Hi all,
An image of the Cygnus Wall (fragment of NGC 7000) has been uploaded. This is an important star birth region. This image has been color mapped according to a modified Hubble color palette. You can find it at:
Enjoy,
Josep
A special image has been uploaded
Hi all,
The image that has been uploaded today, has a strong scientific content. It is the image taken in a project with Prof. Gvaramadze (Moscow) of ALS 19653, a blue supergiant star surrounded by two gas shells. You can find the image and the whole story at:
Enjoy,
Josep
An image of the galaxy NGC 1566 has been uploaded
Hi all,
An image of the Type I Seyfert galaxy NGC 1566 has been uploaded. Sometimes called “the Spanish Dancer” galaxy, NGC 1566 is considered a “variable” galaxy, in terms of its variability of the broad lines that define its classification as Type I. You can find the image and additional explanation at:
Enjoy,
Josep
An image of Messier 6, an open cluster, has been uploaded
Hi all,
An image of Messier 6, a beautiful open cluster, has been uploaded. This image is part of the project, started a few months ago, to have images of all Messier objects, with high resolution telescopes.
You can find the image, as well as additional information at:
Enjoy,
Josep
An image has been updated with more data (mosaic)
Hi all,
The previous image of NGC 261 has been updated with additional data, this time the resulting image is a 2 panel mosaic. This nebula is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud and it is surrounded by many emission nebulae and open clusters. You can find the new image in the previous page at:
https://astrodrudis.com/ngc-261-generating-stars-in-the-smc/
Enjoy,
Josep
An image of the spiral galaxy IC 4633 and its surrounding IFN has been uploaded
Hi all,
An image of IC 4633 surrounded by a beautiful Integrated Flux Nebula has been uploaded. This galaxy is located in the relatively poorly studied constellation Apus. You can find the image as well as some more information at:
Enjoy,
Josep
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:
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:
Enjoy,
Josep
An image of Messier 75 has been uploaded
Hi all,
Today, we have a second globular cluster, Messier 75. I took this cluster about a year ago and had this data “process pending” since. Finally, this beautiful and very compact cluster has been processed and uploaded.
You can find it at:
Enjoy,
Josep
An image of Messier 5 has been uploaded
Hi all,
An image of the globular cluster Messier 5 (M5) has been uploaded. This is one of the 29 globulars included in Messier’s catalog.
You can find it, as well as some more information, at:
Enjoy,
Josep