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M6 in this image is a group of around 20-30 stars that are about 1600 light years from Earth. It is not a tight cluster, and some of the stars form V shapes. They are surrounded by a blue nebulosity. In the top right-hand corner is more nebula, although it is more of a traditional brown-orange colour.

This is a trial of one of my first star clusters, M6. I've done a bit to try and highlight the nebulosity around the stars, but I might have overdone it. Still, it looks nice. 🔭 #astrophotograpy #astronomy

It's certainly vivid. Persist! It's such a good-looking nebula.

Glorious!

Great effort and well worth it. Superb colours!

Cheers. A quick question: what is your processing method?

Wow. The colours are brilliant.

Fantastic!

Amazing colours!

M8 or Lagoon nebula. 4,000 light years from Earth, it looks like the head of a horse that is on fire. The 'snout' is at the base of the nebula and has a red-orange bridge of dust. The 'eyes' are about halfway up the image and, at least, the left 'eye' is looking right at you! The forehead is a lighter orange colour with a set of stars in the middle of the 'forehead'. The rest of the head trails off into dust on the left hand side. The nebula is surrounded by many stars but there are about 20 stars featured prominently on the 'head'.

My version of the Lagooon Nebula. If only I had $680 million! Can you arrange it @vrubinobs.bsky.social?
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Hi Dan. I'm new to all this and I was wondering: when you get to where you want to be with the 5" refractor, can you post before and after images so I can see the difference? I really like the Crescent Nebula, particularly the colours and I would be interested in seeing how it changes. Thanks!

M8 or Lagoon nebula. 4,000 light years from Earth, it looks like the head of a horse that is on fire. The 'snout' is at the base of the nebula and has a red-orange bridge of dust. The 'eyes' are about halfway up the image and, at least, the left 'eye' is looking right at you! The forehead is a lighter orange colour with a set of stars in the middle of the 'forehead'. The rest of the head trails off into dust on the left hand side. The nebula is surrounded by many stars but there are about 20 stars featured prominently on the 'head'.

Last night was superb viewing here in Adelaide as well. I focussed on M8 and here it is straight out of my Seestar.

I like them both but I really like the mix of star colours in the newer version.

Nice result. I really like the colours of the stars. How did you process it?

Really good for a 'quick capture'! Did you process it in a particular way? I really like the colours of the stars.

Thank you. These filaments were already intriguing but these images make them look surreal!

Magnificent image. How big are some of those loops?

Right Ascension: 19h 21m 12s
Declination: 55 Deg 49' 19.64"
Magnitude 9.647
Thank you so much for this!

2/2 I'm in the southern hemisphere and can't take a picture of the star for them. 'His' star is near Vega, and I wanted to send an accurate image of where it is. If I give you the coordinates, could you take a picture for me? I know this is a bit much from a stranger, but I would appreciate it.

1/2 Hello David. I am interested in this photo. My brother-in-law recently died, and someone got a star named after him as a gift to his family. Of course, it doesn't mean much to the world of astronomy, but his family was very touched.

Worth it!

Which length of exposures did you use? ie 10, 20 or 30 secs?

This is a really nice image. How did you process it? Is it my eyes, or are there a couple more galaxies in the image?

Fantastic image. I went to your astrobin site but I couldn't find how long your exposures were and how many exposures you took over the three nights. Could you elaborate?

Very clever. Interesting results.

The Carina Nebula consists of three major parts that look a bit like a pinwheel. The top 'wedge' is a reddish plate of dust with what looks like a dinosaur head of slightly brighter dust on the side. The bottom right 'wedge' is still mainly red but consist of two pieces, the top of which looks a bit like a crocodile head with teeth and the bottom is just a rectangula blob of dust. The middle left 'wedge' is the brightest and most spectacular part. It is triangular in shape and the central part of the triangle is very bright with lots of stars. There are lots of stars throughout the image. It is hard to describe but I hope I did it some justice.

My latest image of the Carina Nebula. It's 7500 light years from Earth. It was taken over 3 delightfully clear nights here in Adelaide. Still working on my processing techniques - this is a trial using Peter Zelinka's 2025 Workflow.

Yes! 60 sec subs will be awesome!

Wow, it looks brilliant. What are the black, wispy bits?

You have some nice photos here, etropal. Could you name the objects in these photos? BTW are you using equitorial mode?

If it remains clear, I will have a go at it tonight.

Carina is fantastic. Did you use the mosaic mode?
We've had clear skies in Adelaide for the last two nights and I have captured nine hours of the Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334)! Brilliant viewing although not good for the farmers.