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Milky Way in SHO and HaRGB http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/ Copyright: Alistair Symon https://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/TwoMilkyWays/Two%20Milky%20Ways%202021%20500K.jpg The two Milky Way images shown are each large mosaics taken through H-alpha, SII and OII (top image) and H-alpha, R, G, B ...

Sharpless 54 to Sharpless 41 http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/ Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/GalaxyCoreNarrow/SHO%20Mosaic%208%20500K.jpg You can see a higher resolution image here: http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/GalaxyCoreNarrow/GalaxyCore%20Narrow2021.htm

Cygnus from North America to Veil http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/ Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/CygnusHiResMosaic/Cygnus%20North%20America%20to%20Veil%20500K.jpg You can see a higher resolution image here: http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/CygnusHiResMosaic/Cy...

I took the image using H-alpha, SII and OIII filters and it's combined using the Hubble Palette. Very nice image. But I'm still confused: Wouldn't the Hubble Palette (Ha = green) make this picture much more green? Check out: http://bf-astro.com/hubblep.htm Yes I used a technique very similar to that.

I took the image using H-alpha, SII and OIII filters and it's combined using the Hubble Palette.

The Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cassiopeia in both Narrowband and True Color http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/TwoMilkyWays/Two%20Milky%20Ways%202%20500K.jpg This is the culmination of most of my imaging work over the last 2 years. I...

The Great Rift http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Cygnus%20Rift/Cygnus%20Rift%20400KB.jpg This image shows the full extent of the Great Rift through Cygnus to the Elephant Trunk nebula in the bottom left. The Great Rift appears as a dar...

Eagle and Swan Nebulae in False Color http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/EagleNarrow/Eagle%20SHO%20Processed%208%20400KB.jpg This is a false color image of the Eagle and Swan Nebulae. 11 hours of data was taken with H-alpha, SII and OII...

The Tulip Nebula Region http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/TulipNebula/Tulip%20Mosaic%206%20400KB.jpg This is a 2 image false color mosaic of the region around the Tulip Nebula. 18 hours of data was collected through H-alpha, SII and OI...

Tulip Nebula in False Color http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/TulipNebula/SHO%20Final%204%20400KB.jpg This is an image of the Tulip Nebula taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 and SBIG STXL-11002. 9 hours of data was acquired through H-alpha,...

Veil Nebula in False Color http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/VeilNarrow/Veil%20SHO%20Lum%208%20400KB.jpg This is a 2 image mosaic of the Veil Nebula taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 and an SBIG STXL-11002. 24 hours of data was acquired th...

Sharpless 119 http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/SH119/SHO%20SH%20119%2011%20400KB.jpg This is a fals color image of Sharpless 119 taken with an FSQ106 and and SBIG STXL-11002 CCD camera. 3 hours of Ha, 4 hours of SII and 4 hours of OII...

High Resolution Mosaic of the Nebulosity in Cygnus http://www,woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Cygnus%20Mosaic/HaRGB%2017%20Less%20Sat%20400KB.jpg This is a 22 image mosaic of the nebulosity in Cygnus taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 4 inch refract...

Cygnus in False Color http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/CygnusNarrowMosaic/SHO%20Mosaic%20Merged%2017%20400KB.jpg This is a 22 image mosaic taken with a Takahashi FSQ106 and SBIG STXL-11002 CCD camera using H-alpha, SII and OIII filter...

Milky Way over Tucson http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/index.htm Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/MilkyWayObservatory/Milky%20Way%20over%20Home%20Deep%20Final%205%20400KB.jpg Last year I completed a deep mosaic of the Northern Milky Way. In May this year I used a DSL...

Cygnus in False Color http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/CygnusNarrowWide/Cygnus-SHO-5-Brighter-Star-Adjust-400KB.jpg This is an image of the nebulosity around Cygnus taken through Narrow Band filters. It was taken with a 35mm format CC...

Region around Orion http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/OrionVeryWide/Orion%20Mosaic%203%20400KB.jpg I have been working on this very wide image of the Orion region on and off for the last 18 months. Its a mosaic taken with 70mm and 35mm...

Venus, The Seven Sisters and The California Nebula http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/M45_Cal_Mosaic/M45%20California%20Mosaic%20New%202020%20v6.3%20400KB.jpg This is a 2 image mosaic of Venus, M45 and the California Nebula taken with a...

Sharpless 232 http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/SH232/SH232%20SHO%209%20400KB.jpg This is a false color image of Sharpless 232. This is 11 hours of data collection through Ha, SII and OIII filters combined using the Hubble palette. A 4...

Virgo Galaxy Cluster http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/GalaxyChain/Virgo%20Cluster%204%20400KB.jpg This is an image of the galaxy chain in Virgo. This is a 13 hour image through LRGB filters taken with a 35mm CCD camera and 4 inch refr...

Horsehead and M42 http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/HorseheadandM42/Orion%20RGB%20Mosaic%209%20400KB.jpg This is a 4 image mosaic taken with a 4 inch refractor and 35mm CCD camera. 15 hours of H-alpha data was combined with 22 hours of...

Jellyfish Nebula http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Jellyfish/Jellyfish%20SHO%205%20400K.jpg This is an image of the Jellyfish nebula taken with an FSQ106 and STXL-11002 through SII, OIII and H-alpha filters. Total imaging time was 15.5...

Horsehead and Orion Nebula in Narrowband http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/HorseheadOrion/SHO%20Mosaic%20Final%208%20400K.jpg This is a 4 image mosaic of the Horsehead and Orion Nebulae taken with a Takahashi 4 inch refractor and an SB...

Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebula http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/index.htm Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/FlamingStarNarrow/SHO%20Mosaic%20Final%205%20400K.jpg This is a 2 image mosaic of the Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebulae. 22 hours of data was collected through ...

From the Cone to Rosette in Narrowband http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/ Copyright: Alistair Symon http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Cone%20Mosaic/Rosette%20SHOLRGB%20600.jpg This is a reprocessed version of my Cone to Rosette mosaic in Narrowband. It uses the H-alpha image for luminance now w...