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NGC281 - The Pacman Nebula RGB56 viewsNGC 281 is an H II region in the constellation of Cassiopeia and part of the Perseus Spiral Arm. It includes or is near the open cluster IC 1590, the double star HD 5005, and several Bok globules. It is visible in amateur telescopes from dark sky locations. It is sometimes unofficially referred to as the Pacman Nebula owing to its fancied resemblance to the eponymous hero of the arcade game Pac-Man.
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NGC 2903 - Galaxy in Leo80 viewsNGC 2903 is a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Similarities include its general size and a central bar. Further investigation has indicated that current star formation is most rampant in a 2000 light-year wide circumnuclear ring surrounding NGC 2903's center. Astronomers hypothesize that the gravity of the central bar expedites star formation in this ring. NGC 2903 lies about 25 million light-years away and is visible with a small telescope towards the constellation of Leo.
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Alpine Region98 viewsAlpine regipon on the moon
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NGC1499 - California Nebula in Perseus24 viewsThe California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to observe visually. It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light years f
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M13 - The Great Cluster In Hercules31 viewsThis was my first ever deep sky image taking on the 1 June 2006, Balbriggan Co.Dublin. David Grennan and Myself were testing My new 14" OTA with a 6.3 focal reducer at the time .
M13 was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, and catalogued by Charles Messier on June 1, 1764. M13 is about 145 light-years in diameter, and it is composed of several hundred thousand stars, the brightest of which is the variable star V11 with an apparent magnitude of 11.95. M13 is 25,100 light-years away from Earth.
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Cygnus Milkyway Arm62 viewsPresented here is a widefield view of the northern constellation Cygnus, known since the time of the ancients as the 'Swan'. This is a fabulous visual part of our northern hemisphere's milkyway, in which we are looking inward towards the cygnus spiral arm which hosts many deep sky treasures including the North America and Pelican nebulae, Messier cluster's M29 & 39, and the great 'Cygnus Rift', which is composed of a huge mass of galactic dust. This is best seen on clear summer nights.
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North America Milkyway56 viewsThis is the tip of Cygnus around the bright star Deneb or alpha cygnii which forms part of the summer triangle. It's an incredibly dense part of the cygnus spiral arm with stars too numerous to count. The north america nebula (NGC 7000) is outstanding here along with M39 and many dust lanes visible also.
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Double Cluster in Perseus32 views8th September 2006, Balbriggan Co.Dublin. This image was used on the Sky At Night TV show it was a proud moment for me Consedering it was one of my first images.The Double Cluster is the common name for the naked-eye open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869, which are close together in the constellation Perseus. NGC 884 and NGC 869 are at distances of 7600 and 6800 light-years away, respectively, so they are close to one another in space as well.They are relatively young clusters, with NGC 869 5.6 million years
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M57 The Ring Nebula34 viewsThis is another The Sky at Night used for there programme image taken on July & August .Planetary nebulae are formed after medium or low mass stars, such as the Sun, exhaust their hydrogen fuel in the stellar core. At this point the structure of the star changes so it can achieve a new equilibrium condition in which it can continue to burn; the outer layers of the star expand and it becomes a red giant. Further internal temperature instabilities develop from the fusion reactions, causing the outer atmosphe
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The Flame Nebula in Orion48 viewsThe flame nebula (NGC2024) is a glowing cloud of hydrogen gas where star formation is ongoing at 900-1500 light years away in the constellation Orion. Also visible is the horsehead nebula (IC434), both of which are difficult objects to observe due to their low surface brightness, and the proximity of one of Orion's eastern most belt star Alnitak.
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Horsehead Nebula B33 - Close Up37 viewsThe Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in bright nebula IC 434) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just below Alnitak, the star furthest left on Orion's Belt. The darkness of the Horsehead is caused mostly by thick dust, although the lower part of the Horsehead's neck casts a shadow to the left. Streams of gas leaving the nebula are funneled by a strong magnetic field.
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Horsehead and Flame101 views120mins each of Lum, R, G, B, mixed wit 350mins of Ha. All taken from Dublin and Wicklowexcet for 90mins of Ha data that I had from France.
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