IC 1805 the Heart Nebula in Hubble Palette SHO

Meet IC 1805, the Heart Nebula.  This is an image I’ve been working on for [...]

NGC 281 pacman nebula SHO
NGC 281 Pacman Nebula in Hubble Palette SHO

Meet NGC 281, also known as the Pacman Nebula. Can you spot the pacman? NGC [...]

NGC 7822 Nebula in Hubble Palette SHO

Meet NGC 7822. This is 29 hours of data I collected over 6 clear nights. [...]

Iris nebula in Cepheus 26 hours of data. By Shawn Nielsen. VisibleDark.ca
26 hours of data on the Iris Nebula

Meet the Iris Nebula in Cepheus. Also known as NGC 7023. This image represents 26 [...]

sLRGB-M97-M108-Shawn_Nielsen-2019
Meet M97 and M108, the Owl and the Surfboard

Here’s an interesting pairing in the night sky. Meet M97 planetary nebula and M108 spiral galaxy from [...]

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
Return to the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

It’s been quite some time since I imaged this region of space. Nearly 10 years [...]

Running Chicken Nebula IC2944

Meet IC2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula. It’s a southern hemisphere deep sky [...]