M16 Eagle Nebula
M16 Reprocessed using Pixinsight

I’ve been spending some time going through old data to see what is worthy of [...]

Ic 5146 The Cocoon Nebula. Shawn Nielsen 2013
IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula

The Cocoon nebula floats like an island in the farthest reaches of space surrounded by [...]

M20 The Trifid Nebula. June 2013. Shawn Nielsen
M20 The Trifid Nebula

M20 The Trifid Nebula is a magnificent and very interesting nebula. It’s an unusual combination [...]

Antares and the dust clouds
Antares and the dust clouds

2012 Skynews Magazine Canada astrophotography contest, honourable mention This is a two pane mosaic of [...]

IC405 and IC410 HaRGB. Shawn Nielsen and Steve Holmes 2010
IC 405 and IC 410 in Auriga HaRGB

This image of IC 405 and IC 410 consists of 2 hours colour data acquired [...]

Horse Head Nebula and Flame Nebula. November 2010
Horse Head Nebula (B33) and Flame Nebula in Orion

Returning once again to this marvelous pairing in the constellation of Orion my objective was [...]

IC405 Flaming Star Nebula. November 2010.
IC405 The Flaming Star Nebula

The IC405 nebula is quite intriguing I thought when doing some background reading on it. [...]

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