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Lots of reprocessing going on due to the weather. Good idea.
This is a wide field image of NGC 6543 (a planetary nebula) showing a wider region with background galaxies and Quasars. It has several common names...
a bit chilly in the morning packing the gear up at 5 am ,wearing thongs and flano like a true blue :icon-smile: ,almost fullmoon maybe time for some...
One of the most identifiable nebulae in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion is part of a large molecular cloud. The Horsehead itself is actually a...
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this photo has to be an apod in my opinion.
the play of light, the details, I love the curtain behind.
thx .
So, at 52 N we now have no astrodark for the next2 months or so. Added to that the weekend was 50% moon, but aclear sky is a clear skyand with Galaxy...
NGC 3180, the Little Pinwheel Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It has two prominent spiral arms. H alpha exposures...
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Beautiful image!
I have a very similar rig (CEM70, Edge HD 9.25), but I use a different camera.
Getting deep into the backlog, a pair at 260mly distance in Canes Venatici. Pro papers indicate these two are probably a real pair in space, NGC5149...
A difficult pair to fit my fov, almost to the maximum 14 arc-min vertical dimension of my two and a half meter focal length. Plus, being at the edge...
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That's a great pair Steve! I hadn't noticed it before. It goes on my list now. The pair is also known as Holm 224 A and B.
I've had to take my rig on the road and head up to the Bay Area for a while to help my Dad out. Had a chance to image M63 for 4 windy nights from his...
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Beautiful M63 Steve! Looks like the ASI2600 can make the Esprit 100 a nice galaxy rig.
Getting into the backlog after all that aurora stuff. Imaged this galaxy in Canes Venatici about a week back, again with my new one hour method, half...
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Nice one Steve! One hour imaging is an interesting concept. It's like an image / visual hybrid observation.
This is NGC 281 (Sh2-184, LBN 616, Cederblad 3, 'Pac Man'). Ionization energy mostly comes from the multiple star HD 5005 (five components form this...
My astronomy club gathered to see if the Aurora would show up on the evening of May 11, 2024. Unfortunately we had about 2 minutes worth of Northern...
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Good one Greg.
Are you going for the other two next?
Graeme
I'm not sure about M65 & M66 this year. But I may use my Astrotech72mm and try for...
Image of the Eagle Nebula (M16) taken at home on 5/12/24 with the Seestar about 5:03 AM. The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission nebula which...
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Very cool, Ed, that you were able to capture such a lovely image with the Seestar. Did I understand correctly that you just downloaded the stacked...
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