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Candles in the Dark: NGC 7822 in SHO with RGB stars Copyright: Bogdan Borz Telescope: Altair Astro Wave 115 ED F7 Reducer 0.8x Camera : ASI 1600 MM -20° gain 139/21 Mount: AZEQ6Pro Guiding: Altair Astro 60mm GPCAM3 178C, PHD2 Filtres Astrodon 3nm Sequence Generator Pro, Ha 95 x 300s OIII 121 x 300s...

Clouds in IC 2944 Copyright: Bogdan Borz The starless version of the Running Chicken Nebula IC 2944 in Hubble Palette. Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chilescope, Rio Hurtado, Chile Dates: May 16, May 18, June 16 2020 Telescope ASA 500mm Newtonian f 3.8 Camera FLI Proline Pl 16803 2.7 hours exposur...

The Running Chicken Nebula in SHO : IC 2944 Copyright : Bogdan Borz Shot remotely with the T3 500mm ASA Newtonian from Chilescope Camera : Fli Proline 16803 Filters: Astrodon 3 nm Ha, S2, O3 Total exposure: 2.7 H 17, 18 May; 16 June Location : Rio Hurtado, Coquimbo, Chili Processing: Pixinsight, Ph...

The Conquest of Darkness : NGC 7000 Copyright: Bogdan Borz Total integration time : 18.7 H, narrowband filters. Dates: 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 June 2020 Location: Backyard, Toulouse, France Full resolution and complete technical details: https://www.astrobin.com/full/9922zf/0/ North America Nebula f...

The Dark Wolf : Barnard 228 Copyright: Bogdan Borz Newtonian ASA 500mm f 3.8 from Chilescope Camera FLI Proline 16803 Filter L : 14 x 600s bin 1x Filters RGB : 14 x 300s bin 2x Temp - 30° Darks, Bias, Flat Darks Total : 3.5 h Processing Pixinsight, Photoshop Location Rio Hurtado, Chile Full resolut...

The Wizard Nebula in SHO Copyright: Bogdan Borz 2020 Full: www.astrobin.com/full/rf5w27/B/ Altair Astro Wave 115 ED F7 Planostar 1.0x ASI 1600 MM -20° gain 139/21 AZEQ6Pro Guiding Altair Astro 60mm GPCAM3 178C Filters Astrodon 3nm Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2 Ha 67 x 300s OIII 60 x 300s SII 63 x 30...

The Colors of the Pelican Copyright: Bogdan Borz Living in a Bortle 8 zone, I am really glad that the summer nebulae are up in the sky and the narrowband season can begin. I shot the Pelican Nebula from my backyard, with the Altair Astro 115mm refractor and the ASI1600MM, using 3nm narrowband filte...

Nebula Wars: The Dragons of ARA in Hubble Palette Copyright: Bogdan Borz 2020 Imaged with the 500mm ASA Newtonian from Chilescope Full resolution and technical details: https://www.astrobin.com/full/jf73lo/0/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49811312181_82cd7bf2a6_z.jpg Nebula Wars: The Dragons ...

I am really wondering if there will be a rebound after the economic activity resumes. It will be progressive, but later in the year I am afraid that all of this could be surpassed by an even more intense pollution. People will want to recover. However, the impact on plane traffic will be durable, si...

Interacting Galaxies in Andromeda: Arp 273 from HST Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Processing: Bogdan Borz 2020 Full resolution: https://www.astrobin.com/full/5f0vwq/0/?nc=user https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49788969567_4f1da480fd_z.jpg Interacting Galaxies in Andromeda: Arp 273 from HST by Bogdan Bo...

Interacting Galaxies in Andromeda: Arp 273 from HST Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Processing: Bogdan Borz 2020 Full resolution: https://www.astrobin.com/full/5f0vwq/0/?nc=user https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49788969567_4f1da480fd_z.jpg Interacting Galaxies in Andromeda: Arp 273 from HST by Bogdan Bo...

Gabriela Mistral in the Sky with Diamonds Copyright : Bogdan Borz Gabriela Mistral is a Southern Hemisphere nebula that bears the name of the chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, because of a resemblance with the poet's profile (which is really striking once you've seen the photo). I only knew Pablo Neru...

The Needle Galaxy, NGC 4565 in LRGB Copyright: Bogdan Borz 2020 Telescope ONTC 10" Newtonian F4 ASI 1600 mm pro -20° LRGB Zwo filters gain 75 AZEQ6 R pro OAG ASI 120mm mini PHD2 Sequence Generator Pro L 106 x 180s R 51 x 180s G 45 x 180s B 43 x 180s Total: 12.2 h D 36; F 30; B 100 Processing P...

The Great Carina Nebula Region in SHO Copyright : Bogdan Borz A project using the "Very Small Telescope" from Chilescope. Nikon 200mm Camera FLI Proline 16200 at -30° Astrodon filters 3nm Ha, SII, OIII 02/25/2020 Ha 16x600s SII 15x600s OIII 15X600s Processing: Pixinsight v 1.8, Photoshop ...

The Great Carina Nebula Region in SHO Copyright : Bogdan Borz A project using the "Very Small Telescope" from Chilescope. Nikon 200mm Camera FLI Proline 16200 at -30° Astrodon filters 3nm Ha, SII, OIII 02/25/2020 Ha 16x600s SII 15x600s OIII 15X600s Processing: Pixinsight v 1.8, Photoshop ...

Celestial Freedom: The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Hubble palette NGC 3576 Copyright: Bogdan Borz One of the splendors situated in the Carina constellation, not visible in the Northern Hemisphere. It got its name only recently, being baptized in 2009 by Dr. Steve Mazlin, a member of Star Shadows Re...

Lost in Space: a Cosmic Seagull and a Mythical Helmet A project with the Very Small Telescope (Nikon 200mm f2) from Chilescope: The Seagull Nebula (IC2177) and Thor's Helmet Nebula (NGC 2359) situated in Monoceros and Canis Major Constellations. Copyright: Bogdan Borz Full resolution and technical ...

The dromedary is a camel. It is one of the 3 camel species. The one with two humps lives in Central Asia, the bactrian camel.So the APOD description is correct.

Even the cigarettes brand Camel had a dromedary on their packs.

M78 Nebula in LRGB

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The Rosette Nebula in SHO
Copyright: Bogdan Borz



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The Monkey Head Nebula in SHO NGC 2174 Copyright: Bogdan Borz Source: backyard Bortle 8 (Ha, O3) ; traveller Bortle 4 (S2). AltairAstro Wave Series 115ED on AZEQ6 pro ASI 1600mm à -20° gain 139 offset 21 t -20° Field Flattener Altair Planostar 1.0 Astrodon Ha 3nm 36x300s gain 139 SII 3nm 29x300s O3 ...