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LBN 917 & its friends - or "The Forgotten Nebulae" - as I like to call it. Why the "Forgotten Nebulae" you may ask ? Simply because these nebulae are located very close to M42 or IC 2118 - Two very famous targets imaged by astrophotographers. On the other hand, LBN 917 and it...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53179175082_9297a98bf5_b.jpg https://www.astrobin.com/6n0wjp/ Messier 78 Messier 78 (M 78), or NGC 2068, is one the brightest reflection nebula in the sky, located in Orion near the celestial equator. M 78 is easy to locate, about 3° northeast of Alnitak, the eas...

53171098079_49451e3c73_k[1].jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53171098079_49451e3c73_k.jpg Higher definition: https://www.astrobin.com/d3lyfg/ From Messier 52 to NGC 7635 . The featured image depicts two beautiful celestial objects: Messier 52 & NGC 7635. On the left hand side, Messier 52...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52913400592_82c68d673b_h.jpg NGC 2467 - Skull and Crossbones Nebula Known as the "Skull and Crossbones Nebula", NGC 2467 is an extremely active stellar nursery that glows in deep reddish tones and is located within the constellation Puppis. Numerous sta...

Vela Supernova - one of the most famous and beautiful “celestial cataclysm” located in the constellation Vela. Supernova remnants are the leftover results from the explosions of massive stars into supernovae. Since Vela SNR isn’t visible from the North hemisphere where I live (Switzerland), I grab t...

Today, we are issuing the ShaRA Team ’s last “combined force” project: A close-up on the Cometary Globule 4 (CG4). Known as an active star-forming region in the Puppis constellation, CG4 is about 1,300 light-years from our Solar System. Defined as a “cometary globule” due to its resemblance to a com...

Submission on behalf of ShaRA Team https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52853414276_6eda032548_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52853414276_de13dfff98_h.jpg I am super thrilled to share on behalf of the ShaRA team our take on the so-called “ GUM 14 & 15 ”. A challenging target and yet s...

ShaRA team's member You may ask, what does ShaRA stand for? It's a new open project called "Shared Remote Astrophotography» and is based on crowd or group funding for buying imaging time on large telescopes around the world. Since this beautiful hoppy is somehow expensive (it's an understateme...

Let me introduce you to one of the most beautiful gems in the southern hemisphere: The great and magnificent Eta Carina Complex . The Eta Carinae Nebula is one of the largest regions of ionized hydrogen gas in our Galaxy. Expanded in 260 light years it has seven times the size of the Orion Nebula. T...

Messier 17 - The Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula Messier 17 – also dubbed the Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula – is one of several brilliant deep sky marvels targets located in the constellation Sagittarius. The nebula is an HII region (emission nebula) which lies somewhere between 5000-6000 light years...

Sharpless 115 & 116 (The Perek-Kohoutek 085+04 planetery nebula) – And Many others This image features many interesting celestial objects in Cygnus, the brightest star in that constellation. First and foremost, there are two Sharpless objects known as SH2-115 & SH2 116 . The first one is a ...

Hi there ! Meet & Greet the Comic Monster. The main “eye-catching” object in this picture features an immense gas cloud known as a cometary globule. As most of the celestial objects surrounding us, globules are known to be the birthplaces of stars, many, many stars. From a creative point of view...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52751368952_e4ef13e36e_b.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/197387915@N03/52751368952/in/dateposted-public/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52752445463_e39c2cccc7_b.jpg Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/197387915@N03/52752445463/in/dateposted-public/ NGC 3...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52740831068_794c0362bd_b.jpg Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/197387915@N03/52740831068/in/dateposted-public/ NGC 300 and all its glory. Usually, I wouldn't describe myself as an astrophotographer who like taking lots of pictures of Galaxies. I am more of a ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52726839507_0e2b1fd3ac_b.jpg Link to Astrobin : https://www.astrobin.com/nwduli/B/ Forgot to upload the image from the other angle - my apologize . This image features NGC 6188, or commonly dubbed as the Fighting Dragons of Ara. NGC 6188 is quite a festival of yo...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52726788117_214d57b378_b.jpg Full size on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/nwduli/?nc=user This image features NGC 6188 , or commonly dubbed as the Fighting Dragons of Ara. Instead of reiterating the same story over and over, I have decided to process it from a...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52710888680_61d6aa388f_b.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/197387915@N03/52710888680/in/pool-apods/ Meet & Greet the " Cosmic storm in Chameleon " - my last processing. This is really A beautiful part of the night sky full of dust and deep sky objec...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52708061396_320dda095c_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52708061396_320dda095c_b.jpg This is a "Dive into the Pleiades Stars Cluster" ! Most of the time you will see a wide field picture of this beauty. This pictures features a zoom in the Plei...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52701331351_6f7c0a6dba_b.jpg Link to flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/197387915@N03/52701331351/in/pool-apods/ This image features Orion the Hunter surrounded by an ocean of hydrogen-alpha. Special technique applied to pull out most of the nebulosity hidden ...

Messier 104 - also known as the Sombrero Galaxy - is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo - 29 million light-years away from us - whose bright nucleus, unusually large central bulge, and prominent dust ring give it the appearance of a Mexican hat. The Sombrero Galaxy lies within a cloud of gal...

Corona Australis: A cloud of cosmic dust taking its ease amidst a vast field of stars in this stunning image centered on the northern border of the Corona Australis constellation. There are so many incredible marvels in the field of view that it will take 4 pages to describe them all :D ! Let's keep...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52684321120_1574f38b13_b.jpg Link to full size: https://www.astrobin.com/34jon9/ The magnificent Rho Ophiuchi Cloud is large nebula located in the southwestern corner of the constellation Ophiuchus which surrounds the triple star Rho Ophiuchi. The intriguing and ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52673350296_807074863f_h.jpg https://www.astrobin.com/9vmvmn/ I am pleased to share with you my last processing : SH2-308 - commonly dubbed as the Dolphin-Head Nebula by astrophotographers - a HII region located near the center of the constellation Canis Major. I...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52670584357_d83cdcd199_h.jpg Full size version : https://www.astrobin.com/zuymkl/C/ Among the most photographed deep sky object - M16 - or the mighty Eagle Nebula. Located in the constellation Serpens, Messier 16 is an open cluster that stands out against a diffu...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52668557097_c38b71ebb1_h.jpg Full size: https://www.astrobin.com/zuymkl/ Hi there ! I am super thrilled to share with you my take on the very core of "Messier 16" - dubbed also the "Eagle Nebula". Messier 16 is a region of active star formatio...