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Hi all,
I have just uploaded another wide field image, This time, it’s IC 2948, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula. This image has been enhanced with a higher resolution image of its core, showing many details as well as the Bok globules (stellar birthplace). The image and its info can be found at:
IC 2948. The Running Chicken Nebula. A wide field image
Enjoy!
Josep
Hi all,
The Homunculus Nebula is a true challenge for any amateur telescope. Some good amateur pictures of it can be found in the web, and I wanted to try with the CDK 20″, located at the SSO, Australia. The result can be found at:
NGC 3372-Caldwell 92 (core region)
This page already has NGC 3372 as it was taken more than a year ago. I have added the Homunculus Nebula (its shape is clearly spotted, although no big detail shows up, image at center) as well as the same image of NGC 3372 with the Homunculus Nebula blended into its right place and orientation (image at right).
Enjoy!
Josep
Hi all,
A new image has been uploaded. This time, it is a section of a nearby galaxy (actually, it is a satellite of our Milky Way…), the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It is a region very rich in emission nebulas. This image is a blend of a wide field image taken with the TOA 130mm with the higher resolution individual images of six nebulas taken previously with the CDK 20″. You will find this image at:
LMC, the Large Magellanic Cloud, wide field
For sure, you can figure out the number of hours dedicated to processing this image. The exposures add up to 91.5 hours… Enjoy!
Josep
Sorry,
I forgot to include the link in my previous post:
NGC 7293. The Helix Nebula. Wide Field
Now, yes, enjoy…
Josep
Hello all!
A new, wide field image of NGC 7293 (The Helix Nebula) has been uploaded. It is, like others that have been uploaded recently, a wide field image enhanced by blending in it a higher resolution image taken with the 20″ CDK. This image (like the higher resolution one) has been taken in narrowband, mainly Ha and OIII.
Enjoy. Best regards,
Josep
Hi all,
As I said in my previous post, I have uploaded a 1×2 mosaic, wide field, of the M16-M17 emission area (it also contains M18, an open cluster). This image has been processed using more than 43 hours of exposure (not including the hours of processing…). You will find two versions, the lower resolution one:
And a higher resolution version at:
Enjoy!
Josep
Hi all,
I have uploaded two versions of M17, the Omega Nebula. The first version was taken with a 17inch telescope, and shows more detail. The second image is a wide field image of this nebula, and its core has been enhanced with the previous higher resolution image.
This wide field image is the second panel of a 1×2 mosaic of the M16+M17+M18 area. This mosaic will be uploaded right after this image.
You can find these two M17s at:
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 with previously taken high resolution images. The first one has been M8-M2-IC4685 (selected as today’s APOD) and the next one will be M17. You can find M16 at:
Enjoy!
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 grabs M8, M20 and IC4685. The image has been enriched with higher resolution narrowband Luminance (combining Ha, OIII and SII) of the cores of all three nebulae, taken with the 20 inch. You can find it at:
Messier 8, Messier 20 and IC 4685
More to come… Enjoy!
Josep
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:
Enjoy!
Josep