Astro
Posting some of my favorite astrophotos of 2022 in this thread over next 2 days. #Paragastro2022
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Two wide angle images from August 2022.
9. Milky Way galaxy shot in Maine
10. Startrails from my front yard
Posting some of my favorite astrophotos of 2022 in this thread over next 2 days. #Paragastro2022
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5. Rosette nebula from Monoceros captured in March 2022
Posting some of my favorite astrophotos of 2022 in this thread over next 2 days. #Paragastro2022
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3. Bode’s galaxy (M81) and Cigar galaxy (M82) from Ursa Major
4. Pinwheel galaxy (M33) from Triangulum
Posting some of my favorite astrophotos of 2022 in this thread over next 2 days. #Paragastro2022
- The Great Orion Nebula (M42)
2. Flame and Horsehead nebulae
These two are from Jan 2022.
A part of the Veil nebula complex from Cygnus. This is Pickering’s triangle and Witch’s broom (NGC6960). #astro
Nebulosity (IC 1318) seen around the star gamma Cygni (Sadr) at bottom right. This area is aka Butterfly nebula. They appear together but the nebula and the star cluster at right edge are 3 times farther than Sadr.
WO ZS61 - ZWO ASI533MC-PRO - LeXtreme - 50 x 3 min - SIRIL - PS #astro
Pacman nebula (NGC 281) in the constellation of Cassiopeia. This bright emission nebula is at 9200 light years away in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way galaxy.
WO ZS61 - ZWO ASI533MC-PRO - LeXtreme - 50 x 3 min - SIRIL - PS #astro
It was cloudy last night when the Moon-Mars conjunction happened but then cleared out early in the morning. When I woke up Moon and Mars were shining brightly in the sky. #astro
Sharing my favorite photo from last month again. Elephant trunk nebula is one of my favorite objects to shoot. I like all the details in the dark nebulosity that can be seen here. #astro
Another long exposure (3 min) photo showing Pleiades (bottom right), and ghostly reddish glow of California nebula (right of center). The bright star at top left is Capella and just above the roof, open clusters M36 and M38 are seen along with Flaming star nebula in Auriga. #astro
Playing with long exposure (3 mins) photos with a 40 mm lens. Here is one that shows Andromeda galaxy (M31), top right and Triangulum Galaxy (M33), bottom center. Also two open star clusters: M34 in Perseus (left edge) and NGC 752 in Andromeda (left center) #astro
The Bubble nebula (NGC 7635) and open cluster M52 in Cassiopeia. They appear next to each other but the nebula is ~11000 LY away while M52 is closer at a distance of only ~5000 LY. About 3 hours of total exposure (35x5m). Optolong LeXtreme filter with ASI533MC-pro on WO ZS61.
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Stargazings 10-18-08
It was a quick half hour session with Adit calling me to come in every 5 minutes. A clear and cold night made everything look very beautiful. These sky conditions along with the good quality optics of William Optics Megrez 90 were responsible for excellent viewing with good contrast. Here is what I was able to catch:
Jupiter: All four moon visible; all were on the same side.
M22 and M28 from Saggitarius: It was my first time to see these two clusters. They can be found around lambda Saggitarius. M22 is a big and very dense, nice looking, globular star cluster. Very easy to spot. M28 is much smaller and fainter.
M57: “Ring nebula” a planetary nebula from Lyra.
M56: a globular star cluster from Lyra. It lies on the straight line between M57 and Albeiro (beta-Cygnus), almost at the midpoint.
Albeiro: Famous double star in Cygnus. Two bright colorful stars: Orange and blue.
M31 and M32: Andromeda and its companion galaxy.
NGC869 and NGC884: Double cluster in Perseus.