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Visible to the naked eye, the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades, is one of the best known open clusters. The blue reflection nebula around it is a popular target for imagers. Very deep images, like this one, show the surrounding faint clouds and tendrils of dust as well as some red H(II) emission regions.Acquisition, focusing, and control of Paramount MX mount (unguided) with TheSkyX. Focus with Optec DirectSync motor and controller. Automation with CCDCommander. Equipment control with PrimaLuce Labs Eagle 3 Pro computer. All pre-processing and processing in PixInsight. Acquired from my SkyShed in Guelph. Average transparency and average seeing. Data acquired December 6, 2020 – February 9, 2020 under a moonless sky.Takahashi FSQ-106 ED IV @ f/5 and QHY367C Pro one-shot colour camera with Optolong UV/IR filter.123 x 5mTotal: 10hr15m Image scale 1.9 arcsec per pixel.

Copyright: Ron Brecher

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Takahashi FS60c

ASI1600MM Pro

7 Position FW, 36mm

Feather Touch Starlight

Pegasus Astro

EQ6

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 140 ∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 10 ∙ 600s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik S2 6nm: 86∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik O3 6nm: 96 ∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Total exposure: ~39 hours

Location:

Colombari's Terrace, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Copyright: Roberto Colombari

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Sh2-224 in HOOlrvb made by Team ARO (astroaro.fr website) in Southern Portugal, Dark Sky Alqueva area. Francis Bozon, Jean-Luc Gangloff, Stéphane Gueyraud. Sh2-224 is a very weak supernova slash in the constellation of the Auriga, with an unusual shape.The acquisition of this photo was made with a Fsq 106 scope on ArEq6 Pro mount and Asi 1600MM camera.

The exposure times are as follows:Ha= 219X300''S2=112x300''O3=179X300''Luminance= 19x60''Red= 21x90''Green =20x60''Blue=23x60''That is a total time of about 33 hours


Copyright: TEAM ARO (Francis Bozon, Jean-Luc Gangloff, Stéphane Gueyraud.)

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LRGB 165 65 65 65 min.ASA 400 16" RC f/8ASA DDM 100ZWO ASI 6200MM ProLocation: Piregg/Austria



Copyright: Patrick Winkler

Image Description and Details : I photographed this composite image during July-August 2020 in my private observatory (Russia, Moscow region, Makeikha SQM 20.70 mag./arc sec2; Bortle class 4).Technical Data:Telescope: SkyWatcher Quattro 8SShooting Camera: ZWO Optical ASI 1600-MM COOLEDMounts: SkyWatcher EQ 8 PRO MountTelescope Guides: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50EDGuide camera: ZWO ASI ZWO 120mm miniFocus Reducers: TeleVue Paracorr Type-2Program: Ivan Ionov Fitstacker · by Christian Buil Iris 5.59 · Fitswork 4 · Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1Filters: Astronomik LRGB 1.25 "the Type IIc · Baader Planetarium OIII 1.25" 8.5nm-CCD · Baader Planetarium H-alpha 1.25" CCD 7 nmFrames:Astronomik B (type 2c): 10x180" -20C bin 1x1Astronomik G (type 2c): 10x180" -20C bin 1x1Astronomik R (type 2c): 10x180" -20C bin 1x1Baader Planetarium H-alpha 1.25" CCD 7 nm: 105x600" -20C bin 1x1Baader Planetarium OIII 1.25" CCD 8.5nm: 60x600" -20C bin 1x1Accumulation: 29.0 hoursDark frames: ~ 15Flat field frames: ~ 15Offset Frames: ~ 15



Copyright: Sviatoslav Lips

The Owl Nebula, also known as Messier 97 (M97, NGC 3587, PN G 148.4+57.0), is a planetary nebula located in Ursa Major.

L-channel - 20 x 300 sec. bin 1x1;R-channel - 14 x 600 sec. bin 1x1;G-channel - 14 x 600 sec. bin 1x1;B-channel - 14 x 600 sec. bin 1x1;OIII- 40 x 900 sec. bin 2x2.Total integration time about 18:40 hours.

My setup: Telescope 8" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain (SCT) CPC800 GPS (XLT) on the equatorial wedge, focal reducer Starizona 0.75x, Feq.= 1626mm, camera Starlight Xpress Trius SX694, SX mini filter wheel, filters Astrodon LRGB E-series gen.2, Astrodon OIII 3nm.Capture and processing software: MaxIm DL6, PHD2, PixInsight, StarTools, Photoshop CC, Zoner photo studio 14.North at the top.

Copyright: Boris Vladimirovich

Ced 51 is an interesting juxtaposition of dark and light, containing dense dark nebula in the foreground abs curing portions of the greater hydrogen nebula flowing in red. Right in the middle is an active star forming region birthing new bright blue stars. Part of the greater lambda orionis ring (head of orion), this nebula complex is approximately 5000 light years from earth in the constellation of Orion, the hunter.

Technically, this was a challenge as to do the area justice, we shot a 4 panel mosaic to frame it right.

Imaging System: Planewave CDK14, Paramount ME2, FLI 16803/Chroma filters; Stellarvue SV130, Paramount Mx+, ZWO ASI533MC

Exposure – LHa/OSC, 42.7 hours

Location/Date - Fort Davis, Texas / December 2020

Credit/Copyright – Good Astronomy/Steve Timmons

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Imaging telescopes or lenses: Astroworx® 12 F4 Truss Tube NewtonianImaging cameras: QHYCCD 600M ProMounts: ioptron CEM60-ECGuiding telescopes or lenses: Astroworx® 12 F4 Truss Tube NewtonianGuiding cameras: QHY5L-IISoftware: Starkeeper.it VOYAGERFilters: astrodon RGB Gen2Accessory: Nexdome ObservatoryDates:Feb. 17, 2021Frames: 40x120"Integration: 1.3 hoursAvg. Moon age: 5.36 daysAvg. Moon phase: 29.11%Data source: Backyard

Copyright: Diego Colonnello

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M51 is an interacting galaxy, in the constellation Canes Venati. It is one of the most beautiful example of spiral galaxy, and quite easily observed for an amateur astronomerTechnical data :Newton SkyWatcher 200/1000 EQ6-r proASI 2600 MC proComa corrector Baader MPCC Mk IIIAutoguiding OAG + ZWO ASI 290mm miniZWO EAFASIAIR Pro69*300" : 5h45'Gain 100 - Temp -20°CProcessing PixInsight + Photoshop CC

Copyright: Yann Mevel

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Taken in the South of France , near Ventoux mountain, Newton 300mm F4 with the ZWO ASI6200, mix SHO and RGB starsMosaic of 2 panels in SHO and RGB stars:178 Halpha subs @300s gain 100 and -15°C99 OIII subs @300s gain 100 and -15°C20 Blue subs @60s gain 100 and -15°C20 Green subs @60s gain 100 and -15°C20 Red subs @60s gain 100 and -15°CTotal exposure 24h05



Copyright: Arnaud Peel

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A spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away in Ursa Major. It is evaluated containing a trillion of stars and it is estimated twice the size of our own galaxy. The image is taken with a SCT C8 and SX694 mono camera in RGB (4 hours per filter). Processed by Pixinsight.



Copyright: Copyright: David James

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NGC 4517 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Virgo. This field is rich in galaxies and if you take the time to peer around you will find many lurking about in the background. The main galaxy in the image displays a quite noticeable dust lane down the center and blue areas which are most likely groupings of young hot stars. NGC 4517 is about 40 million light years from Earth. The galaxy across to the right between 3 and 4 o'clock is NGC 4517A. NGC 4517 in the center of the image is an edge on spiral and NGC 4517A across to the right is a face on spiral galaxy. The two of them make for a fine display.Technical Details:Title: NGC4517 in VirgoObject: NGC4517Photographer: Rodney WattersTelescope/Lens: Tak TSA120 @ F5.6Camera: QSI683 WS8Filters: Astronomik R, G & BExposure: R = 53 x 600” ; G = 33 x 600” ; B = 31 x 600”Total Exposure: 19.5 hoursImage acquisition: Sequence Generator ProProcessing: Pixinsight 1.8.8-5



Copyright: Rodney Watters

This image shows the transit of ISS over the Sun captured from Bengaluru, India on 29-Jan-2021. The transit was captured at 60fps - so you can actually estimate the transit time by counting the number of stations you see - roughly 39/60 of a second. All frames of the station have been merged with a stacked image of the sun from the same video as the station capture (50% of ~9000 frames).Equipment: iOptron CEM25P, GSO 6 Inch F5 Newt, Baader Solar Filter, Nikon 1 J5Software: PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax, Gimp



Copyright: Vineeth Kaimal

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The Tadpoles Nebula (IC410) and Flaming Star Nebula in the Constellation of Auriga.I took this HaSHO image last week on a very rare almost clear night. In fact it was the clearest night in northern Vermont since last July!. Rather than completing some earlier projects I thought I’d shoot something entirely new, and go for these subjects as they (almost) fit on the same frame at 620mm focal length..The Tadpoles Nebula is so called due to the two light colored tadpole shaped dust and gas clouds that look like they are swimming upwards to the center of the nebula. These are star forming regions, similar to the famous “Pillars of creation” imaged by Hubble in the Eagle Nebula.To get an idea of scale each tadpole is 10 light years long!, more than twice the distance the earth is from its nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri.To the left is the Flaming Star nebula ( IC 405) which surrounds the variable star AE Aurigae. AE Aurigae is a “runaway” star ejected from gravitational perturbations in the Orion Nebula more than 2 million years ago.Its interesting to note that although these two nebulae appear close together the flaming star is 1500 Light years distant, whereas the Tadpoles Nebula is 12,000 lightyears away and over 100 light years across.This image is processed in the “Hubble Palette where red is aligned with Sulphur emissions, Green with Hydrogen , and Blue with Oxygen .Tech Data : Celestron RASA 11”, CGX Mount, ZWO ASI 6200MMPro cooled (Mono) camera.Ha 12 x 5min, OIII 18 x 5 mins, SII 9 x 5 mins, darks, flats, bias framesSoftware: Stacked in DSS, Processed in Pixinsight and PS 2021



Copyright: Richard Whitehead

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Exposition:
30x600 '' with Ha filter (1x1 binning).
24x600 '' with SII filter (2x2 binning).
24x600 '' with OIII filter (2x2 binning).

Equipment: QHY9, TS 65 Quadruplet (f / 6.5), EQ6-R and Lunático autoguiding.

Software: Astrophotography Tools, PHD Guiding 2.6.5, PixInsight 1.8.

Place: Nerpio, Albacete (Spain).



Copyright: ASTROMONOS - ANTONIO SANCHEZ DEL MAZO

Pythagoras Crater is at the center of this field of view and is a prominent impact crater located near the northwestern limb of the Moon. It has a diameter of 80 miles and is 16,400 feet deep. The prominent central peak rises just over 4,200 feet and is casting a very long shadow that appears to just be touching the western wall of the crater. The rim is well-preserved and the terraced walls are quite apparent. Captured Jan 26 during a full terminator imaging session at 20:28 during the 97.3 % waxing phase. To the southeast is Babbage and to the northeast is Anaximander.Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 HDAltair IMX174 MonoZWO Filter Wheel - Green Channel FilterX-Cel 3.0 BarlowPrimalucelab Eagle 2 Pro

Copyright: Gary Varney

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RECORDING DATA:Object: NGC 1333Date of recording: November 2020Distance: 1,000 light yearsExposure: 144 x 300 sec. (Total 12 hours)Calibration: Darks / Flats / DarkFlatsMount: Skywatcher EQ6-R PROTelescope: Lacerta Fotonewton 250/1000Corrector: Lacerta GPU coma correctorFilter: Astronomik L2 UV-IR Block 2 ″Camera: QHY268c @ Gain 0 at -15 ° CGuiding: ZWO OAG with ASI 120mm-s and PHD2Software: APP / Photoshop CC



Copyright: Daniel Nimmervoll

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Lying within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to ours around 158,000 light years away in the constellation of Doradus, this rather chaotic but beautiful nebula complex presents an Ha and O3 rich tapestry of colourful nebulae and star clusters. This is a natural colour palette image (I.e. an LRGB image augmented with Ha and OIII narrow band data) comprising 17 hours of data.

FOV: 39.2 x 26.2 arc-minutes @ 0.59 arc-seconds/pixel.

Telescope: Officina Stellare ProRC 360

Camera: SBIG STXL 11002M, AOX and FW-8G

Mount: Paramount ME

Luminance: 12x15 minutes (binned 1x1)Red: 8x15 minutes (binned 1x1) Green: 8x15 minutes (binned 1x1) Blue: 8x15 minutes (binned 1x1) Ha: 10x30 minutes (binned 1x1)O3: 6x30 minutes



Copyright: Marcus Davies

The complex cloud displays an unusual combination of both red emission and blue reflection areas as well as numerous intricate dark patterns. The nebula is located 9000 light years away in the direction towards the galactic centre. The entire area is sprinkled with thousands of stars and fainter dusty and nebulous areas throughout. A separate prominent dark cloud appears dramatically silhouetted against the starry background to the right.A curious example of gas evaporation can bee seen near the core of the Trifid itself. Here a dense stalk, 8 light years from the centre, is emerging from the edge of the bubble surrounding the central cluster, and in the other direction a powerful stellar jet from a young star, HH 399 embedded in the gas, is shooting out in an upwards direction. The bright young stars in the central cluster emit strong radiation which eats away the surrounding gas and dust. The stalk only appears because a denser region lies at its very tip and protects a thin strip of the cloud from this interstellar erosion. The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged this fascinating area in high resolution: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/.../hs-2004-17-a-print.jpg. Throughout the nebula lies countless young T Tauri stars just having emerged from their birthplaces inside the gas and dust. These are typically rather faint and reddish, though they are more easily visible in this image of another stellar nursery near AntaresImage details: Date: May - September 2020Exposure: HaLRGB: 270:916:190:190:195 mins, total 29 hours 21 mins @ -25CTelescope: Homebuilt 12.5" f/4 Serrurier Truss NewtonianCamera: QSI 683wsg with Lodestar guiderFilters: Astrodon LRGB E-Series Gen 2 and 3nm H-AlphaTaken from my observatory in Auckland, New Zealand See Less

Copyright: Rolf Wahl Olsen

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This image is a blend of 9 images taken on 9 days from 25.12.2020 to 02.01.2021. This shows how the sunspot AR12794 and AR12795 moves along the solsr disk due to Sun’s rotation. Also noticable is the change in thr apparent size of the sunspots where AR12795 ultimately becomes a faculae. The photo was taken with Nikon D5600, Sigma 150-600c and Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (white light). Post-processed via PIPP, Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop.



Copyright: Soumyadeep Mukherjee