28 January 2023

IC 434_LHaRGB Horsehead and Flame nebula

 

 This is an old fits back to 2015 with WO FLT110 and Atik314mm. The deference is that the Ha is from my new setup SW Esprit 100 and Atik 460mm taken before 2 months.

-Telescope: William Optics FLT 110 with F/T focuser 3025 & SW Esprit 100
-Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 Skyscan pro and SW AZ-EQ5
-Chip: Atik 314L+ & Atik 460mm
-Guiding: TS finder 8x50 with Meade DSI I pro & ZWO offaxis guider
-Filter wheel: Starlight Xpress usb 7x1.25

 The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which bears some resemblance to a horse's head when viewed from Earth.

23 January 2023

NGC 7380 Wizard nebula_SHO

 


Telescope : SW Esprit 100ED
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT
Camera : Atik 460 mono
Guiding :ZWO off-axis guider with QHY 5IIL
Filters :Astrodon Ha(5nm), Baader SII & OIII. Total exposure time :400 min from 2 different nights .
Programs I have used : Nina 1.11 _ PixInsight 1.8.9
Location: Grammatiko, Attiki

 NGC 7380 is a young[4] open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula, which spans an angle of 25. German-born astronomer William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. The nebula is known as S 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142).[2] It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very dark skies and an O-III filter. The NGC 7380 complex is located at a distance of approximately 8.5 kilolight-years from the Sun, in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way.[2]
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way


 

15 December 2022

LBN 529 Cave Nebula LRGB/Ha

 


 Telescope : SW Esprit 100ED
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT
Camera : Atik 460 mono
Guiding : offaxis guider with QHY 5IIL
Filters :Baader LRGB Total exposure time : 9 hours and  5 minutes from 2 different nights .
Programs I have used : Nina 1.10 _ PixInsight 1.8.9_ Photoshop CS6
Location: Grammatiko, Attiki

Sh2-155 (also designated Caldwell 9, Sharpless 155 or S155) is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cepheus, within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is widely known as the Cave Nebula, though that name was applied earlier to Ced 201, a different nebula in Cepheus. Sh2-155 is an ionized H II region with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 725 parsecs (2400 light-years) from Earth.

Sh2-155 was first noted as a galactic emission nebula in 1959 in the extended second edition of the Sharpless catalogue, being a part of the much larger Cep OB3 Association. Although Sh2-155 is relatively faint for amateur observation, some of its structure may be seen visually through a moderately sized telescope under dark skies.

Sh2-155 lies at the edge of the Cepheus B cloud (part of the Cepheus molecular cloud), and is ionized by young stars from the Cep OB3 association It has been suggested that radiation from the hot O-type star HD 217086 is compressing the region, triggering the formation of a new generation of stars. A study of the region's young stellar objects by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows a progression of stellar ages in front of the cloud, supporting the hypothesis of triggered star-formation.

12 April 2022

Leo Triplet (M 66 group) in Lrgb

 

 New edition with much more careful processing 12/2022

 

 The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628

The M96 Group is located physically near the Leo Triplet. These two groups may actually be separate parts of a much larger group, and some group identification algorithms actually identify the Leo Triplet as part of the M96 Group.

Telescope : SW Esprit 100ED
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT
Camera : Atik 460 mono
Guiding : SW Evoguide 50mmED with QHY 5IIL
Filters :Baader LRGB Total exposure time : 10:30 minutes from 3 different nights
Programs I have used : Nina 1.10 _ PixInsight 1.8.8_ Photoshop CS6
Location: Grammatiko, Attiki

 

07 January 2022

IC 410 The Tadpoles -SHO

 

Telescope : SW Esprit 100ED
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT
Camera : Atik 460 mono
Guiding :ZWO off-axis guider with QHY 5IIL
Filters :Astrodon Ha(5nm) 21x600, Baader O3 13x600, SII 9x600.Total : 7hours and 10min
Programs I have used : Nina 1.11 _ PixInsight 1.8.9
Location: Grammatiko, Attiki

 IC410 is a dusty emission nebula located in the constellation of Auriga at about 12.000 ly from Earth. It is part of a larger star forming region that also contains the Flaming Star Nebula.
The gas structures in this picture are lit by the radiation from the open star cluster NGC1893 that lies in the center of the nebula.
This star cluster is about 4 million years old, but in astronomical terms it is still very young, with hot, massive stars.
At the top-left of the star cluster two more dense structures are visible. These are similar to the famous Pillar of Creation and they are composed of dust and gas leftover from the formation
of the star cluster and are very likely to give birth to more stars in the future. As can be seen in the picture, these structures
point away from the center of the nebula. This is because of the stellar winds and radiation pressure from the stars in NGC 1893.
Due to these structure's shape, the nebula is also called the Tadpoles Nebula.