Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon L, RGBExposure: 12 h with 5min subs all 1 binDate 20 march 2020 GC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellationComa Berenices. It […]
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M78
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon L, RGB Exposure: 10x 10x600sec Date 12 decembre 2016 M78 (or NGC 2068) is a reflection nebula located in Orion and discovered in 1780 by Pierre Méchain. It is the brightest diffuse nebula of a group of nebulae that includes […]
Jellyfish Nebula
Here is the starless version. Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon Ha,OIII,SII Exposure: 3x 15×300 all 2bin Date 23 february 2020 IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the […]
Rosette Nebula Bicolor
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 Astrodon Ha,OIII Exposure: 2x 9×300 all 2bin Date 01 january 2020
Whirpool Galaxy
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonL,R,G,B Exposure:50×300 L and 15×30 RGB all 2bin Date 01/02 June 2019 The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the […]
NGC 4216 in the Virgo Cluster
NGC 4216 is one of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, with an absolute magnitude that has been estimated to be −22 (i.e.: brighter than the Andromeda Galaxy), and like most spiral galaxies of this cluster shows a deficiency of neutral hydrogen that’s concentrated […]
NGC3628 Hamburger Galaxy
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonL,R,G,B Exposure:15×300 L and 15×30 RGB all 2bin Date 04 april 2018 NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Mahasin’s Galaxy,is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by […]
North Amerika and Pelican Nebula
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 19x600sec 16 August 2018 The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) are emission nebulae in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The North […]
Iris Nebula
Optics/mount: 180 Epsilon f2,8 Takahashi Alt-5 Camera/filters: QHY12 OSC Exposure: 34x600sec 12 August 2018 New version with 12h exposure time Exposure: 34x600sec 12 August 2018 plus 26x600sec 15 August 2018 = 12h These cosmic clouds were formed 1,300 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus. NGC 7023, however, is […]
Snake Nebula
The Snake Nebula (also known as Barnard 72) is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a small but readily apparent S-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula La nébuleuse […]