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Sunday, October 20, 2013

A rarely imaged object, the Sharpless106, Sh2-106


Sh2-106, The Hourglass nebula, an emission nebula in Cygnus
Ra 20h 27m Dec +37° 22′

Image is in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements,
R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.
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A closeup




INFO

There are not too many images around about this little fellow.
Sharpless 106, the Hourglass Nebula, locates in constellation Cygnus approximately at distance of 2000 light years. This is kind of a small object, an apparent size is about four arc minutes (Moon is about 30 arc minutes.) There is a young star at the center of the nebula, S106IR. The solar vind, a radiation pressure, from the young star is responsible for the gas cloud's hourglass like shape. 

I think, there is a hint of the outer shock front visible in my image. It locates symmetrically at both side of the central nebula .

Image in mapped colors

Image is in mapped colors, from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
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Technical details

Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
A light, 33 iterations, deconvolution added at 50% weight in CCDStack2.
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.

Optics, Meade LX200 GPS 12" @ f5
Camera, QHY9
Guiding, SXV-AO, an active optics unit, and Lodestar guide camera
Image Scale, ~0,8 arc-seconds/pixel
15 x 1200s exposures for H-alpha emission
3x1200s exposures for the O-III
3x1200 exposures for the S-II
Total 7h of exposures


Friday, October 18, 2013

The second image of the Autumn season 2013. Sharpless 132




Sh2-132, an emission nebula in Cepheus
Ra 22h 19m 20s Dec +56° 06′ 00"

Image is in mapped colors, from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
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A starless version

An experimental starless image to show the actual nebula better.
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INFO

Sharpless 132 is a very faint emission nebula, it locates at the border of Cepheus and Lacerta. Distance is about 10.000 light years. This image covers about 210' x 160', that's about 3,5 x 2,7 degrees. Resolution is 3,79 arc seconds/pixel.
In this final version, a strong O-III area is visible as a Blue color in both color palettes. There is some S-II in the area too but it's weak.

Image in visual colors

Image is in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements,
R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.
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A wide filed image of the Sh2-132
A blogpost about this older image of mine can be found HERE.

Image is shot with a Tokina AT-X camera lens,  QHY9 , a cooled astronomical camera, and the Baader narrowband filters. O-III and S-II channels from this image are used for new images colors.
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Technical details

Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
A light, 33 iterations, deconvolution added at 50% weight in CCDStack2.
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.

Optics, Meade LX200 GPS 12" @ f5
Camera, QHY9
Guiding, SXV-AO, an active optics unit, and Lodestar guide camera
Image Scale, ~0,8 arc-seconds/pixel
12 x 1200s exposures for H-alpha emission = 4h.
O-III and S-II channels are from an older wide field image.





Tuesday, October 15, 2013

First light for the Autumn Season 2013, NGC 6992



In this year it took some time to have a real first light for the season due to the weather up here 65N.
Image is exposed during several nights, 13.09 - 14.10,  between the speeding clouds.


NGC 6992
A portion of the Eastern Veil in constellation Cygnus.

Image is in mapped colors, from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
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INFO

NGC 6992, the Eastern Veil, is part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in constellation Cygnus at distance of about 1470 light years. This is one of the more luminous areas in this SNR. 
The shock front formed by the material ejected from giant explosion, the super nova, can be seen in this image.

Image in visual spectrum

Image is in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements,
R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.
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A starless version

An experimetal starless image to show the actual nebula better.
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Orientation

Location in Veil Nebula supernova remnant is marked with a white rectangle.
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An animated image

This animation shows the difference between emission lines. The target is shot three times for a RGB-color image.

Technical details

Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
A light, 33 iterations, deconvolution added at 50% weight in CCDStack2.
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.

Optics, Meade LX200 GPS 12" @ f5
Camera, QHY9
Guiding, SXV-AO, an active optics unit, and Lodestar guide camera
Image Scale, ~0,8 arc-seconds/pixel
12 x 1200s exposures for H-alpha emission = 4h
18x 1200s exposures for O-III, emission of ionized Oxygen = 6h
12 x 1200s exposures for S-II, emission of ionized Sulfur = 4h
Total exposure time 14h.


Ps.

A collection of Veil Nebula details from the past
A blog post about this poster and links to an original images can be found HERE

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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Visions XIII



VISIONS XIII

One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.


Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

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An original astronomical image used for the artwork above


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Technical details and more images in this blog post




Thursday, October 10, 2013

Visions of Space XII



VISIONS XII

One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.


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An original astronomical image of IC 1340
Only the channel of ionized Oxygen is used for the artwork above


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Edit. Sorry, I made a double posting by mistake. I have published this image some time ago.
I let it be here, since it's a nice image.

Technical details and more images of IC IC 1340 in this blog post




Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Visions of Space XI



VISIONS 

One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

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An original astronomical image of IC 405 and 410
This image is used for the artwork above

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Technical details and more images of IC 405 and 410 in this blog post




Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Visions of Space X


We might have some clear weather after Thursday in this week! I haven't been able to open up this season yet and I'm waiting to start imaging again!

VISIONS 

One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

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This image is based on my original astronomical image of  Melotte 15, in the Heart Nebula.
Blog post about the Melotte 15 can be seen HERE.

An original astronomical image of Melotte 15
This image is used for the artwork above

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Technical details and other info about my Melotte 15 image HERE




Monday, October 7, 2013

Visions of Space IX


One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision

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This image is based on my original astronomical image of  Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.

Other versions made from a same target

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Just a O-III (Ionized Oxygen) channel
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Original astronomical image of the Pickering's Triangle

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Visions of Space VIII



One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision

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This image is based on my original astronomical image of  Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.





Saturday, October 5, 2013

Visions of Space VII


This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision

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This image is based on my original astronomical image of  Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.




Friday, October 4, 2013

Visions of Space VI


This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision

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This image is based on my original astronomical image of  NGC 1499, the California Nebula.
Blog post about the NGC 1499 can be seen HERE.





Thursday, October 3, 2013

Visions of Space V



This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision

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This image is based on my original astronomical image of  IC 1340 in Eastern Veil Nebula.
Blog post about the IC 1340 can be seen HERE.




Astro Anarchy gets published




One of my experimental 3D-studies was selected to BuzzFeed, my animation is a number 26.




Here is a blog post about the published animation of IC 1396:





Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Visions of Space IV



This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot be me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision

Please, click the image image and see it in full screen it's 1600 pixels wide.

This image is based on my original astronomical image of  Witch's Broom Nebula in Veil nebula supernova remnant  .
Blog post about the object can be seen HERE.




Visions of Space III



This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot be me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision


This image is based on my original astronomical image of  Tarantula Nebula .
Blog post about the object can be seen HERE.





Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Visions of Space II



This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot be me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called  Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.

Vision



This image is based on my original astronomical image of  Pickering's Triangle in Eastern Veil Nebula.
Blog post about the object can be seen HERE.