Image Description and Details : This is a region of space in Auriga showing a large and faint Supernova Remnant (Sh2-221) next an equally large and faint Planetary Nebula (Sh2-216). The latter is also often called the "Second Closest Planetary Nebula." The former may be an example of the earliest recorded supernova (~6600 years ago) as a cave drawing depicting this area of sky was found with a possible illustration of a bright light in the same area of sky, though this interpretation is not conclusive.

Altogether this field of view covers over a dozen times the apparent width of the Full Moon in our sky and was captured with a total of 44.5 hours across 9 nights of imaging (9 hours RGB, 36.5 hours evenly split between Hydrogen and Oxygen filters).

71mm F/4.9 Petzval Refractor, ZWO ASI6200MM-P, Antlia RGB & 3nm Ha/Oiii filters. Captured with APT and processed in PixInsight

Copyright: Brent Newton Photography

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LDN 673 (lower-left) is a swirling Dark Nebula located within the main band of the Milky Way in Aquila which takes on a tentacle-like appearance. Including the dark nebula LDN 684 in the upper-right, the entire complex appears much like the silhouette of a Reaper from the Mass Effect series. I shot this across 6 nights under the Bortle 1 skies of the 2021 Okie-Tex Star Party totaling 6 hours Luminance (full visible light spectrum for contrast) and 2.3 hours exposure for each Red, Green, and Blue channels. 350mm Focal Length Refractor, ASI1600MM-P, APT for capture, Pixinsight for processing

Copyright: Brent Newton

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This is part of the Taurus Molecular cloud complex apparently located about halfway between the Pleiades and Aldebaran and about ~430 l.y. from here. The shape of the nebula reminds me of a darker version of the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation, leading to my title. Also captured, though only as 6 small smears, is a 70km-wide asteroid called 322 Phaeo (discovered 1891) which was moving through the area at the time. I shot this nebula was shot in Bortle 1 skies over 6 nights at the 2021 Okie-Tex Star Party in Western Oklahoma during early October 2021. Transparency throughout the week was mediocre so only 16 hours of a larger 26 hour total was used for stacking. William Optics Star71-II APO (345mm FL, f/4.9)ZWO ASI1600MM-P at Gain 76 & -10C, ZWO LRGB filtersLum: 316 x 120"(Rx62, Gx56, Bx64) x 120"APT for capture, PixInsight for stacking & processing

Copyright: Brent Newton