Starship Asterisk*

Cone Nebula
HaRGB

Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/a8u8mx/0/

Bok globules and columns in the Pacman Nebula (NGC281) The Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is about 9500 light-years away. The core of the nebula has been hollowed out by intense wind and radiation from young energetic stars. In fact, the scul...

Polar-Ring Galaxy NGC660 HaLRGB Nick Pavelchak https://www.astrobin.com/2afd91/ The Arecibo radio dish is sadly being decommissioned following the failure of two support cables in August and November 2020. At a diameter of 305 meters, the spherical dish was the largest single aperture telescope in t...

Veil Nebula_East
Ha/OIII bi-color
https://www.astrobin.com/full/267625/0/

Nick Pavelchak

Wizard, Bat, and Ghoul
Ha/OIII bi-color
https://www.astrobin.com/full/312279/0/?nc=user

Nick Pavelchak

Spider and Fly
Ha/OIII bi-color
https://www.astrobin.com/full/329953/0/

Nick Pavelchak

Cederblad 214 (Sharpless 171 and Berkeley 59)

[Ha][OIII][RGB stars]

Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/g1l046/0/?nc=user

Hurricane Isaias: Kiss and Rainbow After the heart of Hurricane Isaias passed over my observatory 20 miles West of Albany NY, my wife and I kissed in the Sun glow under its rainbow. Time/date: 2020-08-04 19:01:46.772 iPhone 11 camera Nick Pavelchak Altamont, NY https://www.astrobin.com/cofjty/0/?nc...

M91 (NGC 4548) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is one of the faintest Messier objects at approximately magnitude 11. M91 is about 63 million light-years away and has an apparent size of 5.4 x 4.3 arc minutes. Observations of Cepheid variable stars by the Hubble Spa...

Galaxies of Arp 296 and Arp 299 These two sets of interacting galaxies are listed in Halton Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 296 and Arp 299. Arp 299 is the larger set at the center of the image and consists of NGC 3690 and IC 694. There are numerous peer-reviewed publications on Arp 299 that...

The Fly The object commonly known as “The Fly” is the combination of a red emission nebula, blue reflection nebula, and an open star cluster. The star cluster is listed in the New General Catalog (NGC) as NGC 1931, while the nebulosity is included in the Sharpless catalog as Sh2-237. NGC 1931 is loc...

M51
Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/290684/?nc=user

CTB 1 (Abell 85)
Ha/OIII with RGB stars

Omega Nebula (M17)
[Ha][OIII] bi-color

Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/q7p6xk/B/?nc=user

5 Moons and Jupiter Jan 21, 2013

Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/30957/B/

Soap Bubble in Cygnus

Nick Pavelchal
https://www.astrobin.com/s26rvd/?nc=user

Ring Nebula
[Ha][OIII][RGB]

Nick Pavelchak
http://www.astrobin.com/abz2e6/

M109

Nick Pavelchak
http://www.astrobin.com/414315/?nc=user

Panther in the Rosette Nebula

Nick Pavelchak
http://www.astrobin.com/280391/?nc=user

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter - January 21, 2013

Jovian Moons from top to bottom (L to R) are Ganymede, Europa, Io, Callisto

Nick Pavelchak
http://www.astrobin.com/30957/?image_li ... 3&nc=&nce=

Draco Trio
NGC5981, NGC5982, NGC5985

https://www.astrobin.com/351956/?nc=user
Nick Pavelchak

M81 and M82
LHaRGB

Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/401486/0/

M81 and M82
Luminance and Ha
http://www.astrobin.com/398307/0/?nc=user

Nick Pavelchak

M82
LHaRGB

Nick Pavelchak
http://www.astrobin.com/393233/

Galaxy Cluster Abell 426 in Perseus This is a section of the galaxy cluster Abell 426 in Perseus. It is about 250 million light-years away. The galaxy at the top of the picture is NGC 1275. While this object has an oval shape, we are actually looking at a spiral galaxy nearly edge-on as it emits gas...