Nebulae and Star Clouds

Vivid images of deep space showcasing colorful nebulas and star clouds, featuring shades of red and purple against a starry backdrop.

NGC 7000, the North America Nebula in Cygnus.

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IC 2118, The Witch Head Nebula in constellation Eridanus.

$The California Nebula in Perseus, aka NGC 1499, in a set of guided exposures taken January 5, 2018 from home.This is a stack of 12 x 6-minute exposures, median combined to eliminate a satellite trail, and taken with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800, and TMB 92mm apo refractor with the Borg 0.85x flattener/reducer for f/4.5. Guided with PHD2 with the Starshoot autoguider on the EQ6-R mount.$

$M45, the Pleiades star cluster, in a series of exposures to test stacking images with HDR techniques. I shot the cluster in a series of 1, 2, 4, and 8 minute exposures, four of each exposure, all using the Nikon D750 and 92mm TMB refractor. A set of 1,2,4, and 8 minute exposures was stacked in Camera Raw using its HDR mode to create a new merged DNG file. I did this for four sets of 1 to 8 minute exposures, then processed each of the HDR stacks with Shadows and Highlights in ACR to bring out f$

$Taken with Astro-Physics 4-inch Traveler apo refractor at f/6. With Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera at ISO800 for 7 minutes. Stack of two exposures. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.$

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