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- Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2024 January
- Replies: 82
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Re: Submissions: 2024 January
No need to introduce the star of the winter sky, the seven sisters. https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/rQIigXWR5ShE_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Fo this picture I took 120'' and 3'' shots. Short exposures are useful for HDR and not saturating the big blue stars. technical data : Epsilon 160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-P B...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:03 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 November
- Replies: 62
- Views: 244239
Re: Submissions: 2023 November
--- NEW DISCOVERY : Strottner-Drechsler Object 59 --- Here is the first image of the object StDr59 : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Fpx5MgsZ_WP2_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg Copyright : Julien Dufour / Marcel Drechsler This is a discovery by Xavier Strottner and Marcel Drechsler. The data were collected by ...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
- Replies: 158
- Views: 366319
Re: Submissions: 2023 October
The rotten fish nebula https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/jShLpH8Rwo-X_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/jShLpH8Rwo-X_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Credit : Julien Dufour, Christophe Vergnes, Nicolas Martino LDN1251 is one of the numerous dark nebula in Cepheus. It is around 1000 light years a...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
- Replies: 158
- Views: 366319
Re: Submissions: 2023 October
The Ghost of Cassiopeia https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/-KY8blvuKpSL_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/-KY8blvuKpSL_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg In this image we find 2 diffuse nebulae IC63 (the ghost) and IC59, Gamma Cassiopeia (the blue lighthouse) and some dark nebulae. The nebulae appe...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
- Replies: 158
- Views: 366319
Re: Submissions: 2023 October
Dark sky matters https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/1qEgkVTATdSE_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/1qEgkVTATdSE_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg 24 minutes of integration for this image taken under a beautiful Bortle 3 sky in France (Samyang 135 / 6D). I thought I had accumulated 3 hours of integ...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:09 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 September
- Replies: 120
- Views: 192917
Re: Submissions: 2023 September
https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ymHWlBwsjzl4_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ymHWlBwsjzl4_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Here is a Cassiopeia field rich in stars. It also includes several open clusters (NGC654, NGC663, IC166), dark nebulae and a small reflection nebula (Vdb6, which can be ...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:17 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 March
- Replies: 116
- Views: 185090
Re: Submissions: 2023 March
https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vWuLKD6ECGMR_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vWuLKD6ECGMR_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Here is the seahorse nebula - LDN1082 This is dark nebula located 1200 light years away. It is visible in the constellation Cepheus near the flying bag and the squid neb...
- Sun Mar 12, 2023 8:02 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 March
- Replies: 116
- Views: 185090
Re: Submissions: 2023 March
IFN bath (M81 / M82) https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/dsDT1YJY7Jcc_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Located in the constellation Ursa Major, the galaxies M81 and M82 are about 12 million light-years away from us. The galaxies are on the same plane, only about 120,000 light-years apart (M81 has a diameter of 87,...
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 January
- Replies: 136
- Views: 167339
Re: Submissions: 2023 January
Hi ! Here is the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with a legend about the its anatomy Taken in January 22 from France. Author : Julien Dufour Full version here : https://www.astrobin.com/full/daoorc/E/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KLSGj0ewU7_Z_1824x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KLSGj0ewU7_Z...
- Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:30 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 September
- Replies: 170
- Views: 242188
Re: Submissions: 2022 September
Hi everybody, Here is the region of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. It's a target that we usually see imaged in SHO but I do have a weakness for RGB. Full image : https://www.astrobin.com/full/ba4fj3/0/ ----------------- Takahashi Epsilon-160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro / EFW / Filtres Baader LRGB Monture Iopt...
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:49 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 August
- Replies: 158
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Re: Submissions: 2022 August
Hi there, Here's my contribution for Nasa's APOD. Title: The Cave nebula (Sh2-155) - LRGB Image Credit: Julien Dufour Short description: This is the Cave Nebula, an emission nebula that offers a colorful wide field of Cepheus. The image has been taken in the natural parc "le Morvan" in Fra...
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:40 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 July
- Replies: 97
- Views: 125300
Re: Submissions: 2022 July
Hello, # Seahorse Nebula (Barnard 150) - RHaGB # After my LRGB version, Here is a new version of the seahorse nebula (Barnard 150) with the integration of Ha layer. A more colorful version. I hop you'll like it ! https://www.astrobin.com/wctsxp/ --------- Takahashi Epsilon-160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro / ...
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 July
- Replies: 97
- Views: 125300
Re: Submissions: 2022 July
The Seahorse Nebula (B150) and a bit Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129) It was taken from France (morvan). With this image I wanted to show that this is the cloud of dust that obscures the starlight. I also wanted a smooth process to stay as close as possible to "reality". I hope you'll like it. ...