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Galactic Core Beyond the Hole in the Wall https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672008482_b427ee9002.jpg Galactic Core Beyond the Hole in the Wall by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr I have wanted to travel to this bortle 1 location for this unique structure for over 2 year now and finally I had the chance ...

The Hunt for the Devil - 12P/Pons–Brooks 🤘 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53644697784_d61c022b99.jpg The Hunt for the Devil - 12P/Pons–Brooks by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr I travelled over 500 kilometers from Cairo to a bortle 1 location in Al Wady Al Gaded Desert in New Valley government near th...

Winter Milkyway over Qussor Al Arab Rocks https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53626774011_d38371d5ce.jpg WInter Milkyway over Qussor Al Arab Rocks by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr This is a blebded composite of the winter milkyway over the Western Desert in Al Fayoum, Qussor Al Arab Rocks from the night ...

Winter Milky Way Panorama Arch over Qussor Dunes https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53567180004_f2f97ceafb.jpg Winter Milky Way Panorama Arch over Qussor Dunes by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr The Image is a stitched blended Winter Milkyway Panorama over Qussor Al Arab in Al Fayoum Egypt on the 7th of F...

"The Witch" https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53545041839_c744611e1b.jpg The Witch by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr This is the Witch Head Nebula in HaRGB, a reflection nebula in the constellation Eridanus, the nebula is believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by...

Antares Rise Again https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53525339482_b2d6c12f20.jpg Antares Rise Again by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr I captured Antares rising in the early hours last month and decided then to go with a natural looking edit but this month I decided to go deeper into Antares with Rho Ophi...

The Great Orion & Running Man Nebulae - HaLRGB (SHO) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53500944282_3bc512d98f.jpg The Great Orion & Running Man Nebulae - HaLRGB (SHO) by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr I had spent most of October, November and December imaging my favorite and the first region I h...

Rosette to Christmas Tree nebulae https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53479921499_837b6fd300.jpg Rosette to Christmas Tree nebulae by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr I had imaged that region back in November over two consecutive nights using my Rokinon 135mm, Nikon Z6II and favorite tracker, the Sky guider...

Antares 🦂 rising over the Valley of Whales 🐋 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53467344518_72ccdf9027.jpg Antares rising over the Valley of Whales 🐋 by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr This is my first successful capture of Antares and Rho Ophiuchi this year. Usually, it rises around 4 am and that's when ...

Winter Circle rising over Egyptian Sands https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53455060223_68722e2b4e.jpg Winter Circle rising over Egyptian Sands by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr The Winter Circle or Winter Hexagon is an asterism of a hexagon made of six stars. at Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyo...

“The Heart Nebula” – IC 1805 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53437153088_1753b1168d.jpg The Heart Nebula by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr The image is the Heart Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia in SHO color palette and RGB Stars. I have imaged The Heart and Soul Nebulae several times before on ...

Geminids meteor shower over Egypt's Western Desert https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53401521511_b9fc05b934.jpg Geminids meteor shower over Egypt's Western Desert by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr The Geminids meteor shower over the "Al Monfareda Rock" in The Valley of Whales in Egypt's Wester...

Pleiades - LRGB - The Seven Sisters https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53363166422_af6d4bb3ae.jpg Pleiades - LRGB - The Seven Sisters by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr Got to revisit one my early targets this season. "While not strictly a constellation, the Pleiades, comprise a striking open star cl...

Desert Thunderstorm over Egyptian Sand https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53333471143_046c607086.jpg Desert Thunderstorm over Egyptian Sand by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr After a series of cloudy nights before new moon which was supposed to be clear according to forecasts started with rain which is th...

NGC7822 - SHO https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53290589449_f292fd0401.jpg NGC7822 - SHO by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr NGC7822 AKA The Question Mark Nebula Also looks like an Ape's head or skull Redcat 51 AM5 ZWO ASI2600MM Filters: Antlia SHO 3NM Antlia RGB Antlia 3nm Narrowband H-alpha 2": 99×...

Rho Ophiuchi & Milky Way Core 46 Hour Mosaic https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53249116002_28d5507c05.jpg Rho Ophiuchi & Milky Way Core 46 Hour Mosaic by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr This image is an integration of 40 panels (46 hours) of the Galactic core and Rho Ophiuchi region. I have spent...

Look UP https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53228384634_01ae239bc7.jpg Look Up by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr This image captures the milkyway at this time of year when you are in a dark location and look up. Nikon Z6II Z Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 @14mm Fornax Lightrack II 30x60" - ISO 3200 August 9th h...

The Andromeda Galaxy - HaLRGB https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53195250822_83df8139af.jpg Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr The Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million light years from our Milky Way is the nearest galaxy to us. Also known as M31. Image data were acquired in August, the ...

Super Blue Moon over Pyramids of Egypt https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53153644567_1f8ae49b04.jpg Super Blue Moon over Pyramids of Egypt by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr Image is a single shot of the Super Blue Moon on the early hours of the 31st of August around 5 am which was around the time given ...

Perseid Meteor Strike https://vimeo.com/857783556 One meteor from the night of the 11th into the 12th of August. I cropped and used 21 frames to creat a video that shows the remains appearing in following frames. Nikon z6II Nikkor Z 14-24mm S 20sec - ISO 5000 - 14mm https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

The Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO/ LRGB Stars 🐘✨️ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53131930125_1625cbd1da.jpg Elephant Trunk Nebula by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr My first complete narrow band image with LRGB for stars. Data was collected over 4 nights between July & August in a bortle 2 location...

Waning Crescent Rising during Perseids Meteor Shower https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53123868002_acda17d694.jpg Waning Crescent Rising during Perseids Meteor Shower by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr Image is a composite of the waning crescent rising on the night of the 11th into the 12th with Andromed...

Perseids Meteor Shower over the Western Desert of Egypt https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53122487785_29bb24bb7b.jpg Perseids Meteor Shower over the Western Desert of Egypt by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr Image captures the meteor shower all over the sky with the milkyway towards Cygnus with Andromeda...

The Dark Shark Nebula in LRGB ✨️ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53096871509_0558e8a9b1.jpg The Dark Shark Nebula - LRGB by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr The sky shark or Shark Nebula is a dark cloud of interstellar gas and dust located in the constellation of Cepheus. ZWO ASI2600MM Redcat 51 AM5 R 4...

Category: Tracked/Blended/Composite The Lonely Tree https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53077040104_1001b876f0.jpg The Lonely Tree by Ahmed Waddah , on Flickr Image is a blended composite where the foreground was shot during beginning of blue hour and sky shot after astronomical twilight. Image was ...