Hi all, This time, the uploaded image is a planetary nebula, that owes its beauty to its simplicity. Abell 33 is a spherical, bluish planetary nebula in the constellation Hydra. Its color is mainly due to the OIII emission and it has been imaged with narrowband filters. The data of this object have been taken …
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New image uploaded! NGC 1999
Hi all, A new image, this time NGC 1999, has been uploaded. This nebula is very interesting for several reasons. It is located in the Orion area and is currently the birthplace of many stars. There are at least 13 Herbig Haro objects in the image and… it is one of the most beautiful objects …
Please look at the APOD today! It is my first one!
Hi all, I am happy to share with you that one of my images, the Tarantula Nebula, has been selected as APOD (Astronomy Picture Of the day, NASA) for today November 8th, 2016: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/ap161108.html If you want to give a look at the details of the image in this web site: NGC 2070. Caldwell 103. …
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The Tarantula Nebula has been uploaded
Hi all, Just a few minutes ago, two images of the Tarantula Nebula have been uploaded. In fact, it is one image with two different ways of processing, stressing different properties in each case. You will see that this image is the combination of about 40 hours of imaging in narrowband and RGB. The processing …
NGC 3576, the Statue of Liberty Nebula, has been selected as AAPOD
Hi all, I am very happy to share with you, that the image of NGC 3576, the Statue of Liberty Nebula, has been selected as Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD) on October 20, 2016. Please find it at the link below: http://www.aapodx2.com/2016/20161020.html Currently, this is the third image that I am happy to …
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A unique Supernova Remnant is in the bag…
Hi all, Another image has been uploaded. This time it is a Supernova remnant, SNR, whose data were captured by Don Goldman, with whom I am sharing his excellent scope located in the SSO in Australia. He got a very high quality set of data and now, I have processed them and uploaded to this web …
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A new image! NGC 55-Caldwell 72
Hi all, A new image has been uploaded! This time, it is a galaxy. As medium-sized barred Magellanic spiral galaxy, located at only 7 Million light-years. This is why, even being not a large galaxy, we can see a lot of detail in it and many individual clusters and even stars. It is seen …
Another new version (probably the last reprocessed one): N206
Hi all, As stated in the previous post, I have reprocessed (and uploaded) N206. Please find this one at: N206 Enjoy! Josep
A new version of an already existing image (NGC 346)
Hi all, Already some months ago, I thought that the existing version of NGC 346 had to be reviewed/improved. The new version is ready and has been uploaded. New versions will be restricted and I have plans for only one more: N206. Located at: NGC 346 Enjoy! Josep
A new image has been posted! (M20)
Hi all! A new image has been uploaded! This time, it concerns M20, the Trifid Nebula. There was already another image of M20 in the web site, but this one has a couple of characteristics that might improve the previous one. Firstly, it is mainly a narrowband image (compared to the usual LRGB images …