The Triangulum galaxy up close 👀

Located about 3 million light-years away, this nearby galaxy was captured in the festive-looking image below with ourVery Large Telescope (VLT).

The colours represent different elements: blue, green and red indicate the presence of oxygen, hydrogen and sulphur, respectively. But there's more than meets the eye in this image... 1/

📷 ESO/A. Feltre, F. Belfiore, G. Cresci et al.

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Mixed results with my wide narrowband imaging. I can definitely see all the structures I expect, but whilst the oxygen data (blue and green channels) is in perfect focus, the hydrogen data (red channel) is a blurry mess. Not sure if that is because of chromatic aberration and/or lens back focus or because of internal reflections.

Still, it is what it is. And it is this: the Vela Supernova Remnant and Gum Nebula(e), the Southern Milky Way from Crux, via Lambda Centauri to Eta Carina, and the center of the Milky Way in Sagittarius with Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, Swan and Star Cloud.

All these are 24 x 300 seconds of data with a Nikon 50mm lens at f/4, Altair Astro 6nm dual band filter.

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#Astrophotography (albumen silver print from glass negative ) of Ring Nebula from... 1885!

The ring nebula is located in the #constellation Lyra! You can learn more about the cool #astronomy in the constellation, #Lyra here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lyra-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/266895

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I think this is the last of my 2025 unprocessed data series. Data captured July & Aug of 2025

I have unprocessed 2025 data for other targets. But I hope to capture more on those this spring, before processing.

vdB130: area of Hydrogen nebulosity in Cygnus constellation, near Crescent nebula. It includes pretty orange & blue stars.

6" refractor w/mono CMOS camera. About ~20min each in R, G & B. Target really deserves more exposure time.

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https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/1/3/1 🤔 It was red earlier... I am stuck here because the clouds were kind and the Dwarfs are running in the front yard.

Maybe down at the beach we might get a shot if the aurora makes an appearance.

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