus, is a diffuse nebula of ionized hydrogen with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 2400 light-years from Earth. It lies within a larger complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity.
The name "Cave Nebula" for Sh2-155 was coined by Patrick Moore, presumably derived from photographic images showing a curved arc of emission nebulosity corresponding to a cave mouth. Earlier, the name was already used to refer to another brighter but unrelated reflection nebula in Cepheus, known as Ced 201. The name's application to Sh2-155 has come into vogue through the nebula's inclusion in Moore's Caldwell catalogue as object Caldwell 9.
EXIF
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Baader Ha, Oiii, RGB filters
William Optics Megrez 88, f/5.6
Skywatcher AZ-GTI controlled with ASIAir
ZWO ASI 385MC for autoguiding
PixInsight processing
Total integration time: 5h10min
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, M 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. A planetary nebula is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives. [wikipedia]
Imaged using the Celestron C14 Edge HD telescope in dome 4 at Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos observatory in Gorafe, Spain.
A higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/3hreww/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 8 Nights in June 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Total Integration: 21 hours 25mins
Filters: UV-IR 329 x 120s, Red 68 x 180s, Green 74 x 180s, Blue 67 x 180s
Pixel Scale: 0.4 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: Celestron C14 Edge HD
Image Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro
Filters: Astronomik Lum, Red, Green, Blue,
Mount: Skywatcher EQ 8
Computer: Minix NUC
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067 is an emission nebula associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. Technical Info:
53 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
23 x 300 sec. Optolong L-eXtreme filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 6.3 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -20°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) is an emission nebula located in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. The nebula lies at a distance of 7,100 light-years from Earth. The nebula is in fact a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the brilliant star within it. Technical Info:
102 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
66 x 300 sec. Optolong L-eHance
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 14 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -20°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021.
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
This galaxy has an inner bar rotating at a faster speed than the outer bars resulting in this shape. Our own galaxy could also be a barred spiral galaxy.
L 13x5m / R 16x5m / G 9x5m / 12x5m) 4.2h
ASA RC-1000AZ
FLI PL16803 (0.27''/pixel)
PI:
Lum - Reg/Drizzle/DC/MMT/HT
RGB - Reg/Drizzle/Reg/RGBComb/PCC/ArcSin/HT/Curves
Data from Telescope.Live
Version LHaRVB.
100x180s (5h) - Filtre Idas LPS D1 - gain 120, -10°C - ciel Bortle 4.
80x300s (6h40) - Filtre Optolong L-Extreme - gain 120, -10°C - ciel Bortle 7.
Lunette TS triplet 80x480.
Réducteur TS x0.79.
Monture HEQ5 pro goto modifiée.
Caméra ZWO ASI294mc pro.
Guidage chercheur SW 9x50 + ASI120mm mini.
Asiair pro.
Pixinsight, PS.
This is a 4 night Two panel shot join is in the middle of the two shots. As I am able to rotate the Nikon 300mm F4 prime on its lens clamp I marked the degrees so I could rotate to suit camera angle. once done I got an error reading each night 1.4 degrees.
the two panels joined perfectly with next to no step between the two panels. I am impressed so much I am almost willing to for go the Auto Focus with the belt to be able to rotate the camera.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_Supernova_Remnant
for those interested a bit more info in the link.
Who can see the face in the shot.
ZWOASI071MC -10c 90 shots per panel 600 secs, over 4 night camera rotated.
ZWOEAF disconnected ,
Optolong LeNhance filter In filter draw,
Nikon 300MM F4 D Lens,
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.
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.
The Eastern Veil nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation of Cygnus, located at around 1470 light-years from Earth. It is part of the Cygnus Loop which is a 7000 years old, faint supernova remnant, covering roughly 3° on the sky (almost 6 full moons). The red hues in this image are from ionized hydrogen gas clouds, emitting light in the H-alpha wavelength, while the cyan hues are from oxygen ions.
Prints available: ralf-rohner.pixels.com
EXIF
Camera & Filters:
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
ZWO EFW / Baader Ultra Narrowband
3,5nm H-alpha
4,5nm Oiii
Telescope:
William Optics Megrez 88 f/5.6
Mount:
Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Camera, Mount & Focus control:
ZWO ASIair
20x 300s H-alpha
20x 300s Oiii
HOO image processing with PixInsight and Photoshop
newton skywatcher 150/750 pds canon eos 600D modificada con filtro baader bcf, sobre neq6 pro2.
3,5h de integración dividida en subtomas de 30, 60, 120, 240 y 360 segundos
Sony a7IV | Sigma 105mm F2.8 DG DN macro
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NGC 1977 in Orion
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Magnitude: +7.0
Apparent size: 10 x 5 arc min.
Diameter: 5.1 light years.
Distance: 1800 light years.
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Image date: 2021-01-10
Exposure: 120 minutes
Field of View: 47.6 x 47.6 arcmin.
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NGC7380 or Sh2-142 - The Wizard nebula - is approximately 8000 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus.
This is a reprocess of some old data as I was never happy with the original
Details
M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse
T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x
C: Atik 460EXM with 3nm narrowband filters
24x1800s Ha
15x1800s OIII
15x1800s SII
Total integration time - 27 hours