Another image of the Elephant Trunk (natural color) has been uploaded (correction)

Sorry, now with the correct link.

Hi all,

An image of IC 1396A, the Elephant Trunk, has been uploaded. This is an image taken with narrowband filters and with the colors mapped to a more natural color, in order to better provide an image similar to the original nebula. You can find the image, as well as some more information at:

IC 1396A. The Elephant Trunk in natural color

Enjoy,
Josep

An image of the Elephant Trunk has been uploaded

Hi all,

An image of IC 1396A, the Elephant Trunk, has been uploaded. This is an image taken with narrowband filters and with the colors mapped to a modified Hubble Palette, in order to better enhance the differences in composition of the gases present in the nebula. You can find the image, as well as some more information at:

IC 1396A. The Elephant Trunk

Enjoy,
Josep

An image of NGC 7023 has been uploaded

Hi all,

An image of NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, has been uploaded. This is a broadband LRGB image (actually, some frames through an Halpha filter were also taken, but not used for the final image, because they did not seem to add anything).

This is a beautiful nebula, but also a very interesting object. You can find the image and additional information at:

NGC 7023. The Iris Nebula

Enjoy,

Josep

An image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula has been added

Hi all,

A new image has been uploaded. This time it is a planetary nebula, NGC 6543 (the Cat’s Eye Nebula). Believe it or not, but over 830 images have been combined to create this image. Numerous short (6, 60 and 600 seconds in Halpha, OIII and NII for the core) together with multiple longer exposures (40 minutes in Halpha and OIII for the halo) were needed to compensate the immense dynamic range of this nebula.

You can find more information and the image at:

NGC 6543. The Cat’s Eye Nebula

Enjoy,
Josep

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