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MWP 1 and Alv 1
https://www.astrobin.com/cxmi9a/
Copyright: David Payne MWP 1 is surrounded by an ISM halo with a size of 1 degree that was discovered by the professional astronomer David Frew in 2008. This is material unrelated to the planetary nebula being ionized by UV radiation from the central star leaking out of the PN shell.

Ou 2 and NGC 136
http://www.astroimages.at/btb/ou2-1.htm
Copyright: BTB AstroTeam Brentenriegel Ou 2 is the planetary nebula and NGC 136 is the open cluster.

EGB 4
https://www.astrobin.com/7ct9sv/
Copyright: Niko Geisriegler Originally catalogued as a possible planetary nebula, this was later found to be a bowshock nebula around the cataclysmic variable BZ Camelopardalis.

Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736)
https://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/pen ... a-in-vela/
Copyright: Don Goldman

NGC 3603
https://www.chart32.de/index.php/component/k2/item/127
Copyright: CHART32
Processing: Johannes Schedler

FP J1912-0331
https://www.starscapeimaging.com/FPJ191 ... -0331.html
Copyright: Jon Talbot

Sh2-216
https://www.astrobin.com/kyg5pm/
Copyright: Bray Falls A small part of the supernova remnant Sh-221 (better known to professional astronomers as HB 9) can be seen to the left.

NGC 6124 - THE OPEN CLUSTER IN SCORPIUS


BEST DETAILS:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/xud81g/0/

EQUIPMENT:
Esprit 150mm triplet
Zwo asi 6200mc
Mount CEM120
Frames 95X100"

LOCATION: Munhoz - MG - Brazil
DATES: 04/30/2023

PROCESSING AND CAPTURE:
Adobe Photoshop, ASTAP, SGP, PHD2 and PixInsight

Author: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.comCopyright: Your name

StDr 45
https://www.imagingdeepspace.com/stdr-45.html
Data: Peter Goodhew
Processing: Marcel Drechsler

NGC 6210
https://www.astrobin.com/dgi1cg/
Copyright: Boris Chausov

NGC 1532
https://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo110.htm
Copyright: Ciel Austral

IC 5201
https://www.chart32.de/index.php/component/k2/item/206
Copyright: CHART32
Processing: Volker Wendel

NGC 6951
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... 51Prim.htm
Copyright: Josef Pöpsel, Stefan Binnewies and Frank Sackenheim

M13
https://www.astrobin.com/ydk4cz/
Copyright: Luca Marinelli

Double Cluster
https://www.astrobin.com/2l0m8r/
Copyright: Jonas Illner

Ek 2
https://www.astrobin.com/zxvqg0/
Copyright: Sven Eklund

Eridanus Loop
https://www.astrobin.com/tje0kd/0/
Copyright: Rodney Watters

Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264)
https://paulhaese.net/NGC2264.html
Copyright: Paul Haese

Sh2-97
http://www.astrophoton.com/S097.htm
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl

NGC 1589
https://esahubble.org/images/potw2010a/
Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA

IC 1284
https://www.astrobin.com/01ae6n/
Copyright: Gianni Fardelli

M17
https://www.astrobin.com/a1x6oc/
Copyright: David Cheng

Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105968790 ... 146977281/
Copyright: Steven Mohr

Sh2-132
https://www.astrobin.com/fhinq4/0/
Copyright: Sven Hoffmann