IC 1871 the Soul nebula (Hubble palette)

IC 1871 the Soul nebula (Hubble palette)

The soul nebula is an emission nebulae located in Cassiopeia ~7,500 light years from Earth.

Ha: 1800 second subs x 10

OIII:  1800 second subs x 6

SII:  1800 second subs x 6

Imaging telescope: Explore Scientific 127mm Apochromatic refractor

Imaging camera: QSI 683wsg-8

Losmany G11 with Gemini 2 German equatorial mount

IC 1871 the Soul nebula

IC 1871 the Soul nebula

The soul nebula is an emission nebulae located in Cassiopeia ~7,500 light years from Earth.

RGB: 360 sec x 10 subs in each channel

Ha: 1800 second subs x 6

Imaging telescope: Explore Scientific 127mm Apochromatic refractor

Imaging camera: QSI 683wsg-8

Losmany G11 with Gemini 2 German equatorial mount

IC 63 the Ghost of Cassiopeia

IC 63 the Ghost of Cassiopeia

IC 63 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia located around 600 light years from Earth. The cloud formation (resembling a ghost) is caused by ionized Hydrogen ions from nearby star, gamma Cas, also known as Navi.

Imaged from Ocala, Florida

Imaging telescope: Explore Scientific 127mm apochromatic refractor.

Imaging camera: QSI 683wsg-8 cooled CCD camera

Losmandy G112 with Gemini 2 German equatorial mount.

M33 the Triangulum galaxy

M33 the Triangulum galaxy

Spiral galaxy int he constellation Triangulum located around 3 million light years from Earth.

Imaged from Chiefland Star Party Group field (Luminance) and Ocala, Florida (RGB)

Red, Green and Blue imaged October 21 and 22, 2012 with the Orion 80mm EON

Luminance imaged November 21, 2014 with the Explore Scientific 127mm APO

Imaging camera:  QSI 683 wsg-8

Processed in Photoshop CS5

Losmandy G11 with Gemini 2 German equatorial mount

NGC 281 the PacMan nebula

NGC 281 the Pac Man nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia about 9,500 light years from Earth. NGC 281 is home to IC 1590, a star cluster, and several Bok globules. Bok globules are areas of dark, dense dust found in HII regions. These dense areas ungo gravitaional collapse which in turn forms double stars or multiple star systems.

Imaged from Ocala, FL

Imaging telescopes: Astro-Tech 8 inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope (Ha data) and Explore Scientific 127mm CF APO (RGB)

Imaging camera: QSI 683wsg-8

Ha data 3 hours

RGB data 40 min each Red, Green and Blue channel binned 2x2

PS CS5

Losmandy G11 with Gemini II