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A closer look at M 104 Copyright: Jon Talbot M 104 has always been one of my favorite galaxy’s. I try to image it every few years. It's tough to get a lot of detail within the spiral arms since its very bright and also it doesn't rise very high in the N. Hemisphere so you're always shooting through...

A fuzzy bubble in Monoceros- PaRasMoMi-1 Copyright: Jonathan Talbot A fuzzy bubble of Oxygen III emission lies in Monoceros. This objects is close to the famous Rosette Nebula. PaRasMoMi-1 (PN G 206.2+00.6) is a potential planetary nebula in the constellation Monoceros. It was discovered in April 2...

A lonely bubble in Hydra - Abell 34 Copyright: Jonathan Talbot Abell 34, also know as PK 248+29.1 and PNG 248.7+29.5 is a very faint planetary nebula in the constellation Hydra. It lies some 2,400 light years distant. It glows mainly due to doubly ionized oxygen (OIII) but does have a bit of Ha emi...

NGC 4395 in Canes Venatici Copyright: Jon Talbot NGC 4395 is a beautiful low surface brightness seyfert type spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. It has several prominent spiral arms, blue star forming regions and Ha emission areas. NGC 4395 lies 14million light years distant. http://www.starscapeimagi...

Kronberger 131 - A mysterious planetary nebula in Auriga Copyright: Jonathan Talbot Kronberger 131 (Kn131) is a very faint and mysterious planetary nebula in the constellation Auriga. It measures about 4x3 arcmin in size. Kn 131 also goes by the designation PN G162.9-01.6. Kn 131 is a bipolar plane...

A Heart in Monoceros Copyright: Jon Talbot, Marcel Drechsler I'm excited to announce the first deep image taken of the potential planetary nebula Strottner-Drechsler 44 (StDr44) in the constellation Monoceros. StDr44 was discovered by Xavier Strottner and Marcel Drechsler in March of 2020. It lies ...

M82-The Starburst Galaxy Copyright: Jonathan Talbot The incredible M82 with its huge amount of hydrogen emission due to massive star formation near its core. This M82, super wind, as it's sometimes called, extends a long way from the galaxy. There is even a hint of a bow shock of material, also kno...

A fiery bubble and Planetary Nebula A wide view of the Bubble Nebula and a Planetary nebula (KjPn8) in the constellation Cassiopeia. The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) is a HII, emission nebula with the bubble created by the large and hot central star (BD+60˚ 2522) which in the top image is located in th...

A Helping Hand in Cassiopeia Copyright: Jon Talbot Weblink: https://www.starscapeimaging.com/Helping%20Hand%20Nebula/Helping%20Hand.html The attached image shows a marvelous and busy area in the constellation Cassiopeia. It contains a large amount of dust, several dark nebula and several reflection ...

A shark in Cepheus
Copyright: Jonathan Talbot
http://www.starscapeimaging.com/LDN1235/LDN1235.html
The Shark Nebula in Cepheus along with VdB 149 and VdB 150

A planetary nebula with a bow shock front Copyright: Jonathan Talbot Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 (HFG1) is a faint planetary nebula in Cassiopeia with a pronounced bow shock. HFG1 was discovered in 1982 and is also known as PK 136+05.1. HFG1 was formed by the mag 14.5 star V664 Case which is actually a ...