One of the brightest deep space targets in the sky is Messier 45. In the US it's known as the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. I started this project in October, but when I got around to processing it, I decide I needed more data, so I spent a couple more nights on it in December.
Full resolution and more acquisition details are available on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/0im8ux/C/
We’ve had a string of cool, clear nights this past week. I took advantage and worked on a couple of new targets. This is C49, the Rosette Nebula and NGC 2244 The Rosette star cluster.
I chose to process the nebula in the traditional SHO Hubble Palate.
Processing details and equipment as well as a full size and annotated image on my Astrobin:
https://astrob.in/5wpmgg/0/
Info about the nebula:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_Nebula. #astrodon #astrophotography
Got a few targets that I'm done collecting data on so I'm working my way through them. We've got more clear nights coming this week so trying to clear the backlog a bit :)
I gathered data on this throughout Oct, Nov, and finished it up in December. I ended up with about 10 hours of usable data taken in RGB and Luminance.
Full size annotated image can be found on my Astrobin:
https://astrob.in/bx4vhf/0/
#Astrodon #astrophotography
The Pillars of Creation within the M16 Eagle Nebula.
This image was taken with a ED80mm refractor, ZWO ASI183MC camera, ZWO Duo Band filter and processed in PixInsight, including star removal using Starnet 2. About five hours of 4 min exposures with darks.
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The Rosette Nebula, C49. This is a new version with HOO colors !
Latest astrophotography image! Had a streak of clear nights this week. This is 190 x 300 second images of NGC 1333 https://science.nasa.gov/ngc-1333-stellar-nursery-perseus
My first image with any serious dust in it. Quite pleased with how it has turned out. Followed. A nice walk through by Adam Block on the same object and that really helped the processing.
On to the next project!
NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This striking close-up spans about two full moons on the sky or just over 15 light-years at the
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