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Deep-sky, lunar and aurora images captured from the back garden, one clear night at a time.
Pinwheel Galaxy
Leo Triplet
Sunflower Galaxy
Cygnus Wall
Elephant Trunk Nebula
Whirlpool Galaxy
Northern Lights
Bodes Galaxy
The Moon
Horsehead Nebula
Orion Nebula
The Moon
California Nebula
NGC 1499 · Perseus ·
A two and a half degree ribbon of glowing hydrogen in Perseus, lit up by the scorching O-type star Menkib (Xi Persei) just below it.
- Telescope
- William Optics Zenithstar 81 APO
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
- Filters
- Optolong L-eXtreme
- Palette
- RGB
- Barlow / reducer
- 0.8x
- Exposure
- 79 × 180s (4.0h)