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The Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula Integration: 9hrs 30min SHO Telescope: 10" Meade LX200 ACF SCT with Optec 0.62 focal reducer Camera: ASI2600mm Pro Filters: Antlia 3nm SHO Mount: iOptron CEM120 Location: Auckland, NZ Date: 23 Aug 2022 Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/f...

The Heart of the Eagle Nebula, M16 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52311909673_e9671f078e.jpg The Eagle Nebula, M16 by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr Integration: 9hrs 30min SHO Telescope: 10" Meade LX200 ACF SCT with Optec 0.62 focal reducer Camera: ASI2600mm Pro Filters: Antlia 3nm SHO Mount...

The Dolphin Head Nebula SH2-308 A collaboration between Oliver Berresford and Logan Carpenter Image: The Dolphin Head Nebula Credit: Logan Carpenter and Oliver Berresford. Total integration : 46 hrs 40 mins Captured over multiple nights from Oct 7th to Nov 27th 2021 Locations: Geelong, Victoria, Aus...

The Lobster Nebula (aka War and Peace Nebula) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51295885353_671e0f4fa9_c.jpg The Lobster Nebula by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr Image details: Credit: Logan Carpenter Location: Backyard, Auckland, New Zealand Date: taken over several night 29 June to 2nd July 2021 To...

Pussyfooting around in Space. NGC6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51229563085_c6626cb469_c.jpg Pussyfooting around in Space by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr SHO 7.6hrs Total integration Credit: Logan Carpenter Location: Auckland, New Zealand (Backyard) Dates: Imaged over s...

Total Lunar Eclipse from Auckland, New Zealand https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51207201667_1821d539a8_c.jpg Total lunar Eclipse by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr The total lunar eclipse on the 26/5/21 taken from Auckland, New Zealand This is a composite image consisting of several images (lucky ima...

The Dragon Egg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51204608460_085e17bba5_c.jpg The Dragon Egg (NGC6164) by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr The Dragon's Egg NGC6164 is an emission nebula, 4200 light years away created by a hot, luminous O-type star approx 3-4 million years old and 40 times as massive as...

Abell 35 - A Stromgren Sphere https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51195853790_51f5ca6ae2_c.jpg Abell35 by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr Abell 35 (SH2-313). This nebula has a very low surface brightness and although often listed as a planetary nebula, other evidence suggests this is a Stromgren sphere ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51143937506_fdab34a592_c.jpg M83 by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Credit: Logan Carpenter Location: Lang's Beach, Northland, New Zealand Dates: 14th to 22nd April 2021 HaLRGB Total integration : 7.2 hrs Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 120E...

IC2944 The Running Chicken Nebula IC2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula in the constellation Centaurus. Within this nebula are a set of Bok globules, also known as Thackeray’s Globules. These dark floating globules are thought to be de...

The Keyhole to the Carina Nebula https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51067839781_ffdf8e1767_c.jpg Carina by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr Carina Nebula. The Carina nebula is a large complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina and lies approx 8,500 light years from earth. The...

The Tarantula and its Web (Doradus 30) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51023740792_74ba516853_c.jpg Tarantual Finalsigned4alt by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr Unlike most of the nebulae in the night sky, the Tarantula nebula is not located in our galaxy but is 160,000 light years away in the Large...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50938381281_cafd8a7b30_z.jpg Omega Centauri by Logan Carpenter , on Flickr Omega Centauri (NGC5139) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus, first identified in 1677. At approx 17,000 light yearts from earth, it is the largest known globular clust...

The Dust Cloud of Barnard 33, (The Horsehead Nebula) Copyright: Logan Carpenter https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50855229211_a4e9ce24f1_c.jpg https://flic.kr/p/2ktUkSK This image was taken to highlight the detail of the actual dust cloud that creates the distinctive shape of the Horsehead as wel...