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September 2016

Constellation: Auriga

16/09/2016 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Paul C. Swift | In: Astro
This pair of large, faint emission nebulae are located in the Constellation: Auriga : lies 12,000 light years away. Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18 Mounts: Sky-Watcher MX Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen VSD Guiding cameras: sx loadstar Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5

This pair of large, faint emission nebulae are located in the Constellation: Auriga : lies 12,000 light years away.
Imaging telescopes or lenses:
Vixen VSD
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5

This pair of large, faint emission nebulae are located in the Constellation: Auriga

Imaging telescopes or lenses:
Vixen VSD
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen VSD…

 

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Cosmic Light and the delta source.

09/09/2016 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Paul C. Swift | In: Astro
Cosmic Light and the delta source. Sh 2-132 is a very faint emission nebula 10,000 light-years away from Earth spanning around 270 light-years. Sh2-132 lies in Cepheus. Hubble Palette SII Ha OIII with an integration of around 30 hours at f3

Cosmic Light and the delta source.
Sh 2-132 is a very faint emission nebula 10,000 light-years away from Earth spanning around 270 light-years. Sh2-132 lies in Cepheus.
Hubble Palette SII Ha OIII with an integration of around 30 hours at f3

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Strings of complication and the lost balloon nebula.

01/09/2016 | Comments: 2 | Posted by: Paul C. Swift | In: Astro

 

This is one of the more unusual structures, I found on my journey across the constellation of Cygnus. July and August 2016. I suspect this is the delicate imprint of an ancient supernova at work. This structure may well be a new discovery as I can find no reference to it existence anywhere. Any Planetary Nebula experts out there, please chime in. :)

This cosmic bubble is one of the more unusual structures, I found on my journey across the constellation of Cygnus. July and August 2016. I suspect this is the delicate imprint of an ancient supernova at work. This structure may well be a new discovery as I can find no reference to it existence anywhere.  Any Planetary Nebula experts out there, please chime in. 🙂

It is visible only in the OIII band and extremely faint.

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