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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53567812645_edd1dfd1fa.jpg M31 - the kilohour project and the quest for Oiii by William Ostling , on Flickr After half a year of work, the Deep Sky Collective is happy to present its latest project - a kilo hour on M31. Not only does this image set new boundaries...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53374558437_5451f69f19.jpg The Heart Nebula in SHO by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/the-heart-nebula-in-sho/ This was a really fun dataset from telescope live to process! I’ve never seen the wider structures to the...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53359268287_976c032db3.jpg Radio Version - Echoes of Stellar Demise: Tracing Cassiopeia A's Supernova Remnant using 525 Hours of integration by William Ostling , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53359268292_8559fa5931.jpg SHOO version - Echoes of Ste...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53344911921_9fde77cc87.jpg Fleming's Triangular Wisp by William Ostling , on Flickr Full post here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/flemings-triangular-wisp/ In this stunning cosmic portrait, we are shown a celestial spectacle that showcases the scream of a dying ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53344523611_a1d2180c6f.jpg SNR G126.2+01.6 and surroundings (first color image) by William Ostling , on Flickr Another project from the New Horizon by Tim Schaeffer, me and Sendhil Chinnasamy. This is the first ever color image of the SNR G126.2+01.6 and surround...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53180919064_5009198e98.jpg Cosmic Kaleidoscope: A Tapestry of Nebulae and first color image of the pulsar wind nebula around pulsar PSR B1951+32 - SHO by William Ostling , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53180135312_a8aaebcc2c.jpg Cosmic Kaleidoscop...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53132784039_824b50d23f.jpg NGC 40 and CTA 1 - a rarely imaged region by William Ostling , on Flickr Full post here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-40-and-cta-1-a-rarely-imaged-region/ You can find all details at the astrobin post here: https://www.astrobin.co...

I would like to know what causes those large patches of baby blue stars which aren't co-mingled with white or red stars? You can see an example at 1 to 2 o'clock in Rob's close up screen grab. And directly below that at 3 o'clock are a patch of all red stars. Is that due from the collision and the ...

This is an extraordinary effort by a large group of Astro-imagers. I am intrigued by a few black blobs in the middle right of the image, below the blue streak, circled in my detail screen grab here… IMG_0811.jpeg In images within the Milky Way such black blobs are usually a dense cloud of gas and d...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53102830146_b197ac7a02.jpg 255 hour collaboration - Whirlpool Galaxy with Ionized Hydrogen "Shelf" by \ William Ostling , on Flickr Processing notes here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/m51-processing/ The Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51, is ...

Here you can see three images of the Lagoon nebula in three different types of light, meant to enhance the most interesting structures of the nebula. First is the Lagoon nebula in broadband + narrowband, which uses narrowband light to supplement the broadband emissions. This is how the human eye wou...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53052983735_b143ca6449.jpg NGC 1097 and background galaxies by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-1097-and-background-galaxies/ This was a tough image to process because of how faint the stellar streams are. Nonethe...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52948943895_a4840f6647.jpg Reflection and emission in the eye of the seagull by William Ostling , on Flickr Details: Telescope: Planewave CDK24 Camera: FLI PL 9000 Filters: Halpha, SII, OIII, Location: El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile Dat...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52935022968_db449e82ef.jpg A 3-panel mosaic of dust in the Chamaeleon region by William Ostling , on Flickr This was one of the most difficult images that I’ve had the pleasure of processing, but I really think that the end result was worth all the trouble. Teles...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52905430874_4242557357.jpg The Tarantula Nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/the-tarantula-nebula/ The tarantula nebula is probably my favorite region in the night sky. The sheer expansive spread of the nebula,...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52875521778_38b903327d.jpg An ultra deep 393h look at the galaxy pair M81/M82 - Amateurs reveal full Ha stream for the first time (version with HII) by William Ostling , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52875079131_37ee156b55.jpg An ultra deep 393h l...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52862198723_a05850bc52.jpg NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-6888-the-crescent-nebula/ This is another image from telescope live: the Crescent Nebula. It was a tough dataset to stac...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52850936230_c7638d6e3e.jpg Galaxy Triplet NGC 6769-71 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/galaxy-triplet-ngc-6769-71/\ This is another image from telescope live, of an interacting galaxy triplet plus some friends in t...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52839122172_6c6cac918a.jpg Peering deep into the the core of M42 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/peering-deep-into-the-the-core-of-m42/ This is yet another image from telescope live. Although the total exposure ti...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52814805690_7e1a7c8d6d.jpg Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/stars-and-globules-in-the-running-chicken-nebula/ Here’s an SHO image from telescope live. This dataset h...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52804552288_086c4a1114.jpg The Glowing Hand of God (CG-4) by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/cg4/ This is yet another telescope live image. The H-Alpha data really made this image come to life – it was actually a bit...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52787823749_6168f09574.jpg The Spanish Dancer Galaxy by William Ostling , on Flickr All details here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/the-spanish-dancer-galaxy/ This is another image from telescope live, NGC 1566. This was a really tough image to stack, as there w...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52751760195_ae5c797f28.jpg Dust lanes in the Sculptor Galaxy by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/dust-lanes-in-the-sculptor-galaxy/ Here’s another image from telescope live: NGC 253. This was a really challenging but ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52743130425_e79c33c1a1.jpg Dust and starbirth in Perseus: NGC 1333 and IC 348 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/dust-and-starbirth-in-perseus-ngc-1333-and-ic-348/ This is another image from telescope live – a widefi...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52736439394_09aebe5dcf.jpg Reflection and emission in SH2-311: The skull and crossbones nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Starless version: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52736601070_61982f0ee8.jpg Starless Sh2-311 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full wri...