IC 1848, also known as the Soul Nebula, is a beautiful emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is located about 7,500 light-years away from Earth and spans approximately 100 light-years in diameter. The Soul Nebula is part of a larger star-forming complex that includes the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) and the open cluster…
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The image above results from poor guiding with many 5-minute subs rejected; only 55 minutes of data were used to make this image. The Oiii in the nebula is hardly visible because of the lack of data. Information about the Nebula NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a stunning emission nebula in…
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IC 1340 also known as The Bat Nebula Fun Facts This is my first successful image taken with a new telescope and a dual-band filter on an OSC camera. Again I used the process from Forax, found here PixInsight : Dynamic narrowband combinations with PixelMath (thecoldestnights.com) My Process – WBPP, Alignment and Integration ForaxX#0335 –…
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If it could go wrong then it did go wrong. The above image is only 7 30-second subs because my tracking was off, the camera kept fogging up and then the clouds came in. What a night!! So I thought I would process as is and that didn’t go so well either. When I subtracted…
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IC 1848 also known as Westerhout 5 Fun Facts With this, I tried a few different things. The image is made up of 40 source lights, Also, I tried playing with the gain and offsets Below are two images, processed in a slightly different way. Please leave a comment on which you prefer.
Caldwell 9 is also known as The Cave Nebula Fun Facts Distance from Earth – 2,400 light-years away Location – found in the Cepheus Constellation What is it – Diffuse nebula Naming – Sir Patrick Moore named this the cave nebula Discovered in 1959 The image above is made up of 30 5-minute exposures and…
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NCG 281 is also known as The Pacman Nebula Fun Facts Distance from Earth – 9,200 light-years away Location – found in the Cassiopeia Constellation What is it – Bright emission nebula Size – about 48 light-years across Discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard in August 1883 The image above is made up of 20 5-minute…
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Messier 101, M101 for short or NGC 896 is also known as the Heart Nebula Fun Facts Distance from Earth – 6 light-years Location – Cassiopeia What is it – Emission and reflection nebula The image above is made up of 22, 3-minute exposures. The moon was bright but low in the sky, but I…
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With my original image of NGC 6960, I wasn’t really happy with the outcome of the processing. With the scope I have, I don’t expect the best images but the big blue halos bugged me. This time I processed the image with PixInsigh and Photoshop and I think the outcome is better, but still not…
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Messier 101, M101 for short or NGC 5457 is also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy Fun Facts Distance from Earth – 21 million light-years Location – Ursa Major What is it – Face on spiral galaxy Discovered by Pierre Mechain 1781 The image above is made up of 5, 5-minute exposures. On the night I…
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