Astro-Physics Starfire – Page 3 – Astro La Vista Observatory

WIZARD NEBULA – NGC 7380 (unguided)

This is another Halloween treat. Can you see the Wizard in this image of the Wizard Nebula? The total exposure time was about 6 hours through an H-Alpha filter. I will be working on a color version.

BUBBLE NEBULA (COLORIZED)

This is the result of stacking an additional five hours of SII and OIII narrowband images with the H-Alpha images that were used to produce the black and white version.

BUBBLE NEBULA – HALLOWEEN VERSION

I was surprised to see the gremlin’s face when I processed this image of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635). This was obtained by stacking about 13 hours of exposures (39×10 minutes and 28×15 minutes) taken with the Astro-Physics f6.3 130mm refractor in combination with the QSI 690 camera. My Astro-Physics mount is getting more accurateContinue reading “BUBBLE NEBULA – HALLOWEEN VERSION”

Sharpless 86 (Work in Progress)

PROPELLER NEBULA (DWB111)

The Propeller Nebula is a very faint emission nebula in Cygnus. This is a stacked group of 30 five minute exposures in H-Alpha and 30 five minute exposures in O3 for a total exposure time of five hours. It was taken through the Astro-Physics 130mm Starfire Refractor and the QSI 690wsg camera.

PELICAN NEBULA – Work in Progress

Well, the weather is turning bad, so I don’t know when I will be able to add data to this narrow band photo of the Pelican Nebula. I would like to add a little more color and some more detail. So far I have stacked 10 five minute H-Alpha images and 10 five minute OIIIContinue reading “PELICAN NEBULA – Work in Progress”