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No need to introduce the star of the winter sky, the seven sisters. https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/rQIigXWR5ShE_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Fo this picture I took 120'' and 3'' shots. Short exposures are useful for HDR and not saturating the big blue stars. technical data : Epsilon 160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-P B...

--- NEW DISCOVERY : Strottner-Drechsler Object 59 --- Here is the first image of the object StDr59 : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Fpx5MgsZ_WP2_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg Copyright : Julien Dufour / Marcel Drechsler This is a discovery by Xavier Strottner and Marcel Drechsler. The data were collected by ...

The rotten fish nebula https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/jShLpH8Rwo-X_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/jShLpH8Rwo-X_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Credit : Julien Dufour, Christophe Vergnes, Nicolas Martino LDN1251 is one of the numerous dark nebula in Cepheus. It is around 1000 light years a...

The Ghost of Cassiopeia https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/-KY8blvuKpSL_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/-KY8blvuKpSL_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg In this image we find 2 diffuse nebulae IC63 (the ghost) and IC59, Gamma Cassiopeia (the blue lighthouse) and some dark nebulae. The nebulae appe...

Dark sky matters https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/1qEgkVTATdSE_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/1qEgkVTATdSE_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg 24 minutes of integration for this image taken under a beautiful Bortle 3 sky in France (Samyang 135 / 6D). I thought I had accumulated 3 hours of integ...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ymHWlBwsjzl4_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ymHWlBwsjzl4_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Here is a Cassiopeia field rich in stars. It also includes several open clusters (NGC654, NGC663, IC166), dark nebulae and a small reflection nebula (Vdb6, which can be ...

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vWuLKD6ECGMR_620x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vWuLKD6ECGMR_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Here is the seahorse nebula - LDN1082 This is dark nebula located 1200 light years away. It is visible in the constellation Cepheus near the flying bag and the squid neb...

IFN bath (M81 / M82) https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/dsDT1YJY7Jcc_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg Located in the constellation Ursa Major, the galaxies M81 and M82 are about 12 million light-years away from us. The galaxies are on the same plane, only about 120,000 light-years apart (M81 has a diameter of 87,...

Hi ! Here is the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with a legend about the its anatomy Taken in January 22 from France. Author : Julien Dufour Full version here : https://www.astrobin.com/full/daoorc/E/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KLSGj0ewU7_Z_1824x0_esdlMP5Y.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KLSGj0ewU7_Z...

Hi everybody, Here is the region of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. It's a target that we usually see imaged in SHO but I do have a weakness for RGB. Full image : https://www.astrobin.com/full/ba4fj3/0/ ----------------- Takahashi Epsilon-160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro / EFW / Filtres Baader LRGB Monture Iopt...

Hi there, Here's my contribution for Nasa's APOD. Title: The Cave nebula (Sh2-155) - LRGB Image Credit: Julien Dufour Short description: This is the Cave Nebula, an emission nebula that offers a colorful wide field of Cepheus. The image has been taken in the natural parc "le Morvan" in Fra...

Hello, # Seahorse Nebula (Barnard 150) - RHaGB # After my LRGB version, Here is a new version of the seahorse nebula (Barnard 150) with the integration of Ha layer. A more colorful version. I hop you'll like it ! https://www.astrobin.com/wctsxp/ --------- Takahashi Epsilon-160ED ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro / ...

The Seahorse Nebula (B150) and a bit Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129) It was taken from France (morvan). With this image I wanted to show that this is the cloud of dust that obscures the starlight. I also wanted a smooth process to stay as close as possible to "reality". I hope you'll like it. ...