Thank you
That's a great name....🙂
No kidding
The Rosette Nebula (SH2-275) is an emission nebula ~5200 ly from Earth in the constellation Monoceros.This narrow band multi-spectral image shows the dominate areas of ionized Sulfur(reds), Hydrogen(yellows) and Oxygen (blues) within the nebula.
updated 03/10/2026
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The Great Pumpkin Nebula (SH2-232) region is a faint complex HII molecular cloud in the constellation Auriga at ~ 5,870 light years from Earth. There are also the two smaller HII regions(SH2-231,SH2-233) plus a planetary nebula in the pumpkins center.
-Updated 03/08/26
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Nice photo. That Seestar worked well.
The Sunflower Galaxy (M63) is a flocculent spiral galaxy which has loosely wound discontinuous spiral arms. It is located in Canes Venatici and is about the size of the Milky Way. It is named after it's patchy Sunflower like structure. (per Wikipedia).
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Cassiopeia - Cepheus border region narrow band wide field photo where ionized Hydrogen are reds and Oxygen are blues. Core objects are the Bubble (NGC 7635), Lobster Claw (SH2-157), Cave Nebula(SH2-155), and the open star cluster M52.
Updated 03/02/26
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The Open Star Cluster NGC 6940 in the constellation Vulpecula is ~1 billion years old and therefore contains a beautiful population of older red giants. Discovered by William Herschel in 1784. (Per Wikipedia).
Taken 11/2/2025 ,processed during last weeks Bomb Cyclone
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It looks great. Great resolution with that C11.
Looks great for such a little scope. Nice details. Good color punch. It's great your getting those clear nights. My location on the other hand has just been pummeled by a Bomb Cyclone and I am still waiting for power... I envy you.
The Little Rosette Nebula(Sh2-170) resembles the larger Rosette Nebula(Sh2-275). It is also the dot of the Cosmic Question mark. Rendered in RGB and SHO Hubble palette for comparison.In the SHO photo ionized Sulfur are reds, Hydrogen are yellows, and Oxygen are blues.
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This is a small part of Perseus Molecular Cloud region in the constellation ARIES, which is just west of the of the Embryo Nebula. This region includes a compact trio of dark nebulae (B202,B204,and B206) amongst others and bright reflection and emission nebulae.
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I guess this is a murder...
Believe me when I tell you I stare at them all the time. Space is an amazing place.
Good Ol' Lrrr!
Perseus Molecular Cloud (PerMCld) has dark, reflection,and emission nebulae plus star clusters. This photo covers part of the cloud and contains Omicron Persei Cloud (IC 348) on the left and the Embryo Nebula (NGC 1333).
Updated to highlight cloud details 02/17
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Thanks for the repost!
The Lobster Claw (SH2-157) and Bubble (NGC 7635) is a rich complex nebulae region in Cassiopeia. This is a mosaic photo in which ionized Sulfur(reds), Hydrogen(yellows) and Oxygen (blues) are imaged using the Hubble palette. Summer data processed this past frigid week
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Thank you! Space is a grand place which helps with taking photos...
Stellar region in the Cassiopeia. This is my wide field exploratory photo of an area that contains reflection and dark nebulae, open star clusters, and HII regions. If weather was good the plan was to shoot some areas in higher res
-Weather was poor, maybe this summer
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LoL!
The Surfboard Galaxy (M108) is a barred spiral ~ 46 Mly from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation. The view is almost edge on giving it a surfboard appearance. It contains a massive black hole in it's center about ~8x larger than the Milky Ways (Per Wiki).
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This object is very dim. I had my scope stare at it for 10 hours just to get enough signal for this photo. If I do another 10 hours the bat might be easier to see.
I think this is the bat....
There is a bat in there. I had to look that one up to find it. The wings extend outwards from the center I believe...
typo correction: The Flying Bat Nebula is (SH2-129) not(SH2-29)
The Flying Bat Nebula (SH2-29) and the Giant Squid Nebula (Ou-4, ),and the Dark Seahorse Nebula (B-150) in Cepheus at ~ 2300 light years distant from Earth. This is a winters day update to a previous post. Taken last June and reprocessed with some newly acquired tools.
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SH2-140 is an emission nebula. Some refer to it unofficially as the 'Peak a Boo' nebula because it is partially blocked by dense clouds of the Cepheus molecular cloud complex. It is a stellar nursery where dense clouds glow illuminated by UV radiation. (per Wiki).
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Messier 106 (M106) galaxy group is shown here in a wide field photo of the region in the constellation Canes Venatici. They are a loose collection of galaxies ~ 20 to 30 million light years from Earth (Per Wiki). This photo was taken over 3 nights of observing.
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