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LDN 85 et al

an area of dark nebulae near the Snake Nebula in Ophiuchus, LDN 85 was the object I used as my target in SGP, but... in the FOV are 10 LDN's, 81, 85, 91, 101, 102, 103, 107, 112, 117 and 136

LDN 85 et al

an area of dark nebulae near the Snake Nebula in Ophiuchus, LDN 85 was the object I used as my target in SGP, but... in the FOV are 10 LDN's, 81, 85, 91, 101, 102, 103, 107, 112, 117 and 136

M104

M22

SH2-5

Have you ever captured an image and upon closer inspection seen something unexpected? Here is a perfect example. I shot this object called Sh2-5, it looked like there was some Ha nebulosity in there so I was interested in it mainly for that reason. I processed it this afternoon and hello planetary nebula! I plate solved the image and annotated it in Pix to see what I had “discovered” and it’s NGC 6337

SH2-5

SH2-5

GUM 15 is the nebula at centre

6 panel mosaic, 100 frames per panel. 70 hours image capture time.

IC 2391 The Omicron Velorum Cluster

Omicron Velorum is a star in the constellation Vela. It is the brightest member of the loose naked eye open cluster IC 2391, also known as the ο Velorum Cluster. Omicron Velorum is a blue-white B-type subgiant with a mean apparent magnitude of +3.60. It is approximately 495 light years from Earth. Wikipedia

NGC 3114

IC2602 The Southern Pleiades

NGC 3199 and NGC 3247

NGC 3199 and NGC 3247

Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko

SH2-284

SH2-280

Nebula in Monoceros 20 x LUM and Ha 600s bin 1x 20 x RGB 300s bin 2x PIX PSCC

SH2-278

Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

I finally have a contribution to the flood of Comet Leonard images. I hope you don't mind 🙄 On Dec 30 I remotely pointed my scope at comet Leonard for the first time. Its been a combination of either poor weather or internet problems but this is my only data so far from the southern hemisphere. And its thin data. Barely got it in before losing the comet behind an obstruction on the horizon, which cuts about the last good 45 minutes from my shooting time. This is an LRGB 10X 30s LUM bin 1x 5X 30s RGB bin 2x TEC 140APO Moravian G4 CCD FOV is about 1.4 degrees square.

the James Webb Space Telescope

That dash moving across the screen is the JWST. I captured Images of JWST in Orion last night, just after passing the orbit of the moon, and the deployment of the sunshield pallet. FOV is about 1 x .5 degrees Remote capture from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile