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Continuing my theme on dark nebulae: This image contains (amongst other things) Barnard 150 (LDN1082), also known as The Seahorse Nebula. These dark nebulae are becoming a firm favourite of mine, and Cepheus if full of them. Next up will be The Scorpion Nebula (LDN1147). The full res image...

Another from what will become my dark nebulae series. The Dark Shark Nebula (LDN1235) is part of a large molecular cloud in the constellation Cepheus. LDN1235 actually corresponds to the ‘eye’ of the shark, which, together with other dark nebulae in the region give the form of a shark. Within...

This is a 2-panel mosaic of an area of space in the constellation of Perseus. The whole starfield is obscured by stardust, with patches of orange and red denoting areas of star formation. The area towards the top of the image is dominated by NGC 1333; the blue hues of this reflection nebula...

This is a 3-panel mosaic of the region around NGC7023, in the constellation Cepheus, taken during May this year. The designation NGC 7023 actually refers to the open cluster of stars within the larger blue reflection nebula which is designated as LBN 487. NGC 7023, also known as the Iris Nebula...

This image is my longest in terms of acquisition time (over 25rs in total), and most complex yet in terms of processing. I wanted to capture the Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN) within this region, so used my ASI2600 (OSC) to get a wider field of view. But I also wanted to do justice to the...

Markarian's Chain, a stretch of galaxies found in the constellation of Virgo, which viewed from Earth lie along a smoothly curved line. Charles Messier first discovered the two brightest of the galaxies, M84 and M86, in 1781. Just to the left of centre can be seen a pair of interacting galaxies...

I didn't find this particularly easy to process, and I think I have overdone the blues a tad. But quite pleased with being able to pull out the reds. This final image has been rotated and cropped, mainly to give a more pleasing perspective (in my view). Originally it was edge on due to the fact...

The designation NGC 2264 is used to identify 2 objects in the constellation of Monoceros. The Cone Nebula, which can be seen in the bottom of the image, and an open star cluster known as the ‘Christmas Tree’ located above the Cone. The tree is inverted with the top of the tree marked by the...

Thanks to Jim Fox for the invite to this Forum, very pleased to be here. This is an image I took of M78. There is a lot of eye candy in Orion, and for me this region certainly falls into that category. Sky Watcher Esprit 100ED Sky Watcher EQ6R Pro ASI2600MC Lights: 100 x 150s My first fully...