Andromeda is a spiral galaxy that is 2.5 million light years distant and 220,000 light years across. It is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Be forewarned, our Milky Way and Andromeda are expected to collide in 3.75 billion years. “Outside the zodiacal group of constellations, and with the possible exception of Orion,Continue reading “Andromeda – M31”
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Heart Nebula
Valentines Day is closer than you think. These were taken with the Takahashi 4 inch refractor. A total of 49 thirty minute narrow band exposures were stacked to form the final images.
Baby Eagle Nebula – Version 2
I managed to reprocess this for a bit more definition. This is a faint nebula located in Taurus, about 5 degrees from the Pleiades. This was taken with a Takahashi FSQEDXIII and represents 24 hours of exposures.
Elephant Trunk Nebula – Wide
Last year I did a few pictures of the Elephant Trunk Nebula that had a smaller field of view. This is a has a wider field of view via the Takahashi 106 mm telescope. It represents 25 hours of exposures through narrowband filters.
Soul Nebula – Monochrome – Work in Progress
VDB 126
Another day, another catalog… This time we have an object that is listed in the “VDB” catalog of 159 reflection nebulae that was published in 1966 by Sidney van den Bergh. Considering the beauty of this object, further study is needed. Sixty eight five minute LRGB images from the Takahashi FSQ106EDIII telescope were stacked and processed in MaximContinue reading “VDB 126”
Pelican Nebula – Enhanced Detail
According to Wikipedia: “The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward.” “Millions of years from now this nebula may no longer beContinue reading “Pelican Nebula – Enhanced Detail”
Bubble Nebula – Wide Angle View
With clouds hanging over the observatory, there is another option. You can process raw images from a remote observatory. Raw images for this project were taken last September from a remote imaging observatory that is located in New Mexico at an elevation of 7400 feet. The telescope was a 106mm Takahashi FSQ 106EDXIII telescope. AContinue reading “Bubble Nebula – Wide Angle View”
Tadpoles – Color
The clouds are moving in, so imaging on this nebula has ended. Three narrow band filters were used and were assigned RGB colors based on what is called the Hubble palette. This was tweaked by removing some of the green coloration while emphasizing blue. A total of 35 thirty minute images were stacked, for aContinue reading “Tadpoles – Color”
Astro La Vista Observatory 