{"id":631,"date":"2024-12-27T17:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T07:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/?page_id=631"},"modified":"2025-07-14T22:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:08:49","slug":"deep-sky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/?page_id=631","title":{"rendered":"Deep Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I took these images using a 31-cm Newtonian at f\/5.6 or f\/4 and an ASI1600 camera with an off-axis guider and filter wheel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below: Omega Centauri (NGC5139), a globular cluster<\/mark> which is probably the remains of a small galaxy which was mostly robbed of its stars after passing too close to the Milky Way galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: IC2948 using a HOO palette<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: The galaxy M83<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: The Trifid Nebula<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: The Orion Nebula M42<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: The Orion Nebula in SHO palette<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: IC2948, an emission nebula in Centaurus<\/mark>.<\/mark> Near the centre are several Bok globules, discovered by the astronomer A. David Thackeray (and now called Thackerays globules), although no star formation has been found within them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: The Lagoon Nebula.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: NGC3576, an emission nebula region in Carina.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: The star cluster NGC6193 and the emission nebula NGC6188 in Ara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: NGC6559, a complex of emission, reflection and dark nebulae.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: This is IC418, a planetary nebula in Lepus. <\/mark> I used lucky imaging to capture 9601 frames of 100 ms exposure using a 31-cm Newtonian and a 3X barlow with an ASI224MC-cool camera. I stacked these (including 1.5X drizzle) using AutoStakkert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: IC5148, a planetary nebula in Grus<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: NGC2899, a planetary nebula<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: NGC6072, a planetary nebula.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: NGC3324, a large emission nebula near the etc Carina nebula.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: NGC2261, Hubble’s variable nebula<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below: M17, the Omega Nebula<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took these images using a 31-cm Newtonian at f\/5.6 or f\/4 and an ASI1600 camera with an off-axis guider and filter wheel. Below: Omega Centauri (NGC5139), a globular cluster which is probably the remains of a small galaxy which was mostly robbed of its stars after passing too close to the Milky Way galaxy.… Continue reading Deep Sky<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-631","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1060,"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/631\/revisions\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astroimg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}