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Finale 2.5_scale.jpg The velo nebula The photo is a six frames mosaic using a 1850mm telescope, a big effort made from July to September 2020. It is more than 52 hours in bicolor alpha and O3 using the multiblend technique. 173x600s Ha 139x600s O3 Setup: RC12GSO on EQ8 CCD G24000-Astrodon Filter Ha...

Object: NGC6888 Crescent Nebula Date: March/April 2020 Site: 3z Observatory, Manciano, Italy (https://www.3zobservatory.com) Observatory Code: L42 Author: Paolo Zampolini and Giorgio Mazzacurati Bin2 HaO3 composition of about 16.1 h Tools: RC12 GSO on EQ8 CCD G24000 Astrodon Filter HaO3 62x600s Ha 3...

Object: M51 Whirpool Galaxy Date: March 2020 Site: 3z Observatory, Manciano, Italy (https://www.3zobservatory.com) Observatory Code: L42 Author: Paolo Zampolini and Giorgio Mazzacurati Bin2 LHRGB composition of about 15.6 h Tools: RC12 GSO on EQ8 CCD G24000 Astrodon Filter LRGB 34x600s - L 14x600s H...

NGC 6302, also called Butterfly Nebula, is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever observed in planetary nebulae. The spectrum of NGC 6302 shows that its central star is one of the hottest stars known, with a surface temper...

Hidden galaxy! http://www.grag.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/finale1-768x771.jpg Setup: RC12GSO su EQ8 CCD G24000-Astrodon Filter LRGB 104x600s - L 56x600s - Ha 24x300s - R 24x300s - G 24x300s - B Processed using Pixinsight/Photoshop Frames taken in late december 2019 and stacked from more than 32 ...

One of the most beautiful and fascinating structures in the northern sky: NGC 7023, Iris Nebula is a diffuse nebula the northern constellation of Cefeo. It is about 1400 light years from us and is characterized by an apparent magnitude of 7.7. It is a reflection nebula reflecting the light of some n...