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June 2022, 2022 Jason Matter June 2022, 2022 Jason Matter

NGC 5367

Image Description and Details : Details: NGC 5367 and Barnard 146E are an interesting mixture of bright and dark nebulosity in Centaurus. The brightest portion is the reflection nebula NGC 5367 surrounding a 9th magnitude star. A second fainter portion is visible in an 8" telescope, a little southeast of the brightest portion, surrounding a 10th magnitude double star. This would be an interesting region for a visual observer with a large telescope. Exif : L = 6 x 600 seconds , R = 6 x 600 seconds , G = 6 x 600 seconds , B = 6 x 600 seconds , f/3.8 , 1900 mm Equipment: FLI PL16083 camera, ASA 500N a 50-cm F3.8 corrected Newtonian telescope, ASA DDM85 equatorial mount with direct drives Filters: Astrodon LRGB 2GEN Softwares used: Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, Photoshop Location: El Sauce Observatory. Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile Image acquired via Telescope Live

Copyright: Copyright: Diptiman Nandy

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May 2022, 2022 Jason Matter May 2022, 2022 Jason Matter

Cosmic Pearl

Image Description and Details : Details: Deneb is a first-magnitude star in the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. It is one of the vertices of the asterism known as the Summer Triangle and the "head" of the Northern Cross. It is the brightest star in Cygnus and the 19th brightest star in the night sky, with an average apparent magnitude of +1.25. This area lies in the plane of the Milky Way and is very rich in emission nebulae. Right down you can see NGC 7000/The North America Nebula, IC 5067/The Pelican Nebula, NGC 6989 an open cluster, 57 Cygni, IC 5068. Just a bit below left to Deneb is 55 Cygni and at the bottom left is IC 5076.

Exif : L = 50 x 180 seconds , R = 46 x 180 seconds , G = 46 x 180 seconds , B = 46 x 180 seconds , f/3.6 (with 0.73x focal reducer) , 382 mm

Equipment: FLI PL16083 camera, Takahashi FSQ-106ED telescope, Paramount MX+ mount

Filters: Astrodon LRGB 2GEN

Softwares used: Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, Photoshop

Copyright: Diptiman Nandy

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