I've had more clear nights to use my new Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 triplet telescope. I've been collected HaRGB data between July 28 and Aug 7, on the Eastern Veil nebula NGC 6992. NGC 6992 is one part of the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a large but relatively faint supernova remnant (SNR). These are [...]
Category Archives: Nebula
Images of emission, reflection and dark nebula as well as supernova remnants
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Jun
Jun
I will admit it has been a while since I have posted a new image. Between looking after my businesses, family life and the light pollution advocacy work I do it's not always easy to find time to image new data and process it... then add to this very few good clear nights, equipment issues [...]
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Aug
Aug
Featured Astronomy Magazine online Picture of the Day, Sept 8th, 2016. Also featured in Amateur Astrophotography E-Magazine Aug 9th, issue #31 It’s been several years since I imaged M20 the Trifid Nebula. I decided to begin collecting new data on it in May 2016 using the remote 16″ ASA astrograph at Siding Springs Observatory. It […]
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Jul
A giant stellar nursery region and more than a 1000 light years wide, the Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070, is an intricate web of gas and dust. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a galaxy which is 180,000 light years from Earth, it is both a visually stunning region of space and the most violent […]
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Jun
Jun
This image was published in Skynew Magazine (Canada), Nov/Dec 2016 issue. A truly once in a lifetime opportunity. I was able to capture this image of Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) passing near the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) on its cosmic journey through space. While the comet appears from our perspective to be passing near the […]
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Jun
Jun
There’s a fancy new telescope and CCD camera setup at Siding Spring Observatory! An ASA 16″ F3.5 astrograph with an Apogee CG16070 Class 1 CCD, known as the T33. It’s a medium deep field imaging system and it’s a new addition to the fleet of astrophotography telescopes that iTelescope offers access to for imaging professionals […]