Abell 36
Out in the constellation of Virgo (the Virgin) is this cool looking planetary nebula. The gas that we can see is what's left of the central star's atmosphere once it went nova. The bright star in the center is now a white dwarf. It is thought that this nebula was formed about 10,000 years ago. It is about 780 light-years away.


Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
 		BBWo 56
This is an emission nebula - meaning that the gases are heated by the radiation from a nearby star just off to the left to the the point that it begins to glow. This image was taken using regular, visible light filters (RGB), as well as a hydrogen filter. This molecular cloud is almost exclusively made up of hydrogen which gives it the deep red color. This object is in the constellation Vela (the sails of a ship - the Argo).

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live		 Collonder 399 - Brocchi's Cluster
This image was originally taken to photograph the group of stars in the center, upper-right. There are ten stars that form an asterism known as The Coathanger. I'm including it here in the nebula section because of the gas and dust that lies behind the stars. The cluster is just a happy coincidence.
It sits in the constellation Vulpecula.


Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                        Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile
                        Date: July 2022
                        Mount: Mathis MI-1000
                        Telescope: Planewave CDK24 f/6.6   (CHI-1) (CCD)
                        Camera: FLI PL9000 @ -25c
                        Exposure: 73 x 3 min each for LRGB Total: 3 hr 30 min. 		                        Location: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: November 2024
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @ -25c                       
                        Exposure:162 x 5 min each for HRGB   Total: 13 hrs
                        Location:  Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: April 2023
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @ -25c   (CMOS)                    
                        Exposure: 74 x 5 min each for LRGB   Total: 6 hrs 10 min







NGC 3372 - The Carina Nebula
This nebula, which resides in the constellation Carina about 8500 light-years away. It's one of the largest diffuse nebulae that we can see from Earth. It is four times as large and brighter than the famous Orion Nebula. It was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope. It is also one of the first five object that was photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live		 Carina Nebula - Panel 2 Wide-Field
This is a wide-field view of the region around the nebula to the left. Both images were taken using the HSO palette.





Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live		  CED 116
  A diffuse nebula in the constellation Centaurus. It also looks to be an emission and reflection nebula as well based on the eroding edges and the illuminated central region.




Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                        Location:  Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: december 2024
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @ -25c                       
                        Exposure: 97 x 5 min each for HSO   Total: 7 hrs 35 min		                           Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile                              
                          Date: July 2023
                          Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250                   
                          Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1)  (CMOS)                 
                          Camera: QHY600m  @-25c
                          Exposure: 58 x 5 min for HSO Total: 4 hrs  50 min		                           Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile                              
                          Date: April 2023
                          Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250                   
                          Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1)   (CMOS)                
                          Camera: QHY600m  @-25c
                          Exposure: 68 x 5 min for SHO Total: 5 hrs  40 min







Cederblad 173 (CED 173) also Sh2-101 - The Tulip Nebula
This one is located in the constellation Cygnus(The Swan). I couldn't find any info on this object.



Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live		  CL VDBH 53
Again, no info on this nebula
 



Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live		 NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula Wide-Field
This a cool wide-field view of the area surrounding the Crescent Nebula (in the center). It's a faint object and requires a filter with good contrast. It's in the constellation Cygnus and sits about 5000 light-years away. This image was processed using SHO filter combination.

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                  Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
                  Date: May 2022
                  Mount: Paramount MX+
                  Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED  (SPA-1)   (CCD)                        
                  Camera: FLI PL16083
                  Exposure: 74 x 5 min for OHS Total: 12 hr 20 min 		                        Location:  Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: October 2024
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @ -25c                       
                        Exposure: 72 x 5 min each for OHS   Total: 6 hrs		                             Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain 
                            Date: April 2024
                            Mount:  Paramount MX+
                            Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED   (SPA-1)
                            Camera: QHY600m CMOS @ -25c
                            Exposure: 69 x5 min  SHO   Total: 5 hrs  45 min







Cygnus North
This is the northern section of the Veil Nebula in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan). It is part of a larger structure known as the Cygnus Loop. It's a supernova remnant whose original star exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago and was roughly 20 times more massive than our Sun. It sits about 2400 light-years away from us.



Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live		 Dust in Chamaeleon
This is an image of some interstellar dust in the constellation Chamaeleon, (the Chameleon or Lizard).
 





Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live		 Sharless 2-190 (Sh2-190) - The Heart Nebula
  Also known as the Running Dog Nebula, this is a close-up view of the central region of the interior of the Heart Nebula. This nebula is located in the constellation Cassiopeia and is about 7500 light-years away. The majority of this nebula is made up of ionized oxygen and sulfur, which give the nebula its blue and orange/gold colors.



Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                          Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile                              
                          Date: September 2023
                          Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250                   
                          Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1)                   
                          Camera: QHY600m  @-25c
                          Exposure: 51 x 5 min for OHS Total: 4 hrs  15 min 		                        Location: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: January 11, 2021
                        Mount: Paramount MX+
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: FLI PL16083 @ -25c
                        Exposure: 8 x 10 min each for Ha and OIII. Total: 1 hr 20 min. 		               Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
               Date: January 2022
               Mount: Paramount MX+              
               Telescope:Officina Stellare ProRC 700   (SPA-2) (CCD)                                        Camera: FLI PL16083
               Exposure: 62 x 5 min for HSO Total: 5 hr 10 min






Sharless 2-190 (Sh2-190) - The Heart Nebula
This is the same image as the one above except that I processed it in a completely different way. By changing the color scheme all sorts of different details can be seen.





Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live 		IC 63  or Sh2-185
The central star in this image is Gamma Cassiopeiae. Just up and to the left is the main part of the nebula. This an active star making region, heavy in Hydrgen gas. It was discovered by Max Wolf in 1893. The radiation from this central star is in the process of eroding the nebulosity that surrounds it. The areas that are less dense disappear, leaving the more dense areas which usually hold newly forming stars. This nebula leas about 10,500 light-years away. 

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
 IC 1396 - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Located in the constellation of Cepheus (the King of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia
and father Andromeda). In the deep interior of this nebula is the Elephant's trunk, which is a dense globule and an area of star formation. it's about 2400 light-years away.



Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
              Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
              Date: January 2022
              Mount: Paramount MX+              
             Telescope:Officina Stellare ProRC 700   (SPA-2) (CCD)                                       Camera: FLI PL16083
              Exposure: 62 x 5 min for HSO Total: 5 hr 10 min 		                            Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain 
                            Date: December 2023
                            Mount:  Paramount MX+
                            Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED   (SPA-1)
                            Camera: QHY600m CMOS @ -25c
                            Exposure: HSO 91 x5 min   Total: 7 hrs  35 min 		                  Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
                  Date: August 2022- September 2023
                  Mount: Paramount MX+
                  Telescope: FSQ-106EDX4 (SPA-3)                        
                  Camera: FLI PL16083
                  Exposure: 98 x 5 min for HLRGB. Total: 14 hr 10 min







IC 405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
This nebula sits in the constellation Auriga (the Charioteer) - just about 1500 light-years away and 5 light-years across. It's both an emission and reflection nebula. This particular image was processed inthe Hubble Palette OHS. The following two images show how different an image can be when the palette is changed around.
Oxygen = Red Channel
  Hydrogen= Green Channel
  Sulfur = Blue Channel

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live 		IC 405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
This version was processed with in HSO.
Hydrogen = Red Channel
Sulfur = Green Channel
Oxygen = Blue Channel



Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live 		IC 405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
This third version was done with the SHO palette.
Sulfur = Red Channel
  Hydrogen = Green Channel
Oxygen = Blue Channe




Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Livelescope Live
                  Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
                  Date: November 2020 - September 2022
                  Mount: Paramount MX+
                  Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED  (SPA-1)   (CCD)                        
                  Camera: FLI PL16083
                  Exposure: 42 x 5 min for OHS Total: 10 hr 30 min 		   Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
                  Date: November 2020 - September 2022
                  Mount: Paramount MX+
                  Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED  (SPA-1)   (CCD)                        
                  Camera: FLI PL16083
                  Exposure: 42 x 5 min for HSO Total: 10 hr 30 min 		    Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
                  Date: November 2020 - September 2022
                  Mount: Paramount MX+
                  Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED  (SPA-1)   (CCD)                        
                  Camera: FLI PL16083
                  Exposure: 42 x 5 min for SHO Total: 10 hr 30 min


    




IC 1848 - The Soul Nebula
This nebula is commonly known as the Soul Nebula. Located in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia (the Queen mother of Andromeda), this emission nebula contains a number of small open clusters are embedded in its interior. Just to the lower-left of the Soul is the Heart Nebula, another emission nebula.


Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live 		IC 4812 - The Coalsack Nebula
The Coalsack Nebula lies about 600 light-yeas from Earth in the Southern constellation of Crux (the Southern Cross). it is one of the rare DSOs that can be seen with the naked eye.It plays an important part in the mythologies of the Australian Aboriginal People, and forms the head of the Emu in the Sky. For the Inca people this nebula was called Yutu, a partridge-like bird in South America.

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live 		Lupus Dust Panel 3
essedThis one is a dark nebula in the constellation Lupus (the Rabbit).. A dark nebula is simply a cloud of gas or dust that is cold and dense enough to block the light coming from stars or objects behind it.

 

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope LiveImage processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope LiveImage processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                            Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain 
                            Date: November 2023
                            Mount:  Paramount MX+
                            Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED   (SPA-1)
                            Camera: QHY600m CMOS @ -25c
                            Exposure: SHO 75 x 5 min   Total: 6 hrs  15 min 		                                               Location:  Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: August 2023
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @ -25c                       
                        Exposure: 12 x 5 min each for LRGB.   Total: 4hrs  		                        Location:  Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: November 2024 2024
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @ -25c                       
                        Exposure: 60 x 5 min each for LRGB   Total: 5 hrs


    




Messier 1 - The Crab nebula
lescope LiveThe Crab nebula is a supernova remnant as well as a pulsar wind nebula located in the constellation Taurus (the Bull). It sits about 6500 light-years away. It was given its name because of an early drawing that resembled a crab. Remember, telescopes weren't as good back in the 1600s and 1700s as they are now. At its heart is a pulsar star which is only about 18 miles in diameter and spins at a rate of 30.2 times per second as it emits massive amounts of x-ray and and gamma ray radiation.

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
 Messier 6
Messier 6 is actually the open cluster at the center of the image. I include it here because of the nebula right next to it - IC 4605. It is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Scorpius, and illuminated by its central star HD 148605.




Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
 Messier 6
This is a close-up view of the object to the left, taken with a larger telescope.






Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                            Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain 
                            Date: October 2023
                            Mount:  Paramount MX+
                            Telescope:Officina Stellare ProRC 700    (SPA-2)
                            Camera: QHY600m CMOS @ -25c
                            Exposure: 74 x 5 min LRGB     Total: 6 hrs  10 min 		                        Location: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: July 2021
                        Mount: Paramount MX+
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: FLI PL16083 @ -25c
                        Exposure: 72 x 10 min each for OHS Total: 12 hrs 		                          Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile                              
                          Date: May 2023
                          Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250                   
                          Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1)                   
                          Camera: QHY600m  @-25c
                          Exposure: 72 x 5 min for OHS Total: 6 hrs 


    




Messier 42 Wide-Field
A wide-field view of the larger molecular cloud around Messier 42 - the Great Orion Nebula, which is the orange area to the right side. The Orion Nebula is a fascinating object.It sits about 1344 light-years away and has a mass of about 2000 times that of the Sun. Its also about 25 light-years across at its maximum. it is the largest star formation region closest to Earth. At its center is an area known as the Trapezium, where a number of hot, new stars can be seen. This is one of the most studied and photographed object in our night sky.

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
Messier 42 Wide-Field -Starless
leThis is the same image as the one to the left except that all of the stars have bee removed. I like this version, as it had kind of a surreal look and feel to it.

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
 Sh2-274 - The Medusa Nebula
This object is a planetary nebula, and was discovered in 1975 by UCLA astronomer George Abell.in 1955. Abell thought that it was an old planetary nebula. then, in 1975 researches found that it was indeed a PN. The nebula is very large due to its expansion over a very long period which makes its surface brightness very low. That means that you'd need to use a camera with longer exposure times to see it. It is about 1500 light-years away in the constellation Gemini.


Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                  Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
                  Date: November 2023
                  Mount: Paramount MX+
                  Telescope: FSQ-106EDX4 (SPA-3)                        
                  Camera: FLI PL16083
                  Exposure: 127 x 5 min for OHS     Total: 10 hr 5 min 		                  Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
                  Date: November 2023
                  Mount: Paramount MX+
                  Telescope: FSQ-106EDX4 (SPA-3)                        
                  Camera: FLI PL16083
                  Exposure: 127 x 5 min for OHS     Total: 10 hr 5 min 		                          Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile                              
                          Date: November 2024
                          Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250                   
                          Telescope: Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1)                   
                          Camera: QHY600m  @-25c
                          Exposure: 18 x 5 min for OHS. Total: 5 hrs  15 min


    




Sh2-1
Known as Sharpless-1, this is both a reflection and emission nebula as well a a diffuse nebula in Scorpius. It sits about 650 light-years away from Earth. This image was process using visible light filters (RGB) as wellas a hydrogen filter which brings out the deep red hydrogen region on the left side.



 

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
 NGC 2014
This nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), is a red emission nebula which sits at an impressive distance if 163,000 light-years away.
Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
 		NGC 6188 (The Rim Nebula) and NGC 6165
Also known as the Dragons of Ara, the Rim Nebula is just a small part of a much larger molecular cloud. This part of the planetary nebula contains an emission nebula that includes some dark nebula as well. It lies about 4000 light-years away from us and is about 300 light-years in diameter. The small blue nebula in the upper right has two sections - an outer bubble and an inner bubble - probably from and earlier mass ejection from its central star, a kind that lives very hot and very short. Since the larger nebula is often referred to at the Fighting Dragons of Ara, this smaller nebula is called The Dragons Egg.

 Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live
                        Location:  Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: October 2024
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @ -25c                       
                        Exposure: 60 x 5 min each for HLRGB   Total: 5 hrs
  Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile
                        Date: October 25, 2020
                        Mount: Mathis MI-1000
                        Telescope: Planewave CDK24 f/6.6   (CHI-1)
                        Camera: FLI PL9000 @ -25c
                        Exposure: 8 x 10 min each for LRGBHa. Total: 1 hr 20 min. 		                        Location:  Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
                        Date: May 2023
                        Mount: Paramount MX+                        
                        Telescope: FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
                        Camera: QHY600m @-30c    CMOS                   
                             Exposure: 20 x 5min each for HSO.   Total: 1 hr 40 min

    





Caldwell 49 - The Rosette Nebula
This object, located in Monoceros ( the Unicorn), is part of a much larger molecular cloud complex. It sits about 5000 light-years away and is about 130 light-years in diameter. Some say that it resembles a human skull and is sometimes called the Skull Nebula. It has, at its center an open cluster. the radiation from these hot, young stars excites the gas nearby and heats it until it begins to glow - making this an emission nebula. there are around 2500 hot, new stars. Most of the active star making is in the lower central region. For this version I removed the stars and applied a portrait tool in Pixinsight to give it this unique look.

Image processed by Ron Yelton, original data from Telescope Live

                            Location: IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain 
                            Date: October 2023
                            Mount:  Paramount MX+
                            Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED   (SPA-1)
                            Camera: QHY600m CMOS @ -25c
                            Exposure: 93 x5 min OHS   Total: 7 hrs  45 min



    

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