Starship Asterisk*

Hi, This is a "complex planetary nebula" in Aquila. It is bipolar, and otherwise has some odd characteristics, leading some astronomers to believe that its progenitor star is a triple star (while most believe it is a double star). Taken at Sierra Remote Observatories, Auberry, California, ...

This is a rather obscure, though beautiful, region in the summer sky in the northern hemisphere, Sharpless 86. Telescope: 14.5" RCOS Mount: Paramount ME Camera: SBIG STX-16803 with AO-X Processing software: Pixinsight and Photoshop Acquisition software: ACP, Scheduler, TheSkyX Professional Edit...

Hi, I just took this image of this pretty little planetary nebula, that I wanted to share. NGC 6781 Copyright: Mark de Regt http://de-regt.com/APOD/NGC6781.jpg For larger and/or uncropped versions, and lots more information about the image, and the acquisition and processing of the data, click on th...

Hi, This is the beautiful spiral galaxy IC342, presented at the link two ways: as it appears with the blue extinction, and a good guess as to how it would look without the blue extinction. http://www.de-regt.com/APOD/IC342.900.jpg Link to website, and higher resolution images (and bluer version), an...

I like dense star fields, and M27 is certainly is in one!



Higher resolution images, and all the information about the object, the image acquisition and processing, can be found at
http://www.de-regt.com/Astronomy/M27.RCOS.htm

Mark de Regt

Trifid and Lagoon Nebula Region

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http://www.de-regt.com/Astronomy/TrifidLagoon.redo.htm

Statue Of Liberty Nebula, NGC3576

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http://www.de-regt.com/Astronomy/NGC3576.htm

Running Chicken Nebula, IC2948

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http://www.de-Regt.com/Astronomy/Chicken.htm

Chameleon Cloud Complex

Copyright : Mark de Regt 2013
http://www.de-Regt.com/Astronomy/Chameleon.htm