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IC 443 & IC 444: Violent Deaths and Humble Beginnings Instagram: https://instagram.com/siderevs_nuncivs?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/AaronW/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Qbso49t5AiqG_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Y3irFB8f6zxx_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg I live and image in Santa Monica, CA. The sunshine, beach, and ocean are ever present in the lives of those who live here. How fitting, then, to find the very same elements within NGC 1499, colloquially known as the California Nebula. ...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/5zu8jorx81Qo_1824x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg “The moon’s an arrant thief, and her pale fire she snatches from the sun.” Timon of Athens Act IV, scene ii If Shakespeare had known about narrowband filters, equatorial mounts, and CMOS camera sensors, he might have written these lin...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/tKRmwalZa3Z4_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/tKRmwalZa3Z4_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg I initially set out to capture IC 1805 and IC 1795 as a traditionally framed "Heart," but when reviewing the data I was struck by the strength of the Oiii and t...

CTB-1 / Abell 85 -- aka the Medulla nebula, the Popped Balloon nebula, the Garlic nebula, etc. https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/K5xa05qGQ_up_1824x0_rv2QpFNw.jpg K5xa05qGQ_up_1824x0_rv2QpFNw[1].jpg This supernova remnant is extremely faint -- even with 72 hours of data captured over 14 nights. H-alpha...

Lions and Wolf-Rayets and Clusters, oh my! https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/AEkia8ZMV6lW_16536x0_EwouY30K.jpg The Sh2-132 complex - also known as the Lion Nebula - lies near the border of the Cepheus and Lacerta constellations and contains a veritable zoo of deep sky objects, including two Wolf-Rayet...

It's increasingly difficult to find shots of emission nebulae that haven't been published many times already.  I've tried to do so with the attached photograph. Taken over 10 nights in early September, I present a small section of the Sharpless 132 complex, which contains a veritable zoo of deep sky...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/2rDbrzbpHt8I_620x0__sPnTECk.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/2rDbrzbpHt8I_16536x0_b9muqi8S.jpg A Memento Mori in a Molecular Cloud Taken over nine nights throughout 2022, this rendering of Caldwell 49 reminds me of Robert Herrick’s poem To the Virgins, to Make Muc...

Taken over 12 nights in early September, this rendering of what is traditionally known as the Elephant's Trunk nebula portrays a more ominous scene: a crocodile with its jaws agape (bottom left) and a shark (composed of various dark nebulae) diving out of an ocean of ionized oxygen gas while spewing...

IC 410: A Cosmic Pond of Dust and Gas https://astrob.in/fisnwe/0/rawthumb/regular/get.jpg?insecure New poster here. Constructive criticism welcome! Equipment: Mount: Astro-Physics Mach2GTO Imaging Camera: ZWOASI6200mm-Pro Telescope: WO FLT 132mm Filters: Chroma 3nm Ha/S2/O3 Image Details: Ha - 56x90...