Astronomy
The Little Dumbell Nebula - M76
Messier 76 the Little Dumbell Nebula. The Nebula (upper left) is very small in this image. Hopefully I can make a more close up image one day. The large star is Phi Persei.
Willams Optics 110 mm APO refractor on AP1200 and Canon 40D. Guided.
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Picture Of Cat's Eye Nebula
The Cat's eye nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Draco. A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas in space. A nebula is of four types- planetary nebula , reflection nebula , emission nebula and absorption nebula. Cat's nebula can...
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The Christmas Tree And The Cone Nebula - Ngc2264
The Christmas Tree Nebula (upside down) including the Cone Nebula at the bottom is in constallation Monoceros. The top of the Cone Nebula has a bright star forming the christmas tree top. The bright bluee and red nebula in the middle of tht picture...
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Messier 52 Open Cluster And The Bubble Neblua, Ngc7635
The M52 in the upper center of the image is an open cluster in Cassiopeia with about 200 stars. The Bubble Nebula in the middle right of the image has a very distinct 'bubble' emmison nebula. The image is a crop from in the upper right coner,...
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Messier 27 - The Dumbell Nebula
The M27-Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula is 1360 LY from us. There is a white dwarf in the central region of the nebula. Celestron 80ED - 600 mm f7.5, piggyback on CPC11, no filters, guided. 10 x 10 min ISO 800, darks, cropped....
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Messier 97 And 108 In Ursa Major
The planetary nebula M97, also called Owl Nebula is bottom left in the picture. 2.6 kLY away and Mag 9.9. It is believed to be formed 6000 years ago.The spiral galaxy M108 seen from the edge is about 50 MLY away with Mag 10.7.The image was made out...
Astronomy