Image Description and Details : “Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised. As they start to cry, hands held to the sky. In the night, the fires are burning bright.” - Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden 06 May 2022: The Fighting Dragons of Ara, NGC 6188 COOLEST NEBULA NAME EVER!! I didn’t even know this existed until too late in the season last year so when it came around recently I HAD to get this one. Can you see the Dragons? Yeah, you can! Wicked! Taken from my backyard in Perth, Western Australia over two night in May 2022. Skywatcher Evostar 80ED HEQ5, belt mod ZWO ASI2600MM (gain 100, -10C) SVbony 30mm guide scope ZWO ASI120MM-mini guide scope FILTERS: ZWO Ha 7nm (51x 300s) Antlia Oiii 3nm (45x 300s) Baader RGB (50x 30s)

Copyright: Christopher Boyd

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On the photo you can see the brightest part of Barnard's Loop and its environment. Above the loop there is the M78's fogginess, while the Boogie Man is below.
It was the first time I used the Samyang 135mm lens.

Camera: Canon 600D modded
Lens: Samyang 135mm @f2.8
Exposures: 226* 3min, iso800
Total integration time: 11,3 hours
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guiding: Lacerta M-Gen Stand Alone AutoGudier
Location: Bicske, Hungary

Copyright Information: Mátyás Szűcs

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Samyang 12mm F/2.8 (F/5)Nikon D800, ISO 400, 30sec x 399Manfrotto 055D



Copyright Information: Kim Young Dae

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This is my first extensive long exposure project. Supernova remnant Sh2-221 is accompanied by Sh2-217 and Sh2-219 above. To the right is B25 and planetary nebula Sh2-216.

Acquisition details:
Subs: 244 x500sec

Telescope: Radian Raptor 61

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro

Mount: Sky-Watcher Eq6-r Pro

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290mm mini

Filter: Radian Triad Quad Band Filter

Acquisition software: Sequence Generator Pro

Processing software: Pixinsight, AstroPixel Processor and Photoshop 2020


Copyright Information: Michael Massie 2020

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Canon 60DWilliam Optics Zenithstar 70EDTripodeExp: 1/500sIso: 100LrGuillermo Cervantes MosquedaObservatorio Astronómico AltaïrPoncitlán Jalisco México

Copyright Information: Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda

Image Description and Details : Ocotlán Jalisco MéxicoTakahashi FS60ZWO ASI120MC-SSky-Watcher Star Adventurer15 Frames de la ISSCaptura: FirecaptureProcesado: Autostakkert + Ps + Pixinsight 1.8Guillermo Cervantes MosquedaObservatorio Astronómico AltaírOcotlán Jalisco México


Copyright Information: Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda

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Galaxy NGC 4236 in the Dragon constellation, created with two totally identical setups, from two different sites: the first one in the West of France in Normandy and the other one in the East of France in Lorraine.-Telescopes: Newton Skyvision MTN 250-300 f/d 3.6-EQ8 Skywatcher frames-Moravian G2 4000 Cameras-Optical Divider: SkymecaSelf-steering cameras: Lodestar and Atik 314L-Chroma FiltersPROCESSING: Pixinsight and PhotoshopAcquisition:Lum:129x5'.Red:44x5'.Green:39x5'.Blue:41x5'.Ha=20x20'.Total=27h74

Copyright Information: Francis Bozon Stéphane Gueyraud

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ASA Astrosysteme ASA20NG-OK3 f 3.6, FLI Proline 16803
Frames: Red: 26x300" + Green: 23x600" + Blue: 26x300" + Lum: 60x600" + H-Alpha: 35x1200"

Total: 29.8 hours

Copyright Information: Chiliescope / Ruben Barbosa

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TS-Optics 71SDQ - 71 mm f/6,3 Quadruplet Apo sur monture Ioptron cem 120Caméra Moravian G3-16200 + filtres SHO 6 nm AstronomikHa 66 x 600 sO3 42 x 600 sS2 42 x 600 s



Copyright Information: Pascal FACON

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Recovery of the helix nebula, with more than 60h of retained poses (out of 90h), captured over three months. I think I've reached the limit magnitude of my sky, impossible to make the signal come out more from the bottom of the sky. The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the Aquarius constellation, near the Southern Fish. Its strong resemblance to a human eye has earned it the nickname "the eye of God".

TS130/910G42+ frameQHY163M and Astrodon filters

Copyright Information: Jonathan Durand

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To obtain this picture, I assembled the results of two movies, one exposed for Saturn, and the other one exposed for Jupiter.

Technical details :- Orion 80ED refractor- Meade LXD55 mount- ZWO ASI 224 MC- Barlow Televue Powermate 2.5x- IRCut Baader filter- for each planets, 1000 pictures stacked with AutoStakkert v3, processing with Registax 6, photo assembly with Photoshop

Copyright Information: Christophe Gervier

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Gum 15 is a nebula from the Gum catalog, located in the constellation of Vela, about 3,000 light-years from Earth. It is shaped by aggressive winds flowing from the stars within and around it. The bright star in the center of the nebula is HD 74804, a double starRA: 08h 43m 52.5sDEC: -41° 14' 39"Location: VelaDistance: 3 klyAcquisition December 2019Total acquisition time: 18.6 hours.Based on data from Telescope.live CHI-1Technical DetailsData acquisition: Telescope LiveProcessing: Nicolas ROLLANDLocation: El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, ChileR 36 x 600 secG 40 x 600 secB 40 x 600 secOptics: Planewave 24“ CDK @ F5.6CCD: FLI PL 9000Pre Processing: CCDstack & PixinsightPost Processing: Photoshop CC



Copyright Information: Data acquisition: Telescope.live, Processing: Nicolas ROLLAND

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StDr 56 / Goblet of Fire nebula (c) Robert Pölzl & Marcel Drechsler & Xavier Srottner. This probable new planetary nebula was discovered by my colleague Xavier Strottner and me in January 2020. If the candidate is confirmed as a true planetary nebula, it will be the first planetary nebula ever discovered in the constellation Triangulum (Triangle).

Photo: StDr56 was photographed by the Austrian Robert Pölzl with a total exposure of 59 hours.

Image processing: Marcel DrechslerAt the center of the PN candidate is a potential white dwarf with a surface temperature of 35542 Kelvin and a distance of about 1130 light years to Earth. With an extension of 44 x 36 arc minutes, StDr56 is not only the largest probable PN in the region, but in the night sky it covers more than half of the area of the famous Triangulum Galaxy M33, which is located only a few degrees from Strottner-Drechsler 56.

Robert Pölzl collected 90 hours of exposure time in 21 nights from July to November 2020.Out of these 90 hours, 30 hours had to be sorted out because of minimal cirrus and dew - leaving 59 hours at the end.Coordinates: 02:07:17.41 +30:05:11.90 (J2000)Name: Strottner-Drechsler 56, StDr56, PN-G: 141.8-29.9Data:58 x 30 min. H-alpha41 x 30 min [OIII].28 x 10 min. RGB eachDate: 31.7.2020 - 18.11.2020Location: Observatory Hirschegg-ÖsterreichOptics: Lacerta Newton 10" f/4Camera: Moravian G2 8300 at -30° - Baader filter



Copyright Information: Robert Pölzl & Marcel Drechsler & Xavier Srottner

NGC 1097 is a Seyfert galaxy, harboring a supermassive black hole in its center. There are four mysterious jets in an X shape centered on the nucleus. These are thought to be the tidal remnants of a galaxy disrupted by NGC 1097 in the distant past. Two of these pointing to the upper right corner of the image are easily seen here. The upper one has a right angle bend and is often referred to as the "Dogleg". There is a faint suggestion of a third jet to the left of the image opposite the fainter one on the right.Telescope: 12.5" Plane wave CDKExposure: 8.5 hours with LRGB filters.Processing in PixInsight



Copyright Information: Geoff Smith

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Composite picture with 40 images.Each shooting stars have been replaced by matching the stars,to get the radiant position.We can see +/- 35 meteors on the composite picture,sometimes i caught 2 meteors on the same exposure.I shot this picture from France,near my village Hindlingen,Alsace country.Canon 6D astro with 20mm Lens at F1,4 wide open.Single tripod.10s 3200 isos at F1,4.



Copyright Information: Arnaud BESANÇON

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Comet C/2020 M3 Atlas in emerald green color passes by the main colorful nebula of the Constellation Auriga in this image captured and processed from Grand Mesa Observatory on 12/8/2020 by Terry Hancock and Tom Masterson. This image was captured using QHYCCD’s latest offering the QHY410C Back Illuminated Full Frame one shot color CMOS camera that we have the honor of testing. The main nebulae in this image are the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) the comma shaped red and white/purple nebula to the top and right along with the Tadpole Nebula (NGC 1893) located to the center left. Comet C/2020 M3 Atlas is seen almost ‘touching’ the Tadpole Nebula in this image. Distance-wise Comet C/2020 M3 Atlas was a mere 3.74 light-minutes from Earth when this image was captured while the Flaming Star Nebula is about 1,400 light-years distant and further still is the Tadpole Nebula which is roughly 12,400 light-years away. Technical Info:Total Integration time 3.3 hours Location: Grand Mesa Observatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Date of capture: December 9th, 2020Color RGGB 200 min, 100 x 120 sec Camera: QHY410C Back Illuminated Full Frame Color CMOS Gain 0, Offset 76Read Mode: High Gain Mode Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames Optics: Takahashi E-180 Astrograph Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6Pre-Processed in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop


Copyright Information: Terry Hancock and Tom Masterson

Image Description and Details : The images have been acquired during the period February-October.For Jupiter and Saturn was a challenge since the planets were located about 26° above to the horizon.Setup used:C14 Edge HD Fornax52 mount ASI 178/290 mono Barlow Zeiss Baader filters RGB & IR>807nm IR>610nm UV320-380nm with ADC ZWO.



Copyright Information: Luigi Morrone

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The new solar cycle 25 is becoming increasingly active. The big Catania 57 group, the central sunspot have about 5 earths of width.There are also some groups of faculaes around the disk that could turn into sunspots in near days.Tube: SkyWatcher ED 72/420 with a Baader Astrosolar OD 5.0 filter.Camera: Zwo ASI 224MCFilters: Zwo IR/UV cut and Baader Solar ContinuumMount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer Mini over a Manfrotto 055 tripod.Barlow: Generic x3 on cropped sections.Acquisition: 3 videos of 30" stack on AutoStakkert and processed with Astro Surface OMEGA (deconvolution and wavelets) and Fitswork 4 (luminance extraction and false color).



Copyright Information: Enol Matilla

Image Description and Details : Ic 1848. The soul nebula
I am completely IN LOVE with this area of the sky. The nebulosity is so incredible. wide field or close. It's so wonderful
I was able to capture this over 5 nights.
I went to a high gain for a while but ti is challenging to calibrate out so I returned to 200_50 after this image
~~~~Tekkie stuffs:
Telescope: Explorer scientific Ed 80 FCD-100
Camera: ASI1600pro
Filters: Astrodon E series
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Guiding camera: 290 mini with OAG
SHO~. 84:86:85 300 sec images
Total integration time: 21.25 hours
Seeing/ environment: 2-3
Bortle Class: Class 5/6 Backyard~ Central Indiana
Dates of acquisition: 10/4-5 11/5-8, 2020
processing Pixinsight:
processing: considerations. MULTIPLE nights with good alignment (2 degree error allowed in SGP)
synth lum created for Decon
Aligned all to each other.
Crop
DBE individually
SHO combine with 15% of Ha added to R and 10% to Blue
SHO workflow~BGN; MLT for Noise reduction
Lum workflow~decon with autopsf 40 iterations 5 layers;
MLT for noise reduction
Arc sin for SHO and chose HT for Lum with Bg at 10% for both
TGVDN
LHE after for small and larger kernels masked for the nebula
Curves with range and color and Lum masking for lightness and sat boost
LOADS of masking to bring colors.
XPTR with Lum mask for lum boost;
MLT for sharpening.
Morph to reduce the stars just a bit and ICC to end

Copyright Information: Dawn Lowryl