Starship Asterisk*

NGC 1333, Embryo Nebula & Surrounding Field
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NGC 6914 (VdB 131 & VdB 132)
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NGC 7023, Iris Nebula and LDN 1167 to LDN 1174
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IC 1396 & VdB 142, Elephant's Trunk Nebula | SII - Hα - OIII tri-colour
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M33, Triangulum Galaxy | Hα-RGB
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M42, the Great Orion Nebula
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IC 1318, Sadr Region
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The Hyades https://www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-v4vpBHW/A Copyright: Maurice Toet https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-v4vpBHW/0/M/i-v4vpBHW-M.jpg This is a 2x3 pane mosaic of the Hyades star cluster. Due to high haze (bad transparency) during the four nights of capturing, the stars got bloated. How...

Sh2-129 & Ou4, Flying Bat Nebula and Squid Nebula
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VdB 152 (LBN 531), HH 450, B 175, DeHt 5 (LBN 538) and SNR G 110.3+11.3 https://www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-KqcvbxC/A Copyright: Maurice Toet https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-KqcvbxC/1/M/i-KqcvbxC-M.jpg This is an HαRGB image, using my ZWO ASI294MM mono camera with an Hα filter at F=500mm f/2.8...

NGC6992, Eatern Veil Nebula in bi-color
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Sh2-132, Lion Nebula https://www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-N6z8GsB/A Copyright: Maurice Toet https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-N6z8GsB/0/M/i-N6z8GsB-M.jpg Exposure time: 16 hours, 10 minutes (141x 300" Hα, 53x 300" OIII) | Optics: Takahashi ε-180ED f/2.8 | Camera: ZWO ASI294MM Pro (B 2x2...

IC 1805, the Heart Nebula https://www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-khbKmLt/A Copyright: Maurice Toet https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-khbKmLt/2/M/i-khbKmLt-M.jpg Exposure time: 29 hours, 10 minutes (93x 300" SII, 121x 300" Hα, 136x 300" OIII) | Optics: Takahashi ε-180ED f/2.8 | Camera...

LDN 673 in Aquila
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Copyright: Maurice Toet LDN 673 is part of a highly fractured dense cloud of dust and gas that silhouettes against the Milky Way's faint starlight in the constellation of Aquila.

IC 1284 and surroundings
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Veil Nebula Complex
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LDN 1355 & 1358 and surroundings (LDN 1353 & 1357, VdB 7, 8 & 9 and LBN 643)
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Chocolate Brownies: LDN 1228 & LBN 552
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Make a Wish! This morning I observed comet NEOWISE together with my 10 y/o daughter Lucy. She loved it! Composition of two pictures taken with a Nikon D810a and Sigma 150 mm f/2.8 EX DG APO HSM. https://www.mauricetoet.nl/Neowise/i-94277Pg/A Copyright: Maurice Toet https://photos.smugmug.com/Neowis...

Molecular Clouds in Cepheus: MBM 163, 164, 165 & 166 and LBN 569 http://www.mauricetoet.nl Copyright: Maurice Toet Rarely imaged Molecular Clouds in Cepheus: MBM 163, 164, 165 & 166 and LBN 569 (reprocessed). MBM is an abbreviation for Magnani, Blitz and Mundy who identified/catalogued 57 m...

Rarely imaged faint Molecular Clouds in Cepheus: MBM 163 - 165 (Magnani, Blitz & Mundy), LBN 569 www.mauricetoet.nl Copyright: Maurice Toet https://www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-5Z9v6J4/A https://photos.smugmug.com/DeepSky/i-5Z9v6J4/0/30249045/M/mbm165_318x300s_20180806-M.jpg https://www.maurice...

Messier 15 (NGC 7078) surrounded by dust www.mauricetoet.nl Copyright: Maurice Toet https://photos.smugmug.com/DeepSky/i-kck43Ps/1/484f61c4/M/M15_135x300s_20180814_crop-M.jpg The above crop: https://www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i-kck43Ps/A The whole field of view: https://www.mauricetoet.nl/DeepSky/i...

LDN 1089, 1094 & 1100, LBN 444 & 447 and Sh2-130 Patches of rarely photographed of dark nebulas in Cepheus. https://www.mauricetoet.nl/Astro/i-kWQgQc8/X5 Copyright: Maurice Toet https://photos.smugmug.com/Astro/i-kWQgQc8/2/8e181e62/L/ldn1100_20180418-L.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Astro/i...

Jupiter Occultation (2012) www.mauricetoet.nl Copyright: Maurice Toet Almost 5 years ago (on July 15, 2012) the Moon occulted Jupiter. From near to far I was able to capture some low clouds, the Waning Crescent Moon, two Jovian satellites (Io and Europa) plus the disc of planet Jupiter appearing fr...

Barnard's Loop, M78 & LDN 1622 ]www.mauricetoet.nl Copyright: Maurice Toet The constellation of Orion is full op splendour. Here we can see a river of ionised hydrogen atoms streaming from the top left to the lower right corner of the image. It is part of Barnard's Loop. In this composition, Ba...