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NGC 1808- In Columba (this is a Reprocessed Version showing outer arms and some very nice deep detail. © Selby-Hanson NGC 1808 LRGB rev APOD cropsmallCDK 1000 10 August 2022.jpg NGC 1808 is a barred spiral galaxy of some 35,000 light-years across, located about 40 million light-years away in the sou...

NGC 2090 in Columba Copyright: Mark Hanson - Mike Selby NGC 2090-Selby HansonsmallApod.jpg NGC 2090 is an infrequently imaged spiral galaxy located 40 million light years away in Columba. The structure of NGC 2090 is an SC type of spiral, the arms are quite faint and required considerable integrati...

NGC 247 – Needle’s Eye Galaxy Field of Galactic Gems! Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC-247-24-LRGBHA80small2Apod.jpg I don’t know what else to say other than this field of galactic gems puts a smile on my face. It reminds me of when I visited the crown jewels in London. Think about how many real gems are ...

Helix Nebula - NGC 7293 Copyright: Mark Hanson HelixAPOD.jpg “Beauty of Death” In the final stages of a star’s life, the comet-like columns of dust and debris seen in the core of NGC 7293were formed when the hot stellar winds and radiation expanded out into the colder shells of gas and dust. You ca...

NGC 300 in full bloom NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 70) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group. This beauty shows itself full face on and in full HA bloom. NGC 300 50-apod.jpg This was done in Chile at SWOS (Stellar Winds Observatory ...

Messier 22 Copyright: Mark Hanson M22smallApod.jpg Messier 22 or M22, also known as NGC 6656, is an elliptical globular cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius, near the Galactic bulge region. It is one of the brightest globulars visible in the night sky. Taken with PlaneWave 24” CDK at SW...

Here are a few new images I have finished recently. The first one is M8 (the Lagoon Nebula). This is one of the most photographed regions of the sky and has been done by almost all astrophotographers, so, I needed to make it special somehow -- not an easy feat. This was done in Chile at SWOS (Stella...

NGC 2327 Copyright: Mark Hanson This is a beautiful part of the famous seagull nebula. It has a nice variety of nebula, notice the very strange wisp coming off the star in the upper left corner. NGC2327small2.jpg Data from El Sauce, Chile 17” Planewave CDK Lum 6 hours, RGB 5 hours per channel, and 9...

NGC -3109 Copyright: Mark Hanson This is a wonderful active dwarf galaxy. The addition of HA really makes this image pop. Data from El Sauce, Chile 17” Planewave CDK LRGBHA - 440,300,300,300,300 NGC-3109APODsmall.jpg You can see the full version here. https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-3190 Thank y...

NGC 6334 The Cat’s Paw Nebula Copyright Mark Hanson This stunning part of the sky in Scorpius was taken from El Sauce, Chile with a PlaneWave CDK 17” using all 7 filters. This is one of the most detailed versions I have seen. I processed it in 3 different ways to show it in all its glory, actually 4...

NGC 1512 Copyright: Mark Hanson I haven’t posted in quite some time -- crazy times all around. I’ve still been processing images and updating my website -- so here is NGC 1512. What a beautiful galaxy with its brilliant core and spider like arms. you can see the full version here: https://www.hanso...

NGC 1512 Copyright: Mark Hanson I haven’t posted in quite some time -- crazy times all around. I’ve still been processing images and updating my website -- so here is NGC 1512. What a beautiful galaxy with its brilliant core and spider like arms. you can see the full version here: https://www.hanson...

NGC 6822-Barnards Galaxy

Copyright Mark Hanson
Taken by Martin Pugh from El Sauce, Chile 17” Planewave CDK
LRGBHA 7.5,5,5,5,11.5 Hours Processed by Me

You can see the full version here:
https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc6822-2

Thank you,

Mark Hanson

Ann,
I think its reflection nebula as it does have some structure but not positive. I have all the stacked fit files if anyone wants to look at them. Thank you, Mark

M 82 ( Cigar Galaxy ) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major Telescope: ASA EQ1000 f7 - ASA 1 m equatorial telescope Location: Vega Observatory - House of Nature Salzburg, Austria Camera: FLI Microline 16803 Exposure time: 49x7min. Luminance,...

I think that what your image shows is very real. Compare your own image with this one by Benjamin Csizi. Ann Thanks Ann for the reference. That's what got me started on this. (-: I hope to go deeper this week to focus on that faint wide "road" from the galaxy, through those 3 bright stars...

I think that what your image shows is very real. Compare your own image with this one by Benjamin Csizi. Ann Thanks Ann for the reference. That's what got me started on this. (-: I hope to go deeper this week to focus on that faint wide "road" from the galaxy, through those 3 bright stars...

Wide field view of M104, the Sombrero Galaxy, 4.3h total LRGB exposure with Telescope 3 of ChileScope https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49845960716_a01cb3963b_o.jpg Full resolution and techincal information: https://www.astrobin.com/lduc0b/D/?nc=user Benjamin, If you invert and do a very aggressi...

Sombrero Galaxy - M104 Copyright Mark Hanson Here is an image taken by Martin Pugh and processed by me. The image has exquisite detail and is amazing for an amateur telescope to achieve. M104-No HaWebsmall.jpg Take a look at the full resolution image here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/m-104 Than...

Sombrero Galaxy - M104 Copyright Mark Hanson Here is an image taken by Martin Pugh and processed by me. The image has exquisite detail and is amazing for an amateur telescope to achieve. M104-No HaWebsmall.jpg Take a look at the full resolution image here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/m-104 Thank...

NGC 2442 - The Meathook Galaxy

Copyright Mark Hanson
Taken from El Sauce, Chile

You can see a full resilution image here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-244 ... ook-galaxy

Thank you,
Mark Hanson

IC 2220 - Toby Jug Nebula Copyright: Mark Hanson IC2220-WEBsmallapod.jpg Located towards the constellation of Carina, IC 2220 is a fairly rare example of a yellow reflection nebula. It was given the popular name of the Toby Jug Nebula in 1979 after its appearance in colour photographs taken by David...

The Antennae Galaxies Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC-4038-4039small2.jpg NGC-4038-39WHAsmall2.jpg This was a fun set of data to process; the detail in the core is quite amazing. What a beautiful object. Take a look at the full resolution image here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-40384039 Thank yo...

The Antennae Galaxies Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC-4038-4039small2.jpg NGC-4038-39WHAsmall2.jpg This was a fun set of data to process; the detail in the core is quite amazing. What a beautiful object. Take a look at the full resolution image here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-40384039 Thank you...

NGC 3628 Mosaic with Tail Copyright: Mark Hanson NGC3628FinalsmallThumb.jpg This has been a project from 3 different telescopes over the last 5 years. Please take a look at my website with nice description, full rez file and a link to look at a paper by David Martinez-Delgado on Ultra Deep imaging ...