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A Young Barium Star Surrounded by a Ringlike Planetary Nebula (WeBo 1). KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/7nopda/

Sculptor Galaxy. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/gf7mmb/D/

Stephan's Quintet. KG Observatory, Julian CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/1fupv8/

NGC7006 – A remote outpost of the Milky Way KG Observatory, Julian, CA. NGC 7006 is a compact and distant globular star cluster that lies in one of the smallest constellations in the night sky, Delphinus (The Dolphin). NGC 7006 resides in the outskirts of the Milky Way. It is about 135,000 light-yea...

Crescent Nebula. KG Observatory, Julian, CA. Here's the conclusion of my week-long project to gather deep data for the Crescent Nebula in the excellent Julian, CA skies. Here I saw 21.3+ SQM with FWHM on 5-min subs between 1" and 2'" for 6 days. I particularly focused on OIII to help expos...

The ringed, warped and isolated galaxy NGC 6015. KG Observatory, Julian CA. NGC 6015 at 40 million light years distance is an isolated and warped type Sc-r galaxy. Recent studies indicate a discontinuity in the formation of the spiral arms and different rotation rates between the inner and outer arm...

The Sombrero Galaxy (Reimagined). KG Observatory, Julian , CA. I say "reimagined" for three reasons... 1. I wanted to capture what the Sombrero might looks like when approaching from a few million light years. The color would likely be "natural" with a smooth halo with no abrupt ...

M94 (revisited). KG Observatory, Julian, CA. With very few clear nights in Julian, CA in March, I decided it may be best to wait and collect high-quality luminance or color to enhance a prior image. Looking back through my images, I noticed the Luminance for my M94 in 2021 https://www.astrobin.com/a...

NGC 2634: The Calm before the Storm. KG Observatory, Julian, CA. The winter months in Julian CA are a real challenge. I needed an object that would stay up most of the night. NGC 2634 was the choice. It would be above 30° between 7:30 PM and 4:30 AM (9 hours) with the sky between 21.0 and 21.3 SQM f...

NGC2655 - A Multi-Spin Galaxy. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/ya0b2o/

Colliding Spiral Galaxies (NGC 520) I was looking for a relatively small galaxy to capture with my planetary (2X Barlow) setup. Here we have 2 in 1. Skies became unsteady during this dark period, so that limited me to only 4 hours of L. But fortunately I was able to capture 6 hours of RGB. "NGC...

Einstein Cross, KG Observatory, Julian CA. Here's my promised second attempt at trying to resolve Einstein's Cross. My first attempt was in 2018... https://www.astrobin.com/367242/?nc=&nce= Now I'm able to take advantage of my planetary setup with a 2X Televue barlow and the ASI6200 CMOS camera....

The Blue Snowball Nebula (Tight Version). KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/moc15p/

The Blue Snowball Nebula. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/10p308/

The Egg Nebula. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/0fxeyz/

The Little Rosette Nebula (SH2-170). KG Observatory, Julian, CA. I decided to go for this object during a relatively unsteady 2 evenings with average FWHM > 2.5". Although Ha detail is a bit light, I think I captured decent depth, especially in the RGB stars. "SH2-170, also known as the &q...

NGC 6951 with IFN. KG Observatory, Julian, CA NGC 6951 is face-on Seyfert Type II galaxy in the constellation Cepheus. At a distance of about 75 million light-years, the galaxy is viewed through the Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN). The residual light of our galaxy illuminates this faint nebula. https:/...

A Dying Star's Magnetic Racing Stripes (NGC 6894). KG Observatory, Julian, CA. This title is from Phil Plait who has an excellent description for what may be happening here... https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/a-dying-stars-magnetic-racing-stripes And an excellent science paper... https://articles.adsa...

M14 Globular Cluster or Stars. KG Observatory, Julian, CA. My goal here was to go deep or go home. (-: Over several days I collected many 60s subs, but only kept the 429 best between 1.4" and 2". 24 5 minute RGB subs (2 hours per color) were then collected between 1.8" and 2.6". ...

Red Spider Nebula. KG Observatory, Julian, CA. Capturing detail for this interesting object was a challenge due to it's relatively small size. Most of the detail is in the Ha. Fortunately I was able to capture 26 10-min Ha subs between 1.7" and 2.3". Both Ha and OIII were combined, stars r...

NGC 4410 Galaxy Group. KG Observatory. Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/0f6c6m/

Cat's Eye Nebula core using Lucky Imaging. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/7oxzoj/D/

M106 with 15 hours of Ha. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/ky5r3g/C/

M106. KG Observatory. Julian, CA. While capturing 1 minute L subs for Copeland's Septet Thursday evening, seeing started to deteriorate to > 2.5" around midnight. Clouds were forecast for Friday evening, so I figured I'd collect some RGB for a bright and high galaxy. M106 looked like the perfec...

Copeland's Septet, KG Observatory, Julian, CA. With the Julian skies still a bit unsteady with variable clouds, I decided to swap the FLI PL16803 CCD with the ASI6200MM Pro CMOS. The latter allows me to move from 15 minute to 1 minute subs to help find "holes" to the universe. Here I colle...