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NGC 3628 Mosaic with Tail Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC3628FinalsmallThumb.jpg This has been a project from 3 different telescopes over the last 5 years. Please take a look at my website with nice description, full rez file and a link to look at a paper by David Martinez-Delgado on Ultra Deep imaging w...

NGC 2020 and Friends as well as Puppis A Copyright: Mark Hanson These were taken from El Sauce, Chile with Maritn Pugh's 17" Planewave. NGC2020areasmallapod.jpg PupAsmall.jpg I will have them up soon on my website so you can see the full versions. Quite impressive. www.hansonastronomy.com Thank...

IC 434 and NGC 2023 Copyright: Mark Hanson Here is an image of the Horse-head region. This was a collaborative effort from Martin Pugh (Data) SSRO (Data) and processed by myself. IC434-NGC2023small.jpg You can see high resolution image and info here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ic-434ngc2023 Tha...

NGC 134 in Sculptor Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC134-Websmall.jpg The data taken by Martin Pugh and processed by me. Telescope: Planewave CDK 17 Exposure time: LRGB - Lum-420m,Red-240m,Green-280min,BLue-280m El Sauce remote observatory (obstech), Chile Take a look at the full resolution image here: htt...

Abell 78 Copyright Mark Hanson Abell78-4small.jpg Abell78-4CropA.jpg Called Abell 78, it can be found a few thousand light-years from Earth toward the constellation of Cygnus. In its heyday, it wasn’t all that different from the Sun, only the key difference is, the Sun remains a main-sequence star. ...

Abell 2151 Galaxy Cluster Copyright Mark Hanson Abell2151SmallA.jpg Description by Sakib Rasool Abell 2151 is a mighty cluster of galaxies with a surplus of beautiful interacting galaxies. Interestingly its distribution is quite chaotic and lacks the typical central elliptical galaxy that is a commo...

VDB 4/NGC 225 Copyright Mark Hanson VDB4-WebsmallA.jpg NGC 225 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. One of it's stars, the variable star V594 Cas, illuminates the blue reflection nebula van den Bergh (vdB) 4, which also cataloged as LBN 604. It seems, that vdB 4 is a remnant from the...

NGC 3077 Copyright Mark Hanson NGC3077LRGBHAsmallA.jpg Description by Sakib Rasool Towards the direction of Ursa Major in the sky, NGC 3077 is the unappreciated and forgotten third member of the M81 trio of galaxies along with M82. Consisting of chaotic and disordered structure, its appearance immed...

LDN 43 Copyright Mark Hanson LDN-43FinalsmallA.jpg Explanation from Sakib Rasool Snaking across the starfields of the constellation Ophiuchus, LDN 43 is an obscure dark nebula and star forming region that contains the embedded reflection nebulae RNO 90 and RNO 91, which are illuminated by young stel...

VDB 4/NGC 225 Copyright Mark Hanson VDB4-WebsmallA.jpg NGC 225 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. One of it's stars, the variable star V594 Cas, illuminates the blue reflection nebula van den Bergh (vdB) 4, which also cataloged as LBN 604. It seems, that vdB 4 is a remnant from the ...

IC348 Copyright Mark Hanson IC348 Web-2apod.jpg IC 348 (also known as IC 1985) is a rarely imaged open star cluster surrounded by a reflection nebula. The reason this object is not imaged is due to the very bright star glare washing most of the detail away. I spent countless hours slowly expanding t...

Hubble's Variable Nebula - NGC 2261 Copyright Mark Hanson HVN-LRGBHasmall.jpg Description by "Sakib Rasool" "Like a cosmic flower, Hubble's Variable Nebula is a lovely reflection that appears to sprout from the bright star R Monocerotis. Otherwise catalogued as NGC 2261 by the astrono...

Cassiopeia A-Supernova remnant Copyright: Mark Hanson I have been working on this image for over a year. I was inspired to finish it from the APOD on Sept,6 2019. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190906.html CasA-O3toosmallAPOD.jpg You can see information and other versions of the image here: https://ww...

47 Tucanae or NGC 104 Copyright: Mark Hanson, S. Mazlin, R. Parker ,W. Keller, T. Tse, P. Proulx, R. Vanderbei, M. Elvov; SSRO/PROMPT/CTIO NGC 104 LRBB70smallAPOD.jpg 47 Tucanae is the second brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri, and telescopically reveals about ten thousand stars, many a...

Hubble's Variable Nebula - NGC 2261 Copyright Mark Hanson HVN-LRGBsmall.jpg HVN-LRGBHasmall.jpg Description by "Sakib Rasool" "Like a cosmic flower, Hubble's Variable Nebula is a lovely reflection that appears to sprout from the bright star R Monocerotis. Otherwise catalogued as NGC ...

Hubble's Variable Nebula - NGC 2261 Copyright Mark Hanson HVN-LRGBsmall.jpg HVN-LRGBHasmall.jpg Description by "Sakib Rasool" "Like a cosmic flower, Hubble's Variable Nebula is a lovely reflection that appears to sprout from the bright star R Monocerotis. Otherwise catalogued as NGC 2...

Bubble Nebula - NGC 7635 Copyright: Paul Gardner Taken by Paul Gardner at Great Basin Observatory, Processed by Mark Hanson Description By "Sakib Rasool" "This dramatic image shows the Bubble Nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is a windblown bubble caused by the stellar act...

NGC 2782 - Re-processed version (data from 2012) Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC2782NewWebT.jpg Full image can be seen here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-2782 Taken from DGRO Rancho Hidalgo Animas, New Mexico 14.5" RCOS F8, Apogee U16M High Cooling Luminance 360, Red 180, Green 140, Blue 180 ...

NGC 2655 - Arp 225 Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC2782NewWebsmall.jpg Full version and description can be seen here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-2655 Description by Sakib Rasool "Floating in the serenity of the universe like a cosmic ammonite shell, NGC 2655 is an impressive example of a len...

NGC 4214 Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC4214NewAPODsmall.jpg This data was taken back in 2012 from Animas, New Mexico using my old 14.5 RCOS telescope. I processed the data back then but decided to re-process it 6+years later. It's hard to believe it's the same data! Boy how much we learn over the years....

Ann, Thank you so much for the nice comment! Much appreciated NGC 40-planetary nebula and CTA1-super nova remnant Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC40-P1Websmallapod.jpg This was a really challenging image to process, the background super nova remnant is very faint and took allot to get it to stand out in t...

NGC 40-planetary nebula and CTA1-super nova remnant Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC40-P1Websmallapod.jpg This was a really challenging image to process, the background super nova remnant is very faint and took allot to get it to stand out in the background of all those stars. This is the first frame of w...

NGC 660 The Polar Ring Galaxy

Copyright: Mark Hanson
100% crop 53 hours of exposure using a 17" and 24" Planewave CDK

https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-660 ... ing-galaxy

Thank you,

Mark Hanson

The Elephants Trunk Nebula inside IC 1396 Copyright: Paul Gardner IC1396-GBO-5-DRsmall.jpg The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark...

Three Giant Leaps Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson Arp284FinalApodsmall.jpg Labeled Version Crop Labels.jpg Description by Brian Ottum Three different objects in this image demonstrate the immensity of the known universe. The bright star is 16 Piscium, located just 100 light-years from Eart...