Nebula Thread - post your images of Deep Sky Nebula's

[RichardB]

Caldwell 63 the Helix Nebula, take with the Slooh 20" Planewave at the Canary Islands Observatory

from the wiki
The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, most likely before 1824, this object is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae to Earth. The distance, measured by the Gaia mission, is 655±13 light-years It is similar in appearance to the Cat's Eye Nebula and the Ring Nebula, whose size, age, and physical characteristics are in turn similar to the Dumbbell Nebula, differing only in their relative proximity and the appearance from the equatorial viewing angle. The Helix Nebula has sometimes been referred to as the "Eye of God" in pop culture, as well as the "Eye of Sauron"

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Awesome!

 

[Levina]

Caldwell 63 the Helix Nebula, take with the Slooh 20" Planewave at the Canary Islands Observatory

from the wiki
The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, most likely before 1824, this object is one of the closest of all the bright planetary nebulae to Earth. The distance, measured by the Gaia mission, is 655±13 light-years It is similar in appearance to the Cat's Eye Nebula and the Ring Nebula, whose size, age, and physical characteristics are in turn similar to the Dumbbell Nebula, differing only in their relative proximity and the appearance from the equatorial viewing angle. The Helix Nebula has sometimes been referred to as the "Eye of God" in pop culture, as well as the "Eye of Sauron"

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Your astro images never cease to amaze me, Jeff. Beautiful!

 

[JohnPD]

Whenever this thread pops up in New Posts, I know it's gonna be good. But it always exceeds my expectations. Crazy good images.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

The Rosette with the Seestar S30 in my backyard

 

[Levina]

The Rosette with the Seestar S30 in my backyard

There is Seestar again...

I am so going to get one, the S50 though. But first I want to sell the two telescopes I have: a 80mm ED refractor and a Mak 150 Pro both from Skywatcher. And a mount.

Your astro photography is second to none, Jeff. Great work!

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

There is Seestar again...

I am so going to get one, the S50 though. But first I want to sell the two telescopes I have: a 80mm ED refractor and a Mak 150 Pro both from Skywatcher. And a mount.

Your astro photography is second to none, Jeff. Great work!

Thank you. If you are only getting one, the S50 is the one to get, many more targets for it.

I am also thinking of selling my Celestron 8" Edge SCT, but I do like it for planets when it is warmer

 

[Levina]

Thank you. If you are only getting one, the S50 is the one to get, many more targets for it.

I am also thinking of selling my Celestron 8" Edge SCT, but I do like it for planets when it is warmer

That's a good one. Puts my humble Skywatcher MAK to shame really. I took pics of it and will put it up for sale today.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

That's a good one. Puts my humble Skywatcher MAK to shame really. I took pics of it and will put it up for sale today.

I hate to admit I also have a Skywatcher 90mm mak and a Orion 127 mak, both good on the moon and planets, but hardly used.

 

[Levina]

I hate to admit I also have a Skywatcher 90mm mak and a Orion 127 mak, both good on the moon and planets, but hardly used.

Mine is the Skywatcher 150 mak. I bought it after seeing amazing images of the planets, taken with it. People used maks with a webcam then. There was one in particular that was a favourite, I forgot which it was. Problem was I was on a Mac and I couldn't use the webcams that were recommended. I never quite figured out how to get it to work properly. It's been out of the box 3 times I think... Waste of money.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Messier 20 nebula

WIKI
The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way's Scutum–Centaurus Arm.[3] It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764.[4] Its name means 'three-lobe'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the relatively dense, reddish-pink portion), a reflection nebula (the mainly NNE blue portion), and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' in the former that cause the trifurcated appearance, also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and peculiar object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers

 

[Levina]

Messier 20 nebula

WIKI
The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way's Scutum–Centaurus Arm.[3] It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764.[4] Its name means 'three-lobe'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the relatively dense, reddish-pink portion), a reflection nebula (the mainly NNE blue portion), and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' in the former that cause the trifurcated appearance, also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and peculiar object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers

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Doesn't get any better than this. Wow.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Did the Rosette again with the Seestar S30 from my backyard

 

[Levina]

Did the Rosette again with the Seestar S30 from my backyard

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Beautiful! And mind blowing that you captured it with that simple setup.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

IC 1805 the Heart Nebula taken with my Seestar S30 in mosaic mode
from the wiki

The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running Dog Nebula, Sharpless 2-190) is an emission nebula, 7,500 light-years (2,300 pc) away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787.[1] It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.[2]

The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula's intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of hot stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars, known as Collinder 26, Melotte 15, or IC 1805, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of the Sun

 

[Chuck]

IC 1805 the Heart Nebula taken with my Seestar S30 in mosaic mode

Awesome images, like all your astro photography is awesome.

What’s mosaic mode?

 

[Levina]

IC 1805 the Heart Nebula taken with my Seestar S30 in mosaic mode
from the wiki

The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running Dog Nebula, Sharpless 2-190) is an emission nebula, 7,500 light-years (2,300 pc) away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787.[1] It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.[2]

The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula's intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of hot stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars, known as Collinder 26, Melotte 15, or IC 1805, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of the Sun

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Beautiful!
And I love the info.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Awesome images, like all your astro photography is awesome.

What’s mosaic mode?

Mosaic mode in the telescope is like panorama or a manual mosaic done with a digital camera where you stitch multiple images together to get a larger FOV. The Seestar smart telescopes allow you to specify the amount of sky you want to image up to 2x the FOV of the scope and then it automatically over several hours takes hundreds of shots moving the scope around the entire area and outside the area and stitching them all together to get a final result.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet
I took 125 minutes of sub exposures, 47 Lights 48 Red, 47 Green, 48 Blue using the Slooh 20" Planewave in the Australia Observatory over the last few months.

I think the result is really nice

From the Wiki
NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula[3] in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula, but interactions with a nearby large molecular cloud are thought to have contributed to the more complex shape and curved bow-shock structure of Thor's Helmet.

 

[Levina]

NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet
I took 125 minutes of sub exposures, 47 Lights 48 Red, 47 Green, 48 Blue using the Slooh 20" Planewave in the Australia Observatory over the last few months.

I think the result is really nice

From the Wiki
NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula[3] in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula, but interactions with a nearby large molecular cloud are thought to have contributed to the more complex shape and curved bow-shock structure of Thor's Helmet.

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Wow. Beautiful image, Jeff!

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Wow. Beautiful image, Jeff!

Thank you. Aperture and sky conditions rule. There are people who own scopes like the ones at the Slooh Observatory but far and few between.

Slooh is mostly used my Colleges and Universities. I have been using their scopes for about 10 years now. It is unique in the realm of remote amateur observatories in that you actually control the scopes just as if they were your own.