The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) & the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) by Neil Webster

Neil's first Deep Sky image for 18 months.......The North America Nebula & the Pelican Nebula and what a super image it is!

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) is at the top and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is at the bottom. 

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to the star Deneb.  It is named the North America Nebula because its shape resembles North America.

''The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. The Pelican Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a foreground molecular cloud filled with dark dust.'' Ref:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_Nebula

Neil acquired his image on the 27th Sept 2024 using a WO GT71 apo, EQ6-R, ZWO ASI 294MC Pro, Optolong L-Enhance filter, Astro Essentials 50mm guide scope & ZWO ASI 290MM guide camera.

Processed in APT, PHD, Nebulosity, Photoshop and Star Xterminator

38 x 240s Subs, 12 x darks, 45 x flats/bias

For a more detailed view of Neil's image check out his flicker page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/137388222@N05/54032311437/

NGC 6992 & NGC 891 by Jim Burchell

Two excellent deep sky images taken by Jim Burchell on the 14th Sept 2024 of NGC 6992 and NGC 891 using his Seestar S50 smartcope.

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated, ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop a supernova remnant.  Sections of the Veil Nebula have their own individual names and catalogue identifiers and NGC6992 is a bright area in the Eastern Veil (also known as Caldwell 33) of the Veil Nebula

The image is made up of 138 x 10 second stacked images. Then processed in Snapseed.

 

''NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23, the Silver Sliver Galaxy, and the Outer Limits Galaxy) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784.'' Ref:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_891

This image is made up of 48 x 10 sec stacked images. Then processed in Snapseed. Ref:

The North America Nebula by Kevin Langford

An absolutely stunning image by member Kevin Langford of The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20).  The North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to the star Deneb.

ES 102ED APO, 0.7x focal reducer corrector, EQ5 Pro

ZWO ASI071, Orion MMAG,L-eNhance filter

1 1/2 Hrs of exposures

30/08/22

Bexley Kent

To see a higher resolution photo of the image check out Kevin's Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/77708720@N08/52383552499/

Deep Sky imaging by Dr. Mike Rushton

Dr. Mike Rushton took advantage of some clear skies recently (25th April 2022) and took these 3 super deepsky images using his eVscope of Messier 13, Messier 51 and the Bow Tie Nebula.

Messier 13 (M13) also designated NGC 6205 and also called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules and the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of a several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.

 

Messier 51, known as The Whirlpool Galaxy and as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is a spiral galaxy found in the constellation Canes Venatici,  M51 was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy and is 31 million light-years away from Earth.

 

The Bow Tie Nebula also designated NGC 40 and Caldwell 2 is a planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1788.  It is composed of hot gas around a dying star. The nebula gets its name from the fact it has an intriguing bow-tie shape.

Rosette Nebula in Ha by Kevin Langford

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This is the latest stunning deep sky image by member Kevin Langford of the Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49, NGC 2237) in Ha. Taken on the 26th Feb 2022 in Bexley, Kent using ES 102ED APO, EQ5 Pro, ZWO ASI071, Orion MMAG and Ha filter.

3Hrs of exposures.

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To see this image in more detail and to see Kevin's other superb astro images check out his flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/77708720@N08/

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Caldwell 14, C14, The Double Cluster

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The Double Cluster is the common name for the naked-eye (OK you will need Binoculars in light polluted areas such as Crayford) open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869, which are close together in the constellation Perseus. NGC 884 and NGC 869 are at distances of 7600 and 6800 light-years away, respectively, so they are close to one another in space as well.

They are relatively young clusters, with NGC 869 5.6 million years and NGC 884 at 3.2 million years according to the 2000 Sky Catalogue. In comparison, the Pleiades have an estimated age ranging from 75 million years to 150 million years.

They are also blue-shifted, with NGC 869 approaching Earth at a speed of 22 km/s and NGC 884 approaching at a similar speed of 21 km/s. Their hottest main sequence stars are of spectral type B0.

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C14_JT01

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Imaged by: Julian Tworek
Method: AstroTrac Canon 100-400 lens @ 200mm ISO800, 9 x 120s self modified Canon 20D DSLR

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Image of the Double Cluster taken from Kelling Heath with a Canon 600D, Modified with the Full Spectrum Mod and a Clip-in CLSCCD filter

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DoubleCluster2010-09-13_KellingHeath

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Image by Simon Dawes taken on 2010-09-13
Taken at Kelling heath using a Williams Optics ED80 and Canon 650D on a vixen GPDX mount (unguided)

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Images by Neil Webster

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C-Double-Cluster-Jan-25th-2021

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Image by Neil Webster - No Details Provided

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The Crescent Nebula, Caldwell 27, NGC6888, Sharpless 105

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The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, more on wikipedia

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Images by Neil Webster

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Caldwell 13, The Owl Cluster, C13, NGC457,

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The Owl cluster, not to be confused with the Owl Nebula is Caldwell object 13 and open cluster in Cassiopeia. It is a lovely object that really resembles an Owl - or I think WALLL-E or Johnny 5. Great in smallish telescopes.

 

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Caldwell 13, NGC-457-Owl-Oct-2019-1

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Caldwell 66, C66, Globular Cluster in Hydra

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NGC5694 is a small globular cluster in eastern edge of Hydra. The cluster has a diameter of only 3.6 arc minutes and a visual brightness of 10th magnitude. And the distance to the cluster is 105 thousand light years, very far as for globular cluster.

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Imaged by: Debrah Holton
Method: 2m Faulkes Telescope

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The Rosette Nebula, Caldwell 49, NGC2237

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The Rosette is a popular object for imagers, the complex has the following NGC designations:

  • NGC 2237 - Part of the nebulous region (Usually used to denote whole nebula)
  • NGC 2238 - Part of the nebulous region
  • NGC 2239 - Part of the nebulous region (Discovered by John Herschel)
  • NGC 2244 - The open cluster within the nebula (Discovered by John Flamsteed in 1690)
  • NGC 2246 - Part of the nebulous region

The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,200 light years from Earth (although estimates of the distance vary considerably) and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excite the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses.

It is believed that stellar winds from a group of O and B stars are exerting pressure on interstellar clouds to cause compression, followed by star formation in the nebula. This star formation is currently still ongoing.
A survey of the nebula with the Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2001 has revealed the presence of very hot, young stars at the core of the Rosette Nebula. These stars have heated the surrounding gas to a temperature in the order of 6 million kelvins causing them to emit copious amounts of X-rays.

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Rosette Nebula Brian Thompson 17th March 2016 master

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Image by Brian Thompson
17th March 2016
10" Newtonian, Mono ATIK 383L, filters, 9 x 5 min exposures

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Julian Tworek Rosette 01

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Image by Julian Tworek using a DSLR and unknown telescope.

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Imaged by Keith Rickard
SBIG ST-7XME CCD camera with a 200mm telephoto lens, F9, 3 x 2min images in red, green and blue and 5 x 2min images in luminance

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Rosette Nebula Caldwell 49, by Simon Dawes

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Imaged by Simon Dawes
Imaged on 2019-01-29
I'd taken 2hrs of images but wasn't able to get Deep sky stacker to stack more than 56 minutes.
Taken with a Canon 600D (Full Spectrum Mod) with a CLSCCD filter on a Skywatcher MN190, mounted on an EQ6 Pro

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NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula KL

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Imaged by Kevin Langford
Imaged on 2019-02-254 Hrs of exposures
ES 102ED APO, EQ5 Pro
ZWO ASI071, Orion MMAG, UHC & PL Filter

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NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula

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NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula Stack of 59 x 105 Seconds light frames (1 Hour 43 Minutes and 15 Seconds) at ISO 3200

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