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Featuring the intricate core of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier8) and its neighbor the Trifid (Messier20) a large star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius processed in a mix of Foraxx and HSO. The Lagoon Nebula is an emission nebula about 5,000 light-years away and roughly 130 light-years...

733 x 10s subs captured by the new ZWO Seestar S50 Stacked and color-calibrated using PixInsight. Color-graded using Photoshop

Was notified a couple of days ago that this will be APOD for May 1 ! Now I'm convinced the first 2 maybe weren't flukes 😂 NGC 3293 is an Open Cluster consisting of more than 100 stars brighter than magnitude 14 and within some impressive surrounding Ha nebulosity. This cluster which is around...

These are my best astrophotography images for 2022. As to why and where is mainly decided randomly and more importantly where the target lies in the southern skies (the higher the better to minimize light pollution effects). Edit: Would like to add that I have just been notified of my second...

NGC 2467 or the Skull and Crossbones Nebula is an active stellar nursery lying in the southern constellation of Puppis located around 17,000 light-years away from Earth. 56 x 600s SOH subs shot @0C spread across 4 nights for a total integration time of about 9.5hrs For more details and a higher...

This image is of 2 well-known nebulae one more so than the other. The Horsehead Nebula made famous by Hubble is a diffuse dark nebula found in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex in the constellation Orion and is approximately 1,500 light-years from us.The palette chosen here was HSO which more or...

The gorgeous Rosette emission nebula or Caldwell 49 is a vast HII region and very active stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros and about 130 light-years across. The stars in the central 'Satellite Cluster' provide the nebula's glow. This is one of my...

NGC 2070 or more commonly known as the Tarantula Nebula is a popular target in the southern hemisphere. This large emission nebula is an extremely luminous non-stellar object about 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud with an estimated diameter of 652 light-years. It is the...

Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279) in a 2-panel mosaic shot in LRGB. Was still able to showcase the interstellar gas and dust clouds surrounding M42 and Sh2-279 without blowing out the core (trapezium) too much of M42. M42 is only 1,500 light-years away and about 30 to 40...

Added another 36 hours of narrowband data to this target hoping to get more detail around the outside of the eye. Also chose a different palette mix for this one. This target is NGC 7293 or more commonly known as the Helix Nebula or Eye of God or Eye of Sauron. It is a planetary nebula formed...

IC 2177 more commonly known as the Seagull Nebula is a reflection nebula between the constellations Monoceros and Canis Major around 3,700 light-years away from Earth. The seagull shape is defined by the head (NGC 2327) and the wings (IC 2177 itself). This Ha-rich region of cosmic dust and gas...

Hi Guys, Just wanted to share a little milestone I achieved in my astrophotography journey a couple of weeks ago by winning the Best Deep Space Photo and the Overall Best Photo Prize (I won the Deep Space Photo last year as well on my first try) at our local yearly Perth Astrofest held at the...

Presenting the mighty Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279) in a 2-panel mosaic shot in narrowband with an HSO false-color palette. I was wanting to showcase the interstellar gas and dust clouds surrounding M42 and Sh2-279 without blowing out the core (trapezium) of M42. Pretty...

Sharpless 2-63 or MBM 159 or LBN 86 is an extremely faint dusty nebula categorised as a high galactic latitude molecular cloud poor in ionized gas and lit mainly by reflected starlight. It is located at a distance of 220parsec or about 717 light-years away and lying in the constellation...

NGC 460 and its neighbours NGC 456 and NGC 465 is a magnitude 12.5 open cluster and emission nebula located about 280,000 light-years away in the constellation Tuscana in an outlying region (wing) of the Small Magellanic Cloud. More details: https://www.astrobin.com/8sh0qv/

NGC 7293 or more commonly known as the Helix Nebula or Eye of God or Eye of Sauron is a planetary nebula formed by the expanding shell of glowing gas around a dying low-mass star. It is located in the constellation Aquarius and is about 650 light-years away with a diameter of about 2.5...

One of my favourite targets just due to its spectacular nebulosity and detail. NGC 6188 or more commonly known as the Fighting Dragons of Ara is an emission nebula 4,000 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Ara and is approximately 600 light-years across. This project...

NGC 6559 is a star-forming region just east of the Lagoon in the Sagittarius constellation located about 5,000 light-years away. It contains clouds of gas and dust and shows both emission (red) and reflection (blue) regions. More detail here: https://www.astrobin.com/gbpmzz/

HD 92036 is a single red giant star of magnitude 4.87 in the constellation Hydra. Also in the neighbourhood are NGC 3314 2 superimposed galaxies, NGC 3312 a large and highly inclined spiral galaxy about 194 million light-years away, NGC 3311 a supergiant elliptical galaxy and NGC 3316 a barred...

NGC 3532 or more commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster or Wishing Well Cluster is a bright open cluster of approximately 150 stars of magnitude 7 or fainter in the constellation Carina some 1300 light-years away from Earth. NGC 3532 covers an area of the sky that is almost twice the size of...