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The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova that was seen in 1054. This cloud of expanding gas is now about 8 light years across, and is about 6500 light years from Earth. This image was obtained using the Seestar S50 Smart Telescope. The sky was Bortle 7, with high humidity, haze and passing clouds. While collecting the hour of exposures, there was a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, 90 miles to the east. The engine plumes from the first and second stages were clearly visible.
After months of cloudy nights, I decided to process terrestrial clouds as any other DeepSpaceObject from our Universe, to create a new one. I call this method Science Fiction Astro Imaging. I hope you find it interesting and it becomes an option for you too during cloudy nights.
Neither CGI nor Artificial Intelligence were used to achieve these images. What you see is up in the sky. See it through the vortex.
IC 410, aussi nommée la nébuleuse du Têtard, est une nébuleuse en émission située à environ 12 000 années-lumière de la Terre dans la constellation du Cocher1. La nébuleuse contient en son cœur l'amas ouvert NGC 1893.
IC 417, parfois connue sous le nom de nébuleuse de l'Araignée, est une grande nébuleuse en émission visible dans la constellation du Cocher. Elle est liée à l'amas ouvert Stock 8 et est le siège d'importants processus de formation d'étoiles.
M38 (ou NGC 1912) est un amas ouvert situé dans la constellation du Cocher. M38 est situé à environ 3 480 années lumière du système solaire et les dernières estimations donnent un âge de 290 millions d'années. La taille apparente de l'amas est de 15,0 minutes d'arc, ce qui, compte tenu de la distance, donne une taille réelle maximale d'environ 15,2 années-lumière.
Image prise à Montréal en février 2024
Filtres Optolong :
L-pro : 584 x 60 sec
L-ultimate : 119 x 300 sec
Total : 19,65 h
Telescope : William optics Star 71
Camera : ATR3CMOS26000KPA
Monture : NEQ6 pro
Logiciels : N.I.N.A. ,PHD2, Pixinsight
IC 410, also called the Tadpole Nebula, is an emission nebula located approximately 12,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Auriga. The nebula contains the open cluster NGC 1893 at its heart.
IC 417, sometimes known as the Spider Nebula, is a large emission nebula visible in the constellation Auriga. It is linked to the open cluster Stock 8 and is the site of important star formation processes.
M38 (or NGC 1912) is an open cluster located in the constellation Coachman. M38 is located 3,480 light years from the solar system and the latest estimates give an age of 290 million years. The apparent size of the cluster is 15.0 arc minutes, which, considering the distance, gives a maximum actual size of about 15.2 light years.
Image taken in Montreal in February 2024
Optolong filters:
L-pro: 584 x 60 sec
L-ultimate: 119 x 300 sec
Total: 19.65 hours
Telescope: William optics Star 71
Camera: ATR3CMOS26000KPA
Frame: NEQ6 pro
Software: N.I.N.A. ,PHD2, Pixinsight
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Elephant trunk nebula (IC 1396A)
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A; it is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim.
Image taken in July and August in Montreal
Optolong filters
Ha: 79 x 600
OIII: 74 x 600
SII: 79 x 600
Total : 38.7 h
Camera: RisingCam IMX 571 mono ATR3-26000KMA
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MyT
Telescope: Edge HD 1100
Software: N.I.N.A. , Pixinsight
Nébuleuse de la trompe d'éléphant (IC 1396A)
La nébuleuse de la trompe d'éléphant est une concentration de gaz et de poussières interstellaires dans la région de gaz ionisé beaucoup plus grande IC 1396 située dans la constellation de Céphée à environ 2 400 années-lumière de la Terre. Le morceau de nébuleuse montré ici est le globule sombre et dense IC 1396A ; on l'appelle communément la nébuleuse de la trompe d'éléphant en raison de son apparition aux longueurs d'onde de la lumière visible, où se trouve une tache sombre avec un bord brillant et sinueux.
Image prise en juillet et août à Montréal
Filtres optolongs
Ha : 79 x 600
OIII : 74 x 600
SII : 79 x 600
Totale : 38,7 heures
Caméra : RisingCam IMX 571 mono ATR3-26000KMA
Support : Logiciel Bisque Paramount MyT
Télescope : Edge HD 1100
Logiciel : N.I.N.A. , Pixinsight
After months of cloudy nights, I decided to process terrestrial clouds as any other DeepSpaceObject from our Universe, to create a new one. I call this method Science Fiction Astro Imaging. I hope you find it interesting and it becomes an option for you too during cloudy nights.
Neither CGI nor Artificial Intelligence were used to achieve these images. What you see is up in the sky. See it through the vortex.
After months of cloudy nights, I decided to process terrestrial clouds as any other DeepSpaceObject from our Universe, to create a new one. I call this method Science Fiction Astro Imaging. I hope you find it interesting and it becomes an option for you too during cloudy nights.
Neither CGI nor Artificial Intelligence were used to achieve these images. What you see is up in the sky. See it through the vortex.
The Pacman Nebula NGC 281 in Cassiopeia. This nice little emission nebula is located in Cassiopeia and is about 9400 light years away and about 48 light years across. Acquisition Details: Date: Nov. 3, 2023 Scope: Meade 70mm Quad APO Astrograph Camera: QHY183C Gain 11, Offset 30 Mount: Celestron AVX Guide Scope: ZWO H30 F4 Mini Guide Camera: ASI120MM Mini Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme Integration: 88 x 120s (2 Hrs. 56 mins.) Camera Temp: -15c, Bin 1, Software: N.I.N.A., Stellarium, Deep Sky Stacker, Adobe Photoshop, PhotoKemi Star Tools, 30 Darks, 40 Flats, 40 Dark Flats.
Three deep space objects all in the same field of view. This image features the Open Star Cluster M52 (Messier 52), the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) both in Cassiopeia, and the lesser-known but equally stunning Northern Lagoon Nebula Sh2-157 (Sharpless 157) which lies in Cepheus.
M52 is a bright, compact open star cluster about 5,000 light-years away. It's made up of a few hundred young stars and is estimated to be around 35 million years old—a true cosmic nursery still glowing with youthful energy.
Just next door is the Bubble Nebula, a remarkable emission nebula sculpted by the fierce stellar winds from a massive O-type star at its center. That bubble-like shell is actually 7 light-years wide—about 1.5 times the distance between our Sun and the closest star! It looks delicate, but it’s formed by powerful forces.
And off to the right side lies the Northern Lagoon Nebula, cataloged as Sharpless 2-157. This elegant structure of glowing gas and dark dust is part of a larger star-forming region, stretching about 70 light-years across. It's often overlooked but absolutely worth the attention.
Acquisition Details: 70mm Meade Quad APO Astrograph, AVX mount, QHY183C CMOS camera, Optolong L-eXtreme dual band narrowband filter, (120x120s) 4 hours of data taken on August 7, 2025. Processed using DSS, SAS, Ps.
The Shark Nebula is a huge cloud of interstellar dust, which is lit by both nearby stars and some bright blue giant stars embedded in the dust itself, seen here as bright patches of blue. The densest parts of the cloud totally obscures the light from background stars, and looks like dark brown spots. The dust consists of small carbon rich particles which were once expelled from the outer layers of red giant stars during the last part of their existence before they exploded as supernovas.
This image was created during three consecutive nights, and was stacked from 130 individual exposures, each 5 minutes long.
The bright young open cluster M45, also known as The Seven Sisters or The Pleiades.
The Seven Sisters are the brightest, hottest blue stars in this magnificent star cluster which contains more than a thousand stars of varying brightness and colour. The blue light is scattered by the interstellar dust which envelops the stars, but the dust is apparently not directly associated with the cluster, which just happens to pass through the dust clouds on its way around the galaxy’s center.