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A Cosmic Snail

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This beautiful nebula complex comprises emission and reflection nebulae (IC 1284, NGC 6589 and NGC 6590) and lies about 5900 light years away. It sits within a very dusty part of the southern Milky Way in Sagittarius.This is an LHaRGB exposure comprising 13.5 hours of data (L=240, Ha=180, R=150, G=120, B=120 minutes of exposure). 30 min subs were used for Ha and 15 min subs for LRGB. FOV: 39.4 x 26.2 arcminsEquipment: SBIG STXL 11002M, FW8G, AO-X, Officina Stellare ProRC 360

Copyright Information: Marcus Davies

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Dark Shark and Dark Jellyfish

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Taken from rural Ontario skies.

Equipment: Nikon d810A and Esprit 80 APO.

About 5 hours total exposure.

Processed in Pix.

Copyright Information: Dave Dev

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M16 Eagle nebula with pillars of creation and the fairy

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- Celestron C11hd at 2800 mm focal length

- main imager zwo Asi6200mm pro

- guiding Zwo OAG and zwo asi290 mono

- filter astronomik 6nm SHO 30x300s each for a total of 7,5H hours of integration time.

This picture was taken from Mougins, in the south-east of France

Copyright Information: Georges ATTARD

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Photosphere and Solar Chromosphere

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Photosphere: Meade 60mm ZWO ASI120MM Herschel Prism + Baader Solar Continuum + Optolong UV / IR + ND # 3 Nexstar mount 1000 frames Chromosphere: Crowned PST ZWO ASI120MM Nexstar mount 1000 Frames in Under Exposure and Over Exposure Software: Firecapture + Autostakkert + Registax + Fitsworks + Ps Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda Altaír Astronomical Observatory Poncitlán Jalisco Mexico

Copyright Information: Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda

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Cometary Globule CG12 & NGC 5367

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NGC 5367 is a reflection nebula associated with the cometary globule CG12 in the Centaurus constellation. Dicovered in 1976 on an ESO/SRC Sky Survey plate taken with the UK Schmidt telescope, CG12 is in contrast to the most other Cometary Globules, because it is far away from the galactic disk.The nebula NGC 5367 (also catalogued as IC 4347) reflects light from two bluish stars of the binary system h4636 (the stars are from spectral type B4 and B7).Location: El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, ChileDates of Capture July & August 2020L 23 x 1200secR 15 x 1200secG 15 x 1200secB 16 x 1200secOptics: Planewave 17“ CDK @ F6.8Mount: Paramount MECCD: SBIG STXL-11002 (AOX)Pre Processing: CCDstack & PixinsightPost Processing: Photoshop CC

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Data acquisition: Martin PUGHProcessing: Nicolas ROLLAND

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NGC 6752 - Globular Cluster in Pavo

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It seems quite appropriate that this very bright globular cluster is located in the constellation of Pavo - the Peacock. The bright scattering of stars look like the fine display of a peacock's tail when it is trying to impress a prospective mate. This globular cluster does a very fine job of that as well.According to Wikipedia, NGC6752 is the fourth brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri, 47 Tucanae and Messier 22. I already have images of Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae so now I'm going to have to grab some data on Messier 22.

Copyright Information: Rodney Watters

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