Hi all, A new, wider view of Messier 16, The Eagle Nebula, has been added to the web site. It is an image taken in narrowband and enriched by blending the core region with a previous higher resolution image taken with the 20″. This image is part of a series of wide field images blended …
Monthly Archives: July 2017
A different chapter: Wide-Field images: The M8 region…
Hi all! A new image has been uploaded to the web site. This time, we start a new chapter as, for some time, we will be imaging with a wonderful TOA refractor 130mm f/5.7. The first region to be imaged and processed has been the Messier 8 region. This image spans nearly 3×3 degrees and …
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Another galaxy in the site! NGC 521
Hi all, Another galaxy, this time NGC 521, a peculiar LLAGN (Low Luminosity Active Galaxy Nucleus), taken with the Schulman Telescope. You can find it at: NGC 521 Enjoy! Josep
A tiny Planetary Nebula has been added! (Shapley-1)
Hi all, The activity has been recovered, after a three month period (we moved to a new location not far away from Philadelphia). A Planetary Nebula has been added to the web site. This time it is the tiny Shapley-1, a Nebula about which there is still some debate around its structure and distance. The …
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