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The Markarian's Chain - a stretch of galaxies, part of the Virgo Cluster.
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro.
160mm, f5.3, 1256 exposures of 30’’ - 10h 28'.
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JD Gadina 2d ago

The Markarian's Chain - a stretch of galaxies, part of the Virgo Cluster.
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro.
160mm, f5.3, 1256 exposures of 30’’ - 10h 28'.
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DanielHennes 2d ago

Took this photo on the night of 14 April 2026.
Jupiter can be seen in the top right-hand corner. More interesting is the ‘tail’. It was visible for about 15 minutes.
Is it a comet or a man-made object?

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JD Gadina 🦄2d ago

The M1 Crab Nebula, using a triband filter.
Celestron NexStar Evolution 6 + ZWOASI533MC Pro.
1220mm, f8, 242 exposures of 60’’.
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JD Gadina 2d ago

The M1 Crab Nebula, using a triband filter.
Celestron NexStar Evolution 6 + ZWOASI533MC Pro.
1220mm, f8, 242 exposures of 60’’.
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Frank Adler 3d ago

The Pacman Nebula
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NGC 281, the Pacman Nebula - a return to a familiar target in Cassiopeia. This time with a new setup and considerably more integration time, captured in the Hubble palette (HSO). The result is a view dominated by the warm red glow of ionized hydrogen and sulfur, punctuated by the brighter, subtly blue-grey core where the young star cluster IC 1590 drives the entire nebula's energy.

What fascinates me most about this object are the dark Bok globules - dense dust structures silhouetted against the glowing gas, slowly being eroded by the intense radiation from IC 1590. They look like they are being consumed, and in a sense they are. But deep inside their cold, shielded cores, gravity may be quietly winning - collapsing gas into new stars, born from the same clouds being stripped away around them.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 1.0x Flattener
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
Filter: Antlia Tri-Band RGB Ultra
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5-GT
Guiding: SkyWatcher Evoguide 50ED with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro
Focusser: ZWO EAF

Integration time: 6hrs 40min

Full version and print available at:
https://adfr.io/astro/20260407_ngc281

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