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The neighborhood of IC1311 https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/6lVHf4r8jARl_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg Located in the heart of the Cygnus constellation, this field is rich in structures and objects. One can observe bright nebulae like LBN223, several dark nebulae like B434, the open cluster IC1311, and even th...

Bloody IFN https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/phVDbtB2c-T1_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg Located in the constellation of the great bear, near the famous M81 and M82, here is a field whose alpha hydrogen remains relatively rarely imaged. 35 hours of integration time overs 2 monthes. Taken in the Atlas, Morocco. A...

Shy aurora https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/DHUV9Fcgi9yo_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/DHUV9Fcgi9yo_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg Here is an image taken during the second night of the geomagnetic storm. The visible monument is the remains of the abbey of Mont Saint-Eloi. No big storm the...

Aurora for moonset - France https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/sOmHHSJraBJ4_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/sOmHHSJraBJ4_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg Here is an image of the moonset during the geomagnetic storm on the night of May 10 to 11. The photo was taken in France from Le Cap Gris Nez...

No need to introduce the star of the winter sky, the seven sisters. https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/rQIigXWR5ShE_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Fo this picture I took 120'' and 3'' shots. Short exposures are useful for HDR and not saturating the big blue stars. technical data : Epsilon 160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-P B...

--- NEW DISCOVERY : Strottner-Drechsler Object 59 --- Here is the first image of the object StDr59 : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Fpx5MgsZ_WP2_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg Copyright : Julien Dufour / Marcel Drechsler This is a discovery by Xavier Strottner and Marcel Drechsler. The data were collected by ...

The rotten fish nebula https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/jShLpH8Rwo-X_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/jShLpH8Rwo-X_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Credit : Julien Dufour, Christophe Vergnes, Nicolas Martino LDN1251 is one of the numerous dark nebula in Cepheus. It is around 1000 light years a...

The Ghost of Cassiopeia https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/-KY8blvuKpSL_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/-KY8blvuKpSL_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg In this image we find 2 diffuse nebulae IC63 (the ghost) and IC59, Gamma Cassiopeia (the blue lighthouse) and some dark nebulae. The nebulae appe...

Dark sky matters https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/1qEgkVTATdSE_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/1qEgkVTATdSE_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg 24 minutes of integration for this image taken under a beautiful Bortle 3 sky in France (Samyang 135 / 6D). I thought I had accumulated 3 hours of integ...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ymHWlBwsjzl4_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ymHWlBwsjzl4_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Here is a Cassiopeia field rich in stars. It also includes several open clusters (NGC654, NGC663, IC166), dark nebulae and a small reflection nebula (Vdb6, which can be ...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vWuLKD6ECGMR_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vWuLKD6ECGMR_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Here is the seahorse nebula - LDN1082 This is dark nebula located 1200 light years away. It is visible in the constellation Cepheus near the flying bag and the squid neb...

IFN bath (M81 / M82) https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/dsDT1YJY7Jcc_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Located in the constellation Ursa Major, the galaxies M81 and M82 are about 12 million light-years away from us. The galaxies are on the same plane, only about 120,000 light-years apart (M81 has a diameter of 87,...

Hi ! Here is the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with a legend about the its anatomy Taken in January 22 from France. Author : Julien Dufour Full version here : https://www.astrobin.com/full/daoorc/E/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KLSGj0ewU7_Z_1824x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KLSGj0ewU7_Z...

Hi everybody, Here is the region of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. It's a target that we usually see imaged in SHO but I do have a weakness for RGB. Full image : https://www.astrobin.com/full/ba4fj3/0/ ----------------- Takahashi Epsilon-160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro / EFW / Filtres Baader LRGB Monture Iopt...

Hi there, Here's my contribution for Nasa's APOD. Title: The Cave nebula (Sh2-155) - LRGB Image Credit: Julien Dufour Short description: This is the Cave Nebula, an emission nebula that offers a colorful wide field of Cepheus. The image has been taken in the natural parc "le Morvan" in Fra...

Hello, # Seahorse Nebula (Barnard 150) - RHaGB # After my LRGB version, Here is a new version of the seahorse nebula (Barnard 150) with the integration of Ha layer. A more colorful version. I hop you'll like it ! https://www.astrobin.com/wctsxp/ --------- Takahashi Epsilon-160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro / ...

The Seahorse Nebula (B150) and a bit Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129) It was taken from France (morvan). With this image I wanted to show that this is the cloud of dust that obscures the starlight. I also wanted a smooth process to stay as close as possible to "reality". I hope you'll like it. ...