The Cone Nebula is located approximately 2,500 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros. The dense clouds of gas and dust are active star-forming regions and span a distance of nearly 7 light-years in length. The stars within the nebula actively emit high levels of ultraviolet radiation that pushes away the dust and gas to reshape the nebula over time. I was thrilled to see how much structure was visible within the Cone Nebula.
I captured this photo with a PlaneWave CDK600 at ObsTech using Voyager software and QHY600 camera. Total exposure of 24 hours. Hydrogen alpha 26x30min, Luminance 60x5min, Red 24x5min, Green 24x5min, and Blue 24x5min.
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The Flame Nebula is located approximately 1,400 light-years away in the constellation of Orion. The glow exhibited by the nebula is the result of the bright star at the top right of the frame, Alnitak, emitting ultraviolet radiation that energizes the Flame Nebula gas. Active star formation near the center of the Flame Nebula has been confirmed by telescopes that collect x-ray and infrared wavelengths of light that can peer through the dense, dark nebulae regions to glimpse into the core.
Captured with a PlaneWave CDK600 at ObsTech using Voyager automation software and a QHY600 camera. Total exposure of 13 hours. Luminance 60x5min, Red 36x5min, Green 36x5min, and Blue 24x5min.
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IC 2944 is a nebula located in the constellation of Centaurus and lies at a distance of around 6,500 light-years away. This nebula is commonly called the Running Chicken Nebula. What I find very interesting about this object are the condensed clouds of dark nebulae known as Bok globules. These globules contain the building blocks for new stars (Hydrogen, Carbon, and Helium) and were first proposed as stellar nurseries in the 1940s by Bart Bok and Edith Reilly. In 1990, with near-infrared telescopes, astronomers finally confirmed stars are born within Bok globules as the near-IR light allowed glimpses through the dense dust.
Captured with a PlaneWave CDK600 at Obstech using Voyager automation software.
Total 26 hours exposure. HA 20x30min, Oiii 17x30min, and Sii 15x30min. RGB 15x1min per channel for stars.
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NGC 55 is an irregular galaxy located nearly 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Sculptor.
I wanted to capture the emission nebulae star forming regions in high resolution, which are seen in red, by using a Hydrogen alpha filter in addition to the standard natural color (LRGB filters).
49 total hours of images captured with a PlaneWave
CDK600 at ObsTech using Voyager for automation and QHY600 camera.
HA = 56 x 30 min
Luminance = 115 x 5 min
Red = 46 x 5 min
Green = 47 x 5 min
Blue = 44 x 5 min
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The Helix Nebula is a stunning deep sky target that was created as a result of a star near the end of it's life cycle expanding and shedding gas. The shells of expanding gas created the beautiful planetary nebula structure we can observe with telescopes. This evolution for the majority of stars in the Universe will also occur to our beloved Sun one day. I captured this 50-hour data set with a PlaneWave Instruments CDK600 at ObsTech using Voyager automation software. Camera used was a QHY600.
HA = 43x30min
L = 177x5min
RGB = 55x5min per channel
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