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2020 Charles Lillo 2020 Charles Lillo

Crescent Nebula aka NGC6888

Triple shot combination in H Alpha, OIII and RGB late October 2019.
Crescent Nebula, NGC6888, remnant of an ancient supernova in the Swan constellation, just below the bright star Sadr.

Shooting on 29-9, 30-9, 02-10 from a 5.5 bortle sky

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2020 Charles Lillo 2020 Charles Lillo

NGC 3576 - The Statue Of Liberty Nebula in Hubble Palette

NGC 3576 is a minor nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy a few thousand light-years away from the Eta Carinae nebula. This nebula even received six different classification numbers. Currently, astronomers call the entire nebula NGC 3576. A popular nickname is "The Statue of Liberty Nebula" because of the distinctive shape in the middle of the nebula. The name was first suggested in 2009 by Dr. Steve Mazlin, a member of Star Shadows Remote Observatory (SSRO).

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

Elephant's Trunk Nebula - IC1396

INFO
IC 1396 spans hundreds of light years at distance of about 3000 light years in constellation Cepheus. The famous formation of glowing gases, the "Elephant's Trunk Nebula" can be seen at four o'clock position. This is an active star formation region and it has several massive young stars inside it, coursing the ionization of elements of this emission nebula.

Technical details Processing workflow Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07. Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2. Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight Color combine in PS CS3 Levels and curves in PS CS3. Imaging optics Tokina AT-x f2.8 camera lens Mount 10-micron 1000 Cameras and filters Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel Guider camera, Lodestar x 2 and an old spotting scope of Meade LX200
Astrodon filters,
5nm H-alpha 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III Total exposure time for all of the four panels
H-alpha, 12 x 600 s, binned 1x1 = 2 h
O-III, 6x 600 s, binned 4x4 = 1 h.
S-II, 3 x 600 s. binned 4x4 = 0,5 h

Copyright: J-P Mets̈avainio

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

EGB 4

EGB 4 (a nebula discovered by Ellis, Grayson, & Bond in 1984) is NOT a comet, despite it's comet-like appearance. It is an emission nebula surrounding a catacylismic binary star system called BZ Cam in the constellation of Camelopardis.

It has an unusual bow-shock structure as BZ Cam (with it's associated wind) moves through the interstellar medium, similar to the bow wave in front of a ship that is moving through water.

BZ Cam is believed to be a white dwarf star that is accreting mass from an accompanying main-sequence star of 0.3-0.4 solar masses.
It is around 2,500 light years away, and has a space velocity of 125 km/second.
I can only find one previous image of EGB 4 online, a NASA APOD from 2000, so I believe this could be the first amateaur image and thefirst colour image.
Yes it's incredibly faint!

Image capture details:

Astrodon Blue: 15x300"
Astrodon Green: 15x300"
Astrodon Lum: 20x600"
Astrodon Red: 15x300"
Astrodon OIII: 25x1800s bin 2x2
Astrodon Ha: 56x1800s bin 2x2

Total Integration: 48 hours

Captured on my dual rig in Spain.
Scopes: APM TMB LZOS 152 (6" aperture 1200mm focal length)
Cameras: QSI6120wsg8
Mount: 10Micron GM2000 HPS

Copyright Details: Peter Goodhew

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

Anteater Nebula - NGC 6726

NGC 6726/6727 and IC 4812 are blue reflection nebulae, where bright stars are embedded in a large cloud of dust which reflects the blue light of the stars. NGC 6729 is a butterfly-shaped emission/reflection object that is a variable nebula, powered by the irregular variable star, R Coronae Australis (R CrA). R CrA was discovered about 100 years ago. HH objects are shown as delicate, small arcs of glowing gas.
20" ASA FLI PROLINE 16803 CCD
3.7 HOURS of LRGB
Chilescope T2 Stacked in PI , Processed n Ps

Copyright: Zhuoqun Wu & Utkarsh mishra

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

Rosette Nebula

​Imaging telescopes or lenses:​ Takahashi FSQ130ED
Imaging cameras: FLI ML16200 ADT
Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2M
​Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FS60CB
Guiding cameras: QHY CCD QHY 5 II
Focal Extender / Reducer: None
Software: Sequence Generator Pro SGP (for capture) PHD 2 (guiding), Astro Pixel Processor & PixInsight,
Filters: Astrodon Ha, OIII, SII.

Accessories: Robofocus Focuser, ATIK EFW3

Original Resolution: 3570 x 4225
Dates: 1st Jan to 4th Jan 2020

Frames:
Astrodon Ha 30 x 10'
Astrodon OIII 30 x 10'
Astrodon SII 36 x 10'

Total integration = 16 hours.

Copyright: Brendan Kinch

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