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Hi all,
Another image today… In this case, it’s NGC 3576, the Statue of Liberty Nebula. This is the fourth image of this nebula that you can find in my web site. In this case, the image was taken in the frame of the joint project with Christian Sasse. The large telescope (24 in) as well as the high resolution camera (103 MPx) allow for a very detailed image. You can find it at:
Enjoy,
Josep
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Usually, I don’t reprocess the images. The only exception is that, with time, it is clear to me that the initial image was incorrectly processed. This is the case of the beautiful emission-reflection nebula, IC 405. Judge for yourselves. You can find it at:
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Josep
Hi all,
An image of the Prawn Nebula, IC 4628 has been uploaded. This is also the second image of this nebula that you can find in this web site. The peculiarity of this image is that the frames taken with the SII filter have been color mapped differently from its natural color, in order to better discern between the different gases that compose the nebula. This image is another result of the ongoing joint project with Christian Sasse. You can find the image and more information at:
Enjoy,
Josep
Hi all,
An image of NGC 3293 has been uploaded. This image is the result of a second visit to this nebula, this time in the context of our project with Christian Sasse. You can find the image at:
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Josep
Hi all,
An image of the Propeller Nebula has been uploaded. It is a small region of the Cygnus nebular complex and, therefore, shows its general properties, like being a star-birth place. You can find the image as well as more information at:
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Josep
Hi all,
Today, there is a third image being uploaded. This time, it is a beautiful one-armed barred galaxy, NGC 4725. There is several peculiarities linked to this galaxy, but one of the most interesting is that it is interacting gravitationally with another spiral (NGC 4747, not in the picture). As a result of this interaction, part of the tidal tail formed by the stars, that have been expelled from NGC 4747, have formed a Tidal Dwarf Galaxy (TDG) by themselves. You can find the image and more information at:
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Josep
Hi all,
An image of NGC 6164-5 and the Blue Doily Nebula that surrounds them has been uploaded. This nebular complex is very interesting in that the central spectroscopic binary star has ejected material in two phases. The first one, rich in Oxygen, conformed the bluish nebula that, in absence of a popular name I have called it the “Blue Doily Nebula”. The red emission nebulas in its center are NGC 6164 and 6165.You can find the image and more information at:
Enjoy,
Josep
Hi all,
A two-pane mosaic of the complex nebular system around IC 4685 has been uploaded. A bright and strangely shaped planetary nebula adds to the beauty of the main four bright emission and reflection nebulas in the field. You can find it at:
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Josep
Hi all,
An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2903 has been uploaded. It is a surprising barred spiral galaxy with a very fine structure (dust lanes) in its central regions. You can find it at:
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Josep
Hi all,
I know that it is a bit late, but better than never… On 27 March, Ceres crossed in front of Messier 100, a beautiful spiral galaxy. My friend Christian Sasse, took 42images of this event and now, the stacked and processed image has been uploaded. The luminance of M100 as well as all images of ceres, have been taken from Chile. The RGB images for this final image were taken from New Mexico. You can find the image at:
Enjoy,
Josep
