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

[Jeff WX1USN]

Being an avid astro photographer I am starting several astro photo threads to showcase everyones images. They don't have to be anything special and can be taken with any type of equipment.

This is the Nebula thread where we will showcase nebulas and nebulosity

The Orion Nebula M42
from the Wiki
"The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years (412.1 ± 6.1 pc) away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light-years across (so its apparent size from Earth is approximately 1 degree). It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula"

I took this using the Slooh telescopes and cameras. processed in Pixisight and LR

 

[JohnPD]

That is so cool! Not to mention impressive.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

This is the only nebula I ever managed to photograph. Of course my image is put to shame by what Jeff is presenting here.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

M42 the Orion Nebula and above it the Running Man Nebula, the Running man is hard to make out, it is much fainter.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

The North American Nebula (Caldwell 20)

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

The Rosette Nebula

 

[Mike]

Awesome photos! Is the "63min" portion of the photos how long it took to capture that image?

Second question, is there a lens or anything you need to go with that camera to make it work, or does it take these photos out of the box? I think I could probably pay the $350 to buy one of these!

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

63 min is the number of sub exposures were used to stack for the image, it rejects any with star trails, usually 1 of 4 get rejected depending on wind etc. The Seestars S30 and S50 will "live stack" give you a finished image that can be tweaked in the scopes software or in Lightroom or PS.
The scopes are ready to go out of the box, they are "beginner" scopes that are good for 12 year olds who are comfortable with smart phones and tablets. The difference between the two is price and field of views. The S30 is 30mm aperature with 150mm FL and $350, the S50 is 50mm aperature and 250mm FL and $500. The S30 will be best on large objects like those pictured here while the S50 is better for the smaller objects like galaxies and small nebulas and globular clusters. I have both just like I have multiple lenses for my Canon's.
Yes you can get small objects in the S30 but they are better in the S50.

 

[Mike]

Thank you for the info! I just think it'd be neat to be able to get those kinds of photos, like those you posted here. You've got me running down a rabbit hole of photos taken with this thing now and, for the money, this thing looks amazing!

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Check out my images on flickr

Seestar S30 S50 images

 

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[Levina de Ruijter]

All great images, Jeff.

Love the running man.
I tried a bit of astro photography many years ago and did manage a few acceptable images of the Orion nebula but the running man proved to be impossible.

 

[PhotoNut]

Incredible...

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

A couple nebulas from last night with the Seestar S30, stars are better than I had been getting

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

A couple nebulas from last night with the Seestar S30, stars are better than I had been getting

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Beautiful images, Jeff.

 

[RichardB]

That's pretty stunning...

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

All from my backyard 300 feet from a major mall

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

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"