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NGC-7635 The Bubble Nebula with Sh2-157 The Lobster Claw Nebula

By |August 30th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) is the most famous object in this image, at the top and right of center. The Bubble is surrounded by nebula Sh2-162,
a cloud of glowing hydrogen gas located approximately 10,000 light years away.

The large Open Star cluster M52 is to the upper right of the Bubble, and is located 4,980 light years away.
This Open Star cluster offers a fantastic view in any small telescope.

Sh2-161 Nebula complex is at lower right and the nebula continues off the FOV.
NGC 7538 (Sh2-158) is the very bright patch of nebula near the bottom edge of Sh2-161.

At the bottom left is the massive star formation region known as The Lobster Claw Nebula (Sh2-157), Just beneath the Lobster’s claw is the bright open star cluster NGC 7510.

Half way between the Lobster Claw and The Bubble Nebula is a newborn star(a tiny orange squiggle shaped nebula beside the star) this is Herbig-Haro 170.
Herbig-Haro objects form when gas ejected by the stars collides at high speed with surrounding clouds of gas and dust. You will need to zoom in a little to see this object.

Sh2-159 is a small patch of nebulae lying near center between all three of larger nebulae regions.

Celestron 8 inch F2.2 RASA, ZWO AM5 Mount, ZWO 294MC cooled Cmos Camera, ASI Air Plus via Ethernet to IPAD,
15 x 300 seconds subs exposures, total 75 minutes total integration time. Captured from my observatories at JBSPO in Yellow Springs, Ohio on 08-19-2023.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

The Sun in Hydrogen Alpha Light on 08-20-2023

By |August 28th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Sun in Hydrogen Alpha Light showing Sunspots & Filaments, Sunspot/ active regions 3411, 3405, 3403, 3409, 3407.
I captured this close-up on 08-20-2023 centered on the activity while the seeing was good that Sunday morning.

Capture details:
Date: 200823, Time: 143203 UT, Camera: QHY5III290M, Scope: Lunt 60mm/50F Hydrogen Alpha Solar Telescope,
BF1200, Single Stack, Fire-Capture, SER video file, 100FPS, 1.044ms exposure, 760 out of 871 frames stacked in Registax6,
Observer: John Chumack, Location: Dayton, Ohio, Comment: no fire/smoke, excellent transparency, Seeing: 8/10.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

Sh2-132 The Lion Nebula

By |August 21st, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The last 6 months have been terrible with clouds & fire Smoke…but I still try to shoot something!!!

At least this nebula does look like it’s nickname.
The Lion Nebula Sh2-132 is a faint emission nebula(star formation region) in the constellations of Cepheus, near the border of Lacerta.
It’s distance is between 10,000 and 12,000 light years away.(1 Light year = approximately 5.8 Trillion Miles)
The components of this emission nebula are hydrogen and oxygen gases, which are stimulated to a high energy state by ultra violet light from nearby stars and subsequently re-emit the light.
The darker areas within the nebula are “dark nebulae,” which are dust clouds that obscure light.
Capture Details:
Celestron RASA 8inch F2.2, Software Bisque MyT Mount, ZWO 294MC Cooled Color Cmos Camera, ZWO ASI Air Plus via Ethernet to IPAD, Starizona NBZ UHS Filter, 26 x 300 second subs, 130 minute total integration time taken from my backyard observatory(bortle8), Dayton, Ohio on 08-13-2023.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

Sharpless 171, NGC-7822 and Berkeley 59

By |August 10th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NGC-7822 Emission Nebula in Cepheus
NGC 7822, also known as Cederblad 214 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus.
The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171 or LBN 589, and the young cluster of stars
named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 2,900 light-years away.
Its diameter is about 300 light years.
Captured with my RASA 8inch diameter F.2.2 Scope, Bisque MyT Mount, ZWO 294MC cooled Cmos Camera, Starizona NBZ UHS Filter, ASI Air Plus via Wi-Fi to I-Pad,
24 x 300 second Subs, total 2 hour total integration time from my backyard Observatory(bortle8) in Dayton, Ohio on 07-16-2023.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

IC-1396 Emission Nebula with Mu Cephei and Dark Nebulae

By |August 5th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

IC-1396 A stunning emission nebula and “Dark” nebula. IC 1396 mixes glowing cosmic gas and dark dust clouds in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus.
This is a large and faint emission nebula, a star forming region that is over 100 light-years across, and is located about 2,400 light-years away from Earth.
Embedded is the star cluster Trumpler 37 near center, and the red super-giant star Mu Cephei, also known as the Garnet Star (at extreme upper right edge).
The nebula gets its power from the star HD206267 near the center of this image.

You can see the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula at the bottom center of this image as well as some nice dark nebula through out the FOV.

We had Fire/smoke haze for weeks and while dodging high thin clouds almost nightly, but I got enough clean data in between to finally put it together.

Celestron RASA 8 inch F2.2 scope, Bisque MyT Mount, ZWO 294 MC cooled Color Cmos Camera, ZWO ASI Air Plus, via Wi-Fi to I-Pad,
38 x 300 second Subs, 3 hours 10 minutes Total integration time. 07-29-2023 to 08-04-2023 from my backyard observatory(bortle8) in Dayton, Ohio.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

Sh2-114 – The Flying Red Dragon Nebula in Cygnus

By |July 31st, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sh2-114 The Flying Red Dragon Nebula in Cygnus, also known as LBN 347 and is embedded in the larger LBN 346 structure.
Some of the many objects in this FOV are Sh2-113, LBN 333, 67 Cygni, Planetary nebula PK 083-08.1, and several background PGC galaxies.
This was a really faint one,…no recorded magnitude could be found for this HII emission nebula.
This is a very faint but interesting Nebula hidden in this extremely rich star field located at 3,848 Light years from Earth in the Swan Constellation.
Some of the delicate structure looks similar to a (SNR) supernova remnant, but there are no recorded Supernova in this region.
Its complex, wispy structure is likely the result of winds from hot massive stars interacting with the magnetic fields in the interstellar medium.
But very little is known about it, So i decided to take a crack at it from my Backyard observatory(bortle8) in Dayton, Ohio on 07-29-2023.
Unfortunately, I had to toss out about half my image data due to thin cirrus clouds floating through my images last night,
but I still ended up with about 2 hours of usable data.
I did manage to stretch it enough to show a decent image.
Also a few faint galaxies are visible in the background as well.
RASA 8 inch F2.2 Telescope, Bisque MyT Mount, ZWO 294MC cooled Cmos Camera, Starizona NBZ UHS Filter, ASI Air Plus controlled via Wi-Fi to Ipad, 24 x 300sec subs, 2 hours total exp time.
Calibration & Processing via DSS, Pixinsight, and Adobe Raw CC 2023.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

The Pelican Nebula – wide angle with a RASA 8

By |July 25th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Here is my shot taken while dodging fireworks & enduring the fire smoke /haze……
I see the vague Pelican head, but it looks more like a deer head profile facing right or pterodactyl head pointing left to me…what do you see???

The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067) is an H II star formation region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus.
Located about 1,800 light-years away, the Pelican is heavily studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds.

The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward.
Notice all the massive dark nebula present in this FOV?

I really like the large well defined mountains of gas and dust at the center.
Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are two jets emitted from the Herbig–Haro object 555.

Capture details:
Celestron RASA 8″ F2.2 Scope, ZWO 294MC cooled Cmos Camera, Starizona NBZ UHS Filter, Bisque MyT Mount, ASI Air Plus via Wi-Fi,
24 x 300 sec. sub exposures, 120 min total integration time.
From my backyard Observatory in Dayton, Ohio(bortle8) on 07-03-2023
DSS, Pixinsight, and Adobe Raw 2023.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

Sh2-119 The Clamshell Nebula, A Close-up shot!

By |July 13th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sh2-119 The Clamshell Nebula Complex in Cygnus, occasionally a star field is so overwhelming that it makes it very difficult to see all the fine details within the Nebula.
Sometimes I use software to remove the stars, this helps me to explore, and discover new things that could easily be missed in a star studded FOV.
In the version with all the stars visible, the bright star at center is 68 A Cygni.

I have included a “Starless” version so that you too can explore the nebula’s finer dark dust and structural details.
Put them both up full screen and explore the Clamshell Nebula!

Sharpless 119 is a glowing cloud of gas and dust (star formation region) located about 2,200 light years from Earth.
Celestron RASA 8 inch F2.2 Scope, Bisque MyT Mount, ZWO 294MC cooled Cmos Camera, Starizona NBZ UHS filter, ASI Air Plus, 24 x 300 sec. sub exposures, 2 hour total integration time on 07-12-2023. Captured from my backyard Observatory(bortle8) in Dayton, Ohio. Calibration, Stacking, & Processing in DSS, Pixinsight, Adobe Raw CC 2023, StarXTerminator.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

NGC-6992 & NGC-6995 The Veil Nebula SNR (The Bat & Mosquito)

By |July 5th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Here is my latest shot, now that the Canadian Fire/Smoke Haze has moved off to our East,
You should put this up full screen to see the finer details in the Supernova Remnant!!!

It’s a Supernova explosion from over 5,000 years ago,
The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus, located about 1, 470 light-years from Earth.
It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers.

NGC-6992 & NGC-6995 The Eastern Veil Nebula SNR (Bat & Mosquito)

NGC6992 & NGC6995 The Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus, A beautiful Supernova Remnant
the left section known as the Bat, I had not previously noticed the small bright piece of the supernova remnant at the far left edge of this frame,
so I’m naming it the Mosquito, as it looks like the Bat is chasing it.

While I was dodging Fireworks and high clouds, and the nearly Full Moon that night, it finally cleared off long enough for me
to capture this image from my backyard observatory(bortle8) in Dayton, Ohio on 07-04-2023.
I was so happy to see that there was no fire smoke/haze over us for a change, lots of humidity and dew though.

My Capture details:
Celestron RASA 8 inch F2.2 Astrograph, Software Bisque MyT Robotic Mount, and ZWO 294MC Cooled Cmos Color Camera, ASI Air Plus via Wi-Fi to IPAD,
Starizona NBZ filter, 38 x 2 minute subs, 76 minute total exposure integration time. Calibration & Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker, Pixinsight, Adobe Raw CC 2023.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

NGC-7000 The North America Nebula Complex – RASA 8

By |June 30th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Here is my latest close-up of the North America Nebula.
The North America Nebula Complex (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus,
close to Deneb.
Distance: 2,590 ± 80 light years from Earth.
Celestron RASA 8 Inch F2.2 Scope, Bisque MyT Mount, ZWO 294MC cooled Cmos Camera, Starizona NBZ filter. DSS, Pixinsight, Adobe Raw CC 2023.
51 x 1 minute subs, total exposure integration time was 51 minutes,
from my backyard observatory in Dayton, Ohio(bortle8) on 06-18-2023.

Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com

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