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by Richardwhitehead
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:33 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2024 February
Replies: 75
Views: 399770

Re: Submissions: 2024 February

The Angel Nebula and the dust clouds of Monoceros contain many interesting deep sky objects, principally NGC 2170 which is often interchangeable as a name. NGC 2182, NGC2167 can also be seen in this deep, wide field shot. I also wanted to include VdB70 which is the red disk seen at the top right in ...
by Richardwhitehead
Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 December
Replies: 100
Views: 166917

Re: Submissions: 2023 December

The Horsehead and Flame Nebula ,plus some other nice reflection nebulae like NGC 2023 seen between these in blue is a region almost everyone has imaged, but it doesn't stop it being beautiful and fascinating. This is an LRGB image cropped to about 50% taken on my Takahashi FSQ106EDX4 from Animas, NM...
by Richardwhitehead
Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:21 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 November
Replies: 62
Views: 244329

Re: Submissions: 2023 November

The California Nebula this is my " first light" image taken at Dark Sky New Mexico on my Takahashi FSQ106/A-P 1100 combo The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula about 1000 Light years from Earth. Its name comes from the fact that the central most often imaged portion looks (...
by Richardwhitehead
Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
Replies: 158
Views: 366443

Re: Submissions: 2023 October

WR134 Wolf-Rayet star Nebula in Cygnus
Shot from Hinesburg, VT, USA
by Richardwhitehead
Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:17 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
Replies: 158
Views: 366443

Re: Submissions: 2023 October

A two pane Mosaic of two rare but near each other Wolf-Rayet stars and their nebulosity
The Crescent Nebula ( NGC6888) and WR134, seen against the backdrop of Cygnus Nebulosity
by Richardwhitehead
Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:55 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
Replies: 158
Views: 366443

Re: Submissions: 2023 October

This is a widefield view of the Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) and the surrounding wonderful area of Cygnus Nebulosity and the very faint "Soap Bubble" nebula seen just below it. The Crescent Nebula is the nebulosity caused by gas shells being ejected from the massively hot central star, Wolf-R...
by Richardwhitehead
Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:25 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
Replies: 158
Views: 366443

Re: Submissions: 2023 October

This wide field view of part of Sagittarius, shows the Lagoon nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20) as erupting ionization areas embedded in a rich field of molecular clouds. There are many other seldom imaged interesting structures within the surrounding area such as filaments and other areas of nebu...
by Richardwhitehead
Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:08 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 September
Replies: 120
Views: 192998

Re: Submissions: 2023 September

The Lion Nebula Sh2-132 - a deep view I'm not sure why but I have been obsessed by this nebula for a while, as it is so faint, understanding more about its true structure and morphology is interesting. I posted a picture of this subject a couple of weeks ago, but I was able to image consistently for...
by Richardwhitehead
Tue Sep 12, 2023 3:53 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 September
Replies: 120
Views: 192998

Re: Submissions: 2023 September

The Lion Nebula Sh2-132 is an interesting nebula, part of the Sharpless catalog, primarily a star formation area with several massive hot blue stars ionizing the gasses in this formation . There are also two Wolf-Rayet stars identified within the nebula, these are supermassive highly energetic stars...
by Richardwhitehead
Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 March
Replies: 116
Views: 185231

Re: Submissions: 2023 March

M31 Andromeda Galaxy
Shot here in Ha RGB from my garden in St. George VT
Celestron RASA 11"
by Richardwhitehead
Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2023 February
Replies: 33
Views: 36702

SHO Jellyfish Nebula

The Jellyfish Nebula and friends ( IC443) in SHO I posted a half finished image of this a few days ago and was lucky enough to get a few moonless hours to re-do the OIII and SII. I have to say I'm fairly pleased with the result which has enough data to produce a deep image and faint details that ar...
by Richardwhitehead
Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:45 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2021 February
Replies: 69
Views: 77719

Re: Submissions: 2021 February

M42 and Running man Nebula
Imaged in Jan 2021 in Northern Vermont, USA
A blend of 3 sets of exposures at 10 min, 2 min and 30seconds to go from dust lanes to core.

Equipment:
RASA 11". CGX mount, ASI 6200 MC pro
Processd in Pixinsight and Photoshop.
by Richardwhitehead
Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:36 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2021 February
Replies: 69
Views: 77719

Re: Submissions: 2021 February

The Tadpoles Nebula (IC410) and Flaming Star Nebula in the Constellation of Auriga. I took this HaSHO image last week on a very rare almost clear night. In fact it was the clearest night in northern Vermont since last July!. Rather than completing some earlier projects I thought I’d shoot something...