Image Description and Details : RCW 113, also called Gum 55, is a huge emission nebula (H II-region) in the constellation Scorpius, located in the neighboring Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. Its core ionising open cluster NGC 6231 is part of young, bluish stars known as the Scorpius OB1 association. This Sco OB1 association contains many star-forming areas with young, energetic stars of spectral class O & B. In this field of view other interesting deep sky objects are visible. The two bright stars to the left of NGC 6231 are zeta1 and zeta2 Scorpii. The Prawn Nebula (upper right, with blue hues), also known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula around 6,000 light-years from Earth. To the right of IC 4628 there is another open cluster NGC 6242. The Wolf or Fenrir Nebula (SL-17), @ 10 o’clock position in this image, is a dark nebula of dust and gas hiding the background stars. The Dark Tower (SFO 82) is the prominent bright-rimmed cometary globule, about 1.5 degrees away from NGC 6231 and Zeta Scorpii. The shape of this massive structure of cosmic dust resembles a dark tower emerging from the star field background. Most of these objects lie at a distance between 5,300-6,000 light-years from Earth. Image acquired with the Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia. Total integration time: 300 minutes SHO: 10 sub-frames of 600s with each narrowband filter (SII, H-alpha and OIII). Dataset Telescope Live. Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and NoiseXTerminator plug-ins.

Copyright: Jan Scheers

Image Description and Details : SL17 ( Sandqvist and Lindroos 17) is located in the constellation of Scorpius around 6,230 light years away. It’s a star forming region dominated by hydrogen emissions but also the very dark nebula which resembles a wolf and blocks out the stars beyond it. Sidereal Trading CF 10" Newtonian Reflector F5 ZWO ASI1600mm pro Skywatcher EQ6-R Astrodon 3nm Ha, Sii & Oiii 180 x 240s, Astrodon RGB 44 x 120s Shot from 22nd May 2022 through to 6th July 2022 Total Integration: 13hr 28min

Copyright: Anne-Maree McComb

Image Description and Details : Camera ZWO - ASI 2600 MM Pro Refractor TS 76 x 342 EDPH Skywatcher EQ8 Filter Antlia 3nm pro HA : 20 x 300s B1 S2 : 6 x 300s B1 O3 : 20 x 300s B1 Sky bordle 8 Personal observatory Pixinsight - Uwe AstroTools

Copyright: COUSTAL Eric

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This is Barnard 150 is a dark nebula visible in the constellation Cepheus. It is also known as the Hippocampus Nebula due to its shape.

Also in this image is Galaxy NGC 6946, nicknamed the Firework Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy seen almost face-on. Straddling the Cygnus and Cepheus constellations, as well as the NGC693 cluster.

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Takahashi fsq-85-EDX

ZWO ASI2400MC-PRO camera

ZWO ASI290mm guide cam

Ioptron CEM70 mount

ZWO Asiair pro

IDAS NBZ Filters

Pixinsight - astro pixel processor - photoshop

Integration: 15h35

Copyright: Christophe Vergnes

Image Description and Details : The clamshell nebula in Cygnus Sh2-119 Is a large complex of emission nebulae in the constellation Cygnus. The bright star at the center is 68 Cygni, a 5th magnitude star responsible for ionizing the surrounding gas. Estimated tonbe 2200 light-years from Earth. This image is the result of 4 night during which I collected 24h of data Using ultranarrowband filter From bortle 9 backyard 96 x 300sec exposure for each filter Gain 121 tenp. -5°C 40 dark calibration files 20 flat calibration file per filter per session

Copyright: Riccardo pacini

Image Description and Details : NGC 6729 is a reflection/emission nebula (star-forming region) located some 424 light-years away in the constellation of Corona Australis (The Southern Crown). It is part of one of the closest stellar nurseries to Earth. The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud is a dusty dark molecular cloud just north of one of its two brighter stars Beta Coronae Australis. Within it are stars at the earliest stages of their lifespan. 7 x 10min Ha and 85 x 5min RGB subs @-10C were taken over 5 nights for a total integration time of about 8.3 hrs. Equipment used: Skywatcher 10" f4 Newtonian 250P Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Hypertuned by Astronomy Academy Perth ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Cooled Camera Primaluce Sesto Senso2 Electronic Focuser William Optics Uniguide 50/200mm guidescope ZWO ASI290MM Mini Guide Camera ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel Antlia Pro 36mm unmounted filters Rollon rolloff modified shed observatory Bortle 5 Data acquisition software: NINA Astronomy Software Processing software: PixInsight and Photoshop CC

Copyright: Capturing Ancient Photons

Image Description and Details : A long awaiting window of good seeing finally transpired over my home observatory in Pembroke Pines, Florida early on Sunday morning July 3rd. The image is the result of 120 seconds capture at 13ms exposure, and stacked the best 46% of the frames. Europa and the Great Red Spot adding to the field of view. Hardware used: Celestron C11 Edge HD QHY 5-III 462c Camera ZWO Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector TeleVue 2.5 Powermate Primalucelab Eagle2 Pro Seeing conditions 4/5 Captured at 10:00 UT 07/03/2022 CM1=122.5 CM2=28.5 CM3=296.4 Earth distance at time of capture - 4.790 AU

Copyright: Varney Observatory

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Barnard 174 (=LDN1164) is a very dense dark nebula, which absorbs starlight behind the nebula. Infrared observations show many young stars in this region. Thus, B174 is an active star-forming region. Barnard 174 is a dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Dark nebulae or "fog" as they are sometimes called are clouds of cold gas, at temperatures near absolute zero (-273°C), located in cold, dense areas of larger molecular clouds . Their thickness obstructs the visible spectrum of stars or anything in its path. Only infrared and x-ray observations can be made through fog. The dark color is due to microscopic dust particles coated in frozen carbon monoxide and nitrogen, which block visible light. Equipment: TAKAHASHI Epsilon 130D Camera Zwo ASI2600MC CEM120 ioptron mount Acquisitions with NINA Pixinsight and Photoshop

Copyright: LAMAGAT Frédéric

Image Description and Details : NGC 6543 is a planetary nebula ~3,300 light years away in the Draco Constellation. This was shot from Bortle 8 Dallas-Fort Worth over eight nights in June 2022. Equipment: Celestron EdgeHD 1100 at full focal length 10Micron GM1000HPS mount ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro main camera Chroma LRGB and 3nm Ha and O3 filters

Integration: 25 hrs

Copyright: Timothy Martinh

Image Description and Details : Located in the Cepheus constellation at 1400 lights-years, Van den Berg 152 is a blue reflection nebula near the edge of a large molecular cloud with full of interstellar dust and a star in the embedded region (BD+69 1231) giving to the edge of the molecular cloud the blue color. LDN1221 and a large tail of dust crosses the field like a comet. Image acquired through Takahashi FSQ-106EDX3 on EM-200Temma2M and Andor Apogee U16M / AFW-50-7S ccd. Guiding: FS-60CSV, QHY-5, PHDguiding. Processing by PixInsight Core 1.8. Date: 27th of June 2022.

Copyright: Iñaki Lizaso

Image Description and Details : Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDX f/5 for RGB and f/3,6 for L Mount: Takahashi EM-400 Temma2 Camera: Atik 16200 for RGB and Atik 460ex for L Filter Wheel: SX USB Filter Wheel 5x50,8mm Guider: Lunático EZG-60 + SXLodestar Filters : Astrodon Gen2 LRGB 50,8mm and Baader Focuser: RoboFocus Rev3.1 Flat panel: RB Focus eXcalibur Power Box: RB Focus Balinor Pro Adquisition: N.I.N.A. and Astromatic Date: May 2017 – June 2022 Place: Navas de Estena, Ciudad Real, Spain Processing: PixInsight Core + Photoshop CC 2019 Exposure: L: 32x900s bin1, RGB: 34x300s bin2 Total exposure: 16h 30min

Copyright: Alvaro Ibañez Perez

Image Description and Details : EXIF: Canon 6D & Samyang 20mm F/1.8 & SWSA 2i 18x60s ISO-1600 F/3.2 for the sky 8x80s ISO-1600 F/3.2 for the foreground 2022 06 25 0:30 Zalaháshágy,Hungary

Copyright: Makár Dávid

Image Description and Details : On Charles Messier's birthday, I honored him by photographing comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) as it traveled through our solar system in constellation of serpens. Distance at time of recording was 281 Mio. km. I recorded the image from my Garden at Schwabach (Bavaria), Germany at Bortle 5 Class. Equipment: Telescope: Skywatcher 150/750 PDS Mount: Skywatcher EQ5-Pro Camera: QHY163C (Gain 120, Offset 50, -15°C) Guiding: ZWO ASI 120 MC-S, PHD2 Recordingsoftware: N.I.N.A Exposure: 138 x 30s Lights Total exposure time: 1,09 Hours 50 Darks, 30 Flats, 30 Darkflats Stacking: Astropixelprocessor Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom

Copyright: Michael Kraus

Image Description and Details : Abell 71 is a faint planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It has a diameter of 168 arc seconds and is 2,400 light years from Earth. The background nebulosity is part of SH2-116. This was a joint project with my good friend Sven Eklund, with data captured on both my dual rig of 6" refractors and his C14 EdgeHD - all located at Fregenal de la Sierra in Southern Spain. Data captured between 7-21 June 2022. Scopes: APM TMB LZOS 152 Refractors and Celestron C14 Edge HD Cameras: QSI6120wsg8 and ZWO ASI1600MM Pro Mounts: 10Micron GM2000 HPS and iOptron CEM120 A total of 51 hours 30 minutes (HaOIIIRGB)

Copyright: : Peter Goodhew

Image Description and Details : I took the Image over severla Nights from Bortle 5 Germany. 56x600s H2 Gain 120 -15C 56x600s O3 Gain 120 -15C Scope : TS-Optics 200mm/8" Ritchey-Chrétien Pro Main Cam : ZWO ASI294MM Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6 Filter: Astronomik OIII CCD 6nm · Baader H-alpha 6.5nm (CMOS-Optimized) ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm Guiding: TS-Optics Guide Scope 80/600mm Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM N.I.N.A · PHD · PixInsight.

Copyright: Asgartt Pix ( Frank Föhles)

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Image Description and Details : Inage captured between the 6th and 8th of June From bortle 9 area. Target at its highest reached 27° above the horizon Gear used Celestron edgehd 8 reduced 0.7x As294MM pro Antila 3nm SHO filters Processed in astropixel processor and finished in photohsop Total integration time little less than 12h

Copyright: Riccardo Pacini

Today we see a shot of the spherical constellation Omega Centauri, NGC 5139, which can be found at the same time on www.astronomie.de with professional explanations by Peter Riepe as the astrophoto of the week. Of course, there is a comparison on Saturday, because a new picture of Fuerteventura from early June was successful in good conditions.

Setup: Planewave CDK 24, 60 cm, f 6,5

Camera FLI PL 9000 with Filterrad

Mathis Mount with Absolut Encoders

Exposure 8h 30 min.

LRGB with Fitswork, PixInsight und PS

Copyright: Hans Dorfeldt

Image Description and Details : Details: NGC 5367 and Barnard 146E are an interesting mixture of bright and dark nebulosity in Centaurus. The brightest portion is the reflection nebula NGC 5367 surrounding a 9th magnitude star. A second fainter portion is visible in an 8" telescope, a little southeast of the brightest portion, surrounding a 10th magnitude double star. This would be an interesting region for a visual observer with a large telescope. Exif : L = 6 x 600 seconds , R = 6 x 600 seconds , G = 6 x 600 seconds , B = 6 x 600 seconds , f/3.8 , 1900 mm Equipment: FLI PL16083 camera, ASA 500N a 50-cm F3.8 corrected Newtonian telescope, ASA DDM85 equatorial mount with direct drives Filters: Astrodon LRGB 2GEN Softwares used: Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, Photoshop Location: El Sauce Observatory. Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile Image acquired via Telescope Live

Copyright: Copyright: Diptiman Nandy

The South Celestial Serpent is a large integrated flux nebula (IFN). IFN are composed of diffuse dust particles, hydrogen and carbon monoxide and other elements. Unlike reflection nebula’s which are lit by proximate stars, IFN are illuminated by the glow of the Milky Way Galaxy and are much fainter than most reflection nebulae. IFN were only identified quite recently in great part due to improvements in the sensitivity of imaging sensors. They are very prominent in the direction of both the north and south celestial poles. The large IFN nebula close to the south celestial pole is MW9 and is commonly termed the South Celestial Serpent.

Imaged in RGB on our RH 350 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image Processing: Mike Selby and Mark Hanson

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"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

My favorite poet certainly didn't have such a luxurious fountain in mind, when he wrote those words in his famous novella "The Little Prince", but when I saw it during my visit to Death Valley National Park in May, I knew I had to return to shoot it with the rising Milky Way.

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Canon EOS R, astro-modified

Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART @ f/2

IDAS NBZ filter

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Sky:

Stack of 6x 45s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 5x 105s @ ISO6400, filtered

Foreground:

Focus stack of 5x 4s @ ISO100 during blue hour

Copyright: Ralf Rohner