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Wizard Nebula (HOO) NGC 7380 "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula, which spans an angle...

Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) "The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. It is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because...

Lobster Claw, Bubble, and Northern Lagoon Nebula. (Sh2 - 157, NGC 7635, NGC 7538) https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman, @mark_hoffman_photography With Stars https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53317150074_8207f9e73a...

Western Veil HOO Western Veil (Pickering's Triangle and Witch's Broom) "The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individ...

Crescent Nebula HOO "The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1792. It is formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star...

Waxing Gibbious Mineral Moon https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52784467281_69c303cfcd_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr Waxing Gibbious 69% EQ6R-PRO Explore Scientific ED102 ASI 224M...

Flying with solar Active Regions 3246, 3242, & 3241 https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52731334770_f4f094288b_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr Caught a plane while shooting a tim...

Flaming Star Nebula in HOO https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52711385215_6d419d648b_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr IC 405 Equipment/Capture Details: Williams Optics Z73 EQ35-Pro Z...

Nebula of NGC 7822 https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52697004738_41d341c799_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr "NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of C...

IC 1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman With Stars: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52631451956_cb5675b8aa_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr Starless: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5...

IC 410 Tadpole Nebula https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52623079552_51492cb8be_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr Equipment/Capture Details: Celestron Edge HD8 w/ 0.7x reducer EQ6R-Pr...

Jan 2023 Mineral Moon Mosaic Apollo Landings https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52612764987_0f749d7578_b.jpg by mark h , on Flickr EQ6R-PRO Explore Scientific ED102 ASI 224MC AS...

First Full Moon (Mineral) of 2023 https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52611508574_8352b6d067_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr Equipment/Capture Details: Celestron Edge HD8 w/ 0.7x red...

New Years Day 2023 24 Hour Solar Progression https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52607713660_4c115d3411_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5260728774...

Solar AR 3179, 3177, 3176, and 3173 full disc mosaic https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52599020844_4671f686d6_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr Solar AR 3179, 3177, 3176, & 3173 ...

Solar AR 3180 Dec 30, 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52598758916_9de05debe6_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr Solar AR 3180 in Hydrogen Alpha EQ6R-PRO Explore Scientific ED10...

Dec 26, 2022 Solar Mosaic in Hydrogen Alpha https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52590597659_a579b047dd_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr AR 3176, 3173, 3171, & 3169 (left to right)...

Heart Nebula IC 1805 https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52584527369_c0c73c5025_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr "The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running dog nebula, IC 1805,...

NGC 7822 "NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 800–1000 pc distant, with the younger components aged n...

Eastern Veil Nebula https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman, Instagram: @Mark_Hoffman_Photography https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52523861595_4160d76582_h.jpg by mark h , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

Soul Nebula Copyright: Mark Hoffman, Instagram: @Mark_Hoffman_Photography https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ "The Soul Nebula is about 100 light years across and has an estimated age of 1 million years. It contains several small ope...

Soul Nebula (IC 1848) An emission nebula located in Cassiopeia. https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07/ https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Copyright: Mark Hoffman, Instagram: @Mark_Hoffman_Photography https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52480152459_2752fd8a19_h.jpg SHO_RGB_sta...

Grand Teton Mormon Row Milky Way https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ Instagram: @Mark_Hoffman_Photography Copyright: Mark Hoffman https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52425692391_00dd1506f7_c.jpg Mormon Row Barn sRGB by mark h , on Flickr Sept 27, 2022 Grand Teton National Park Moon:...

Star Trails over the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park https://www.instagram.com/mark_hoffman_photography/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/194543639@N07 Copyright: Mark Hoffman, Instagram: @Mark_Hoffman_Photography https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52412613062_b155b1d0c8_c.jpg Teton Star Tra...

Pacman Nebula Image credit and copyright Mark Hoffman From Wikipedia: "NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm. This 20×30 arcmin sized nebulosity is also asso...