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The Bubble Nebula
and M52, an open cluster of stars
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Sadr, the bright star in Cygnus with Nebulae Sh2-108 and IC1318

IC1805 also known as Sh2-190. A faint nebula in a lovely region.
This is 70 minutes so far, but needs much more.

The Pinwheel galaxy and a little object known as NGC5474.

Better known as the Eagle nebula.

Our local
neighbour in Andromeda. 80ED @f/7.5. ISO1600.

Nebula IC410. 72 minutes ISO800 with 80ED @ f/5

Sh2_101, fairly bright nebula in Cygnus.

A large hydrogen alpha emission region in the middle of Cygnus.

M33, nearby neighbour of the much more famous and larger
Andromeda Galaxy. 1 3/4 hours with 8" SNT, about the same again
needed.

The Horse Head Nebula in Orion. The bright star is Alnitak the
left hand star of the belt. The image is rotated 90deg
anti-clockwise, as usual, to show the 'head' erect. 1hr 50min
exposure.

This lovely region of Gemini has to the left the star n Gemini
with Sh2_249 (IC444) and on the right the star mu Gemini with
Sh2_248 (IC443); the Jellyfish nebula. A very pretty blue
reflection nebula at the top of this frame completes the
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Our nearest neighbour, and of similar size to the 'Milky Way'
galaxy. 120EQ at f/5, modified 40D and UHC_S filter, 10x6 minute
subs. This is the full frame image.

NGC6888 in Cygnus. 4" Skywatcher and Meade Olll filter. 16x3min
subs at 1600ISO, modified Canon 20D.

One half of the Veil nebula, the Eastern Veil. A star that
exploded a long time ago.

Bode's galaxy in Ursa
Major.

Lovely emission nebula, not all of it on this frame.

The Great Orion Nebula. 80ED @ f/7.5. 80 minutes at ISO800

Combination of 64 minutes RGB and 65 minutes Ha. 80ED reduced to
f/5.

The Dumbell Nebula, M27. Taken with an 8" reflector and a 7nm Ha
filter with my trusty modified 20D. 2 1/2 hours of exposure in 6
minute subs, RGB image converted to Luminance.

Comet Holmes, about the size of the full moon with the bright
centre just visible to the naked eye. This normally very dim
object " exploded" and brightened about a million times 2 weeks
ago. It is an amazing sight even in binoculars.

M27; a planetary nebula known as the Dumbbell. This is a LRGB
image combining 2 1/2 hours of Ha light for the luminance and 2
hrs for the RGB. Taken with the 8" SNT at prime focus.

The Seven Sisters or Pleiades group of stars. New stars shining
on the remains of the gas from which they came.

A 'Guest Star' was
reported in the East in 1054, we now know it as the Crab Nebula.
It is an exploded star which has grown to this size in the last
950 odd years.

The Great Orion
Nebula, one of the few visible to the unaided eye. 2 sets of
images combined, 10x6 minutes and 10x30 seconds. 120Equinox at
f/5 and modified 40D, UHC_S filter to reduce sky-glare.
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