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NGC 7380: Conjuring the Wizard Nebula in Cepheus http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Blogs/Resources/CITSO_Wizard_Summer2012_DownsampledX2.jpg For a full resolution version please click here . This is my first-ever all-narrowband image, shot through Ha, SII, and OIII filters. The raw frames wer...

The Deer Lick Group: NGC 7331 and friends http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Blogs/citsobloglicked.html Copyright: Howard Trottier http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Blogs/Resources/CITSO_DeerLick_Summer2011.jpg I was initially stumped by the image processing challenges of this complex fi...

Hello: I'd like to submit the following image to Asterisk/APOD. This field of view in Cepheus pairs the reflection nebula NGC 7129 with the star cluster NGC 7142 in the bottom left corner. This is the result of 12.5 hours of exposure in LRGB using a PlaneWave CDK17 telescope and an Apogee U16M camer...

NGC6914: In the heart of the Swan http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Blogs/Resources/CITSO_NGC6914_Summer_2012_Downsampled.jpg Hi: I shot this image of NGC6914, a tangle of nebulae and stars in the heart of Cygnus, between July 24 and August 25. A brilliant blanket of red emission nebulae enco...

A Spiral Galaxy, Bar None! M109 in Ursa Major Copyright Howard Trottier http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Resources/CITSO_M109_April2012.jpg Hi: I shot the raw frames for this image of Messier 109 last month, for three consecutive nights, April 20-22 2012, from my Cabin in the Sky Observatory...

http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/Observatory/Blogs/Resources/CITSO_Cave_Aug2011_Redo_80Q.jpg Hi: This is an image of Sharpless 2-155, the Cave nebula in Cepheus. I shot the Cave for more than 16 hours last summer, over four nights between August 26 and September 1, but I've used only the best 10 hours f...

Hi: I submitted an earlier version of this image of NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, to APOD/Asterisk at the end of December. Since I drive myself bonkers reprocessing an image over and over again, trying to bring out all the textures and colours that might be hiding in the raw frames, I use submission ...