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IC59 and IC63 - Gamma Cassiopeia Nebulae

A tricky target to image. The super bright star Gamma Cassiopeia, surrounded by the hydrogen-rich but faint nebulae IC59 and IC63. A combination of broadband and narrowband images allowed capturing both aspects.

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M97 - Owl Nebula

M97, or the Owl Nebula, is a small planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major. Using Halpha and OIII narrowband filters enabled imaging while the moon was out at almost 100%.

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IC5070 - Pelican Nebula

The Pelican Nebula (IC5070) is a direct neighbour of the North American Nebula (NGC7000). In this image both are photographed together, using a dual-band narrowband filter on an One-Shot-Colour camera, using a small travel rig.

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NGC2174 - Monkey Head Nebula

The Monkey Head Nebula is a very nice narrowband target for when the moon is out. Located in the constellation of Orion, this is a typical winter target. While clouds interfered a lot with the imaging, over several nights about 7h of exposure could be gathered for this image.

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M16 - Eagle Nebula

A new travel rig was put together and first light was used to image M16, the Eagle nebula. This is a low summer target and only half an hour of data could be gathered. But the travel setup worked well and holds a lot of promise for the future.

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Sh2-174 - Valentine Rose

Sh2-174 is a very faint planetary nebula and also known as Valentine Rose. In total 12h of H-alpha and OIII data was collected to create this final image.

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NGC1499 - California Nebula

NGC1499 (California Nebula), an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus is a very large and colourful target when photographed in narrow-band. Here an SHO image of long exposure to bring out some of the very faint blue OIII signal.

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NGC2264 - Cone Nebula

A wide-field image of NGC2264, or Cone Nebula, embedded in lots of hydrogen-alpha regions. Next to the actual cone is the Christmas Tree star cluster, illuminating the surrounding gasses to emit bright blue OIII signal.

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M1 - Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. Imaged here in a Hubble Palette. This is the first image using BlurXTerminator for deconvolution, which is nothing short of a revolution in PixInsight image processing.

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IC410 - Tadpoles Nebula

The Tadpoles nebula is a very characteristic nebula in the constellation Auriga. This narrow-band image in Hubble palette clearly shows where this emission nebula gets its name from.

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IC443 - Jellyfish Nebula

The beautiful Jellyfish nebula (IC443) in the constellation Gemini. Here in a wide-field shot together with reflection nebula IC444. The narrow-band images are processed in the SHO Hubble palette.

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NGC7023 - Iris Nebula

An image of NGC7023, captured on three different occasions, two(!) years apart. The bright blue reflection nebula is referred to as Iris Nebula, named after the similarly blue flower. With more than 17h of exposure also the darker nebulae are visible.

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NGC7822 - Cederblad 214

In the constellation Cepheus this large area of nebulosity can be found with a massive star, 100,000 times bigger than our Sun, in the center that lights up the whole cloud. The nebula is registered as NGC7822.

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Sh2-240 - Spaghetti Nebula

Sh2-240, also known as the Spaghetti Nebula is a very large and faint object that requires long exposures with a wide-field telescope. A reducer on the FSQ-106 in combination with full-frame camera and > 17h of exposure resulted in the following image.

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Sh2-155 Cave Nebula

An old 2019 dataset of Sh2-155, also known as Cave Nebula, was finally processed to this image in SHO Hubble palette. The nebula itself is only a small object in a much larger region of all sorts of emission, reflection and dark nebulosity.

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NGC6960 - Veil Nebula

The Veil Nebula in HOO was chosen as the first object to photograph using the new RST-135E mount. This ultra-portable mount is super-easy to setup and can be used without counterweights or balancing. First light and lessons learned on a beautiful target.

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IC1848 - Heart and Soul Nebulae

A new reducer for the FSQ-106 turned the scope into a 380mm at f/3,6 astrograph. Together with the ASI6200MM a perfect combination to photograph the beautiful Heart and Soul Nebulae in narrowband.

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Sh2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula

Recently (2011) the Flying Squid Nebula has been discovered right within the Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129). The very weak OIII object is hard to image and with almost 30h of total exposure this has been one of the most challenging objects so far.

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IC405 - Flaming Star Nebula

IC405 is an interesting combination of both a reflection and emission nebula that emits strongly in H-alpha. The double-star AE Aurigae shines brightly in the middle and illuminates vast clouds of hydrogen gas.

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IC1805 - Heart Nebula

A large emission nebula in the constellation of Perseus catalogued as IC1805, but mostly known as Heart Nebula, due to its characteristic shape. Processed using the Hubble palette. This is the first image taken with the ASI6200, 62MP full-frame camera.

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