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The Tadpole Nebula

The Tadpole nebula (IC 410) is for me one of the most fascinating objects in the deep sky, along with the Horsehead nebula and a few others. This is what you can do in astrophotography, you can photograph one of the most spectacular corners of our galaxy that is nearly 20,000 light years away from here, with this abundance of details even with relatively inexpensive amateur instruments..
This is the form of nature beyond our planet, an infinite universe of beauty and possibilities.


Tadpole Nebula - IC410
Mounted in Hubble Palette: Sii: HA: Oiii

Sky-Watcher 200/800 F/4 on AZEQ6-GT | ZWO ASI 294 Pro | Optolong narrowband filters 2’’
89x300’’ H-Alpha + 55x300’’ Oiii + 62x300’’ Sii | 17 hours total
From 12/08/2018 to 12/10/2018 | Maranello (Italy)

Elaboration with Pixinsight and Photoshop, high resolution on www.lucafornaciarifotografia.com

vdB 14, vdB 15, & Sh2-202 in Camelopardalis
Captured August 4, September 7, 23, 24, & 25, & October 11, 2019
11.2 hours total integration (3.1 hours H-alpha & 8.1 hours OSC)
http://cosmic-colors.com/nebulae/vdb-14-and-vdb-15/ for high resolution

Just a short hop from the well-known and frequently imaged Heart and Soul Nebulae (IC 1805 and IC 1848 respectively), is a third lesser known large emission nebulae, known as Sh2-202. Most of it occupies the right half of this image, but it does extend slightly beyond the framing. Bordering it on the left are the reflection nebulae vdB 14 and vdB 15. These objects create a lovely contrasting field with scattered dark nebulae and the open star cluster Stock 23 in the upper right corner. vdB 14 is purely a reflection nebula on the top left quadrant of the image, illuminated by the star HD 21291. vdB 15 is below it and is a reflection nebula illuminated by the star HD 21389, but it also contains some red emission nebulae which give the pinkish hues to certain areas.

Eta Carinae in Hydrogen Alpha light
http://blog.astrofotky.cz/pavelpech/
Copyright: Pavel Pech

LBN534 and VdB158 in Andromeda

LBN534 (Gal 110-13) is a large, faint dust cloud, extending for about 1.5 degrees across northern Andromeda. It looks like a large cosmic tick in this orientation. LBN534 contains the blue reflection nebula VdB 158, illuminated by HD222142, which is located towards the southern end of the nebula (north is to the left in this view).

The tiny planetary nebula PN K 1-20 (PN G110.6-12.9) can be found lurking just to the south (right) of the nebula and is a beautiful deep blue-green colour (and only 34 arcsec in diameter).

Image Capture: Graeme Coates & Paul Tribe
Processing: Graeme Coates

Heart Nebula (IC1805)
Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/jjQAmUR ... hqkGbg.jpg


A little close-up image on the Melotte 15 cluster :
Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/HZuISHA ... hqkGbg.jpg


TSA102 - AZEQ6 - CCD AtikOne6
Ha : 20 x 900s (bin1)
OIII : 6 x 600s (bin2)
SII : 6 x 600s (bin2)
Pixinsight & PS

23 august 2018 - Fouras (France)

Copyright: Jean-Baptiste Auroux
https://millenniumphoton.com/
https://www.astrobin.com/users/Jean-Baptiste_Paris/

NGC 6888 in bicolor (Ha+OIII)
Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/bluvega/
Copyright: Salvatore Cozza

Taken on June/July 2019
Location: Maruggio (TA)
OTA: Vixen ax103s
Guide: Ultraguide 60/240 con camera QHYCCD Q5L-II-M
Camera: Moravian G2-8300FW mono
Mount: Ioptron ieq45-pro
Filters:
Baader Ha 7nm 36mm: 42x300" -15gC bin1
Baader OIII 8,5nm 36mm: 70x300" -15gC bin1
Software: Pixinsight 1.8

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/uAw6u8Y ... hqkGbg.jpg

"Eye of the Universe"

The Milky Way and the road line formed a big eye shape, it seems to be observing everything in the world peacefully.

We climbed to the top of the rocks as if we were at the centre of the universe. The torch may not be able to light up the entire universe, but we know it can light up our lives.


21st Sep 2019, Canal Rocks, Western Australia
2x10 image panorama. Sony A7R mod/20mm F1.4/soft filter#2

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yxlo5n9fF ... fttowxw8dl

Up-Close of the Andromeda's Core. On October 17th. ( LX200ACF 305mm F6.3 OTA, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik LRGB filter set.) The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.

Ngc 6822 Galaxy by gc.iaffaldano, su Flickr

Ngc 6822 Galaxy named Barnard's Galaxy taken from Chile's sky with T2 system of Chilescope;
Lrgb + Halfa and a bit of OIII : 80'-60'-60'-80'-4h-1h
L in bin 1 - RGBHOIII in bin2

LBN 437 & Sh2-126 in Lacerta
Captured September 27 & 28, & October 11, 2019
10.1 hours exposure (OSC 392 x 60" - 6.5 hours and H-alpha 71 x 180" - 3.6 hours) with RASA 11 and QHY367C

Check out my website and Astrobin for all the tech specs and a much better quality image:
http://cosmic-colors.com/nebulae/lbn-437-and-sh2-126/
https://www.astrobin.com/m033l1/

Nested between the well-known constellations Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Cygnus – which are teeming with frequently imaged DSOs – is the small constellation of Lacerta. It contains no Messier objects and just one Caldwell object (C16, an open cluster), but despite this seeming lack of DSOs, there is a huge yet faint hidden gem. The massive HII emission nebula known as Sh2-126 spans several degrees of sky, beyond the bottom of my framing. The most prominent molecular cloud near the center is known as LBN 437, which features an interesting hourglass-shaped reflection nebula around the variable star V0375 Lac (best viewed with zoom). LBN 442 is the molecular cloud to the left of it and LBN 448 is in the upper left corner.

Bubble Complex (True Color)
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon This image of the nebulosity in the region around the Bubble Nebula was taken with RGB and Ha filters. A higher resolution image can be found at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Bub ... e_1019.htm

Bubble Complex (False Color)
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Copyright: Alistair Symon This image of the nebulosity in the region around the Bubble Nebula was taken with SII, OIII and H-alpha filters combined using the Hubble Palette. A higher resolution image can be found at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Bub ... Narrow.htm

Northern Milky Way
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon This is a mosaic of the Milky Way from Cygnus to Cassiopeia. It was taken through a 35mm and 70mm camera lens using RGB and Ha filters. Nebula detail was also added from images taken with a 5 inch refractor using LRGB and Ha filters. A higher resolution image can be seen at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Mil ... th2019.htm

Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cassiopeia
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Copyright: Alistair Symon This is a mosaic of the Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cassiopeia. It was taken through a 35mm and 70mm camera lens using RGB and Ha filters. Nebula detail was also added from images taken with a 5 inch refractor using LRGB and Ha filters. A higher resolution image can be seen at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Mil ... ia2019.htm

Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cygnus
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon This is a mosaic of the Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cassiopeia. It was taken through a 35mm and 70mm camera lens using RGB and Ha filters. Nebula detail was also added from images taken with a 5 inch refractor using LRGB and Ha filters. A higher resolution image can be seen at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Mil ... ay2019.htm

The other running man!! (part of soul nebula) https://www.observatorio-santaelena.com/
Copyright: Juan Ignacio Jimenez Cuesta

Regards
Juan

The core of M33 on October 20th. Spiral galaxy M33 is located in the triangle-shaped constellation Triangulum, earning it the nickname the Triangulum galaxy. About half the size of our Milky Way galaxy, M33 is the third-largest member of our Local Group of galaxies following the Andromeda galaxy (M31) and the Milky Way. LX200ACF 305mm OTA, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik LRGB Filters.

vdB 141 - Ghost Nebula
Copyright Michael Deger


Image details and higher resolution: http://galaxyphoto.de/en/vdB141/


Kind regards
Michael Deger

Jellyfish Nebula (IC443)

Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/NflBk8O ... hqkGbg.jpg

IC 443 - Jellyfish Nebula (supernova remnant) in Gemini.

Ha-RHaGB image.

Takahashi TSA102 f/6
AZEQ6 - AtikOne6 (-15°)
Ha : 22 x 900s (bin1)
RGB : 36 x 300s (bin2)
Pixinsight & PS
22/23 february 2019 - Fouras (France)

Copyright: Jean-Baptiste Auroux
https://millenniumphoton.com/
https://www.astrobin.com/users/Jean-Baptiste_Paris/

asymon wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:50 pm Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cygnus
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

Click to view full size image

This is a mosaic of the Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cassiopeia. It was taken through a 35mm and 70mm camera lens using RGB and Ha filters. Nebula detail was also added from images taken with a 5 inch refractor using LRGB and Ha filters. A higher resolution image can be seen at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Mil ... ay2019.htm

Alistair Symon, I'm very impressed with your extremely detailed mosaics of the northern part of the Milky Way, which highlight the Hα emission from nebulas.

Very very impressive!

Ann

LBN 438, a molecular cloud in Lacerta



High resolution image and technical data: http://www.javierlaina.es/IMAGENES/LBN438.html

Javier Gómez Laina (Spain)
http://www.javierlaina.es/indexeng.html

Tarantula Nebula

Copyright: Zhuoqun Wu

Detail: https://www.astrobin.com/51da3c/?nc=user

Ann wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:55 am

asymon wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:50 pm Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cygnus
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

Click to view full size image

This is a mosaic of the Milky Way from Sagittarius to Cassiopeia. It was taken through a 35mm and 70mm camera lens using RGB and Ha filters. Nebula detail was also added from images taken with a 5 inch refractor using LRGB and Ha filters. A higher resolution image can be seen at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Mil ... ay2019.htm

Alistair Symon, I'm very impressed with your extremely detailed mosaics of the northern part of the Milky Way, which highlight the Hα emission from nebulas.

Very very impressive!

Ann

Thank you!

IC1396 Elephant Trunk
Takahashi Epsilon 180 + Moravian G4-16000
5h. 41min
All the info on my website

https://www.freddyuniverse.com/galeria- ... -elefante/
www.freddyuniverse.com

Copyright: © Freddyuniverse, Alfredo Sayalero

IC1396 Elephant Trunk by Freddy S., en Flickr

Sitting at the Riverbank
Copyright: György Soponyai

47-hour-old waning crescent Moon is rising above Freedom Bridge, Budapest. The driftwood "guerilla art" sitting at the bank of river Danube was made by Dima Shlyonkin.



Photo details:
2019.10.26. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 50/1.4
2 x 1.3 sec, ISO 640, F 7.1