Show full image It has taken me 3-4 scattered night sessions to get these 4 hours of data. Mist and clouds came up around midnight every night. I normally do ony L-Enhance filter on nebulas, but this time I mixed in a part without filter. I took the stars from this part. Of course I […]
IC 1396 Elephant trunk nebula in dualband Read More »
Show full image This nebula is very nice. I did not know about it until very recently before I imaged it. It is located in the constellation Monoceros. The image also includes the so called Christmas Tree cluster. Sometimes a Fox Fur nebula and a Snowflake nebula is also mentioned within this complex. There is
NGC 2264 Cone Nebula Read More »
Show full image This is a supernova remnant in the constellation Cassiopeia. Basic astronomical data on the object is sparse to find, but recent information indicates a distance of approximately 6500 ly and an age of about 10 000 years. The size is approximately 1/100 of the distance. However, data are rather uncertain. It has
Medulla nebula – CTB 1 – Abell 85 Read More »
Show full image This is the NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula imaged with a dualband filter. Near this nebula is also the Soap Bubble Nebula which is designated PN G75.5+1.7. The imaging session was framed in by clouds and fog. I could have done better with focusing and the FWHM was rather large. I would have liked
Crescent Nebula and Soap Bubble Nebula Read More »
Show full image The Pacman nebula imaged in dualband and shown in a syntetic HOO palette.
Pacman nebula NGC 281 Read More »
Show full image The Bubble Nebula with a dualband filter. A large part of the subs are acquired during full moon. Conditions were mostly difficult, with moist air and clouds coming and going. The final result is better than I expected given the conditions. Nebula and stars were imaged and processed separately, The stars were
Bubble Nebula NGC 7635 Read More »
Show full image This supernova was discovered on 2022-04-16 by Koichi Itagaki. It is of type Ia, meaning it originates from an exploding white dwarf in a binary pair. I photographed it during two consecutive nights. The time of year means there was a limited amount of astro darkness. The supernova is located in the
Supernova sn 2022hrs Read More »
Show full image This image shows the M106 galaxy. It is located in the constellation Canes Venatici, just below the Big Dippers handle. It is of the Seyfert II type, which means that it resembles a quasar. It is believed that the inner parts of the galaxy are falling into a supermassive black hole located
Show full image A very beautiful nebula that was previously unknown to me. It consists mostly of hydrogen gas which glows with a dark red color. There are also areas with carbon-rich dust. These glow with reflected light and appear as gray-blue areas in the center of the image near the bright star. The distance
Flaming star nebula Read More »
Show full image The horsehead nebula is located in Orion near the bright star Alnitak in Orions belt. It is a region of black dust covering a part of the much larger red emission nebula called IC 434. This whole area is a region of heavy star formation and is part of the much larger
The Horsehead nebula Read More »