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The Clamshell Nebula, SH2-119. This is a large but diffuse nebula located in Cygnus, just a few degrees from the brighter North America Nebula. This target is large but dim and needs a lot of integration time using narrowband, as compared to its brighter neighbors. The sulphur and Oxygen especially ...

Time for some Fireworks! Presenting my last galaxy shot of the season, NGC6946 or the Fireworks galaxy along with open cluster NGC 6939. NGC6946_The Fireworks Galaxy_AstroDarks_Submission.jpg Title : A Galaxy and an open Star Cluster This image was taken from Bortle 7.5 skies. In early May, when Cyg...

The Cygnus wall and a part of the North America nebula in SHO! This image shows the star forming wall lit and eroded by bright young stars, and partly hidden by the dark dust they have created. The part of the North America nebula (NGC 7000) shown spans about 15 light years and lies about 1,500 ligh...

A Space Bubble! Also known as NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia and approximately 1 1,000 light-years from Earth. The Bubble Nebula looks like a gigantic soap bubble. Hence its quirky nickname. The outer shell is the result of a powerful flow o...

Galaxy season ✅ Galaxy Cluster ✅ Bortle 7 😰 ✅ 😶‍🌫️✅ The galaxy season is well and truly here. Presenting the famous M81 and M82 pair commonly known as the Bodes and Cigar galaxy! These galaxies are 12 Million light years away from us. It means that when we are looking at them, we are actually lookin...

Here are the marvelous Bailys beads before second contact,C2, and after the third contact C3. What's seen between them is totality! Shortly after the diamond ring emerges in a total solar eclipse, it disintegrates into points of light called Baily’s beads, created by sunlight passing through valleys...

Totality is one mesmerizing moment. But even before it begins, another phenomenon dazzles the sky. Bailey's beads Shortly after the diamond ring emerges in a total solar eclipse, it disintegrates into points of light called Bailey’s beads, created by sunlight passing through valleys on the Moon's ed...

A cosmic helmet! Thor's Helmet, given its similarity in shape to the Norse god's famous headwear is an emission nebula located 12,000 lightyears away in Canis Major catalogued as NGC2359. The nebula originates from a scorching Wolf-Rayet star ejecting a flow of charged particles termed a stellar win...

The Rice Hat Nebula, also known as Sh2-224, is a supernova remnant located about 14,700 light-years from Earth. It has an apparent size of 20 x 3 arc-minutes and a true diameter of 163 light-years. This is a supernova remnant located in the Constellation of Auriga. The shape of this nebula resembles...

A Lion in Space! SH2-132, also known as The Lion Nebula, is a rich HII region with star clusters, emission nebulae, and dark dust regions. Located in the southern portion of the constellation Cepheus, the Lion Nebula is roughly 10,00 light-years away in the Perseus Arm of the MilkyWay Galaxy. Acquis...

The Nothing Nebula! Presenting a very rarely imaged target, Sh2-124 or the nothing nebula. Named as there is really nothing written about it. This target is located in Cygnus at 8500 light years away from us. It bears resemblance to trifid nebula and the it's closest neighbor, the cocoon nebula. Muc...