Hi all,
A new image of NGC 2359 has been uploaded. It has been taken, together with my good friend Christian Sasse, with a higher resolution set up (100 MPx camera and a 24″ scope).
You can find it at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A much deeper image of NGC 4438 (The Eyes Galaxies) has been uploaded
Hi all,
Being one of the Markarian Chain galaxies, NGC 4438 is close and “interconnected” with M86 over a very faint Hydrogen cloud that is the result of huge clouds of Hydrogen being stripped from NGC 4438 by M86 after a gravitational encounter. Over 65 hours of exposure, nearly 40 hours of it being taken with an Halpha filter, have been needed to get this image. You can see it at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A reprocessed image of NGC 2237 has been uploaded
Hi all,
This 2-pane mosaic was taken in 2017, with the 20″ telescope of my good friend Don Goldman. A year ago, I took a few images of its center with my 24″ located in Utah, in order to get some more detail of the dark lanes that frame the central “cave”. You can see the result at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A reprocessed image of the mosaic of NGC 6188 has been uploaded
Hi all,
I have uploaded another reprocessed image. This time it is the mosaic of NGC 6188 (originally taken in 2019), that is shown in two versions: starless (I like this one better) and with stars. These are the so called the Fighting Dragons of Ara, and its shape has been carved by the star winds of the young stars in the close open cluster NGC 6193. You can see it at:
Enjoy!
Josep
An image of NGC 2392, the Eskimo Nebula, has been uploaded
Hi all,
An image of this tiny planetary nebula, NGC 2392, has been uploaded. It is not an easy target to process since it requests working with HDR technique with images taken at different exposure times. You can see it at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A reprocessed image of IC 1805 has been uploaded
Hi all,
This time I have uploaded a reprocessed image, IC 1805. I usually try to keep the images as they were processed the first time, but I think this one deserved a second visit (and some others too, that will be uploaded in coming posts). Please find this image at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A new image of NGC 2070 showing the remains of SN 1987A has been uploaded
Hi all,
An image of the region containing the Tarantula Nebula, NGC 2070, has been uploaded. This area is intensely creating new, hot, young blue stars. The image also displays the remains of some supernova explosions. Among these, many of us still remember the supernova that exploded in 1987 (SN 1987A). Its remains are visible (please, look also the cropped images) in the image. Very few amateur images of this remnant can be found online. You can find the image at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A new image of the Pencil Nebula, NGC 2736 has been uploaded
Hi all,
A new image of NGC 2736, the Pencil Nebula, taken with a higher resolution, has been uploaded. This nebula is a fragment of the Vela SNR. Amazingly, it is very easy to witness the nebula’s expansion across the sky by comparing images taken a few years apart… You can see this new version at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A new image of NGC 1977 has been uploaded
Hi all,
This is a frequently imaged nebula, located just above the Orion Nebula, M42. This new image, a two-pane mosaic taken with a higher resolution equipment, is one of the results of the ongoing collaboration with Christian Sasse. You can see the image and its explanation at:
Enjoy!
Josep
A deep image of NGC 5128 has been uploaded
Hi all,
NGC 5128 is a galaxy full with surprising features. This deep image highlights the very faint Hydrogen jet expelled from it due to one of the galaxy’s gravitational encounters. There are two previous versions of this galaxy in the web site, but this one is, by far, the deepest, with over 81 hours of exposure. Please see the image and its explanation at:
Enjoy,
Josep