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Vela SNR - GUM OIII and Ha Nebulae in Vela

The Gum Nebula (Gum 12) is a nebula that extends across 40° in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis. It lies roughly 400 parsecs from the Earth. Hard to distinguish, it is believed to be the greatly expanded (and still expanding) remains of a supernova that took place about a million years ago.
It is named after its discoverer, the Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum(1924–1960).

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Exposures: 29 x 5 minutes with OIII- and 32 x 5 minutes with Ha-filter,
using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the Siding Spring iTelescop Farm at T12.
Between January 2nd and January 6th 2017.

Molecular Clouds in Chameleon west of HMSTG458

This is an area with dusty stripes southwest of HMSTG458. Its declination is strongly Southern (DEC -82), it can be observed exclusively from the regions of the southern hemisphere. In this area the phenomena of star formation creating low-mass stars takes place . This clouds are of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and brown dwarfs.
PGC49670 is a tiny galaxy in the image.
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Exposures: 10 x 5 minutes with R-, 10 x with G- and 11 x with B-filters,
using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the Siding Spring iTelescop Farm at T12.
August 18th 2015 and September 11th 2015.

AGN_12.20.0 Molecular Cloud Southern Part

PGC225102 Galaxy, Molecular Cloud HMSTG458
In the Chameleon Dust Clouds Complex.

In this dusty area HMSTG458 is a large dust nebula area. Its declination is strongly Southern (DEC -81), it can be observed exclusively from the regions of the southern hemisphere. This clouds are of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and brown dwarfs.
PGC225102 is a galaxy.
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Exposures: 25 x 5 minutes with R-, 22 x 5 with G- and 24 x 5 with B-filters, using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the Siding Spring iTelescop Farm at T12.
May 9th, May 12th, June 21st 2015 and
January 7th 2016.

IC3104 Galaxy, Mosaic of Molecular Clouds in
Chameleon with Dust Clouds and Reflection Nebulas.

The mosaic consists of 2 images, the upper one and the lower one.
In this dusty area AGN12.20.00 is a reflection nebula. Its declination is strongly Southern (DEC -80), it can be observed exclusively from the regions of the southern hemisphere. AGN12.20.00 reflection nebula is the brightest part of the Chameleon molecular clouds HMSTG458, HMSTG472, HMSTG437 and HMSTG463 in which the phenomena of star formation creating low-mass stars takes place . This clouds are of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and brown dwarfs.
IC3104 is a galaxy.
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Exposures: 33 x 5 minutes with R-, 29 x 5 with G- and 27 x 5 with B-filters, in total 7 hours 25 minutes using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the Siding Spring iTelescop Farm at T12.
The parts of the mosaic were captured in February and March 2015.

Galaxy NGC4372, Galaxy and Molecular Cloud in Constellation Musca.

This area consists of regions of dense gas and dust. This cloud is one of the closest star forming regions to the solar system. The declination of this field is between Milkyway and the southern Pole at DEC -71. It can be observed exclusively from the regions of the very southern hemisphere. This area is filled also with many small galaxies.
The Globular cluster is NGC4372 with a size 18.6 arcmin and Mag 7.24
brightness.
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Exposures: 10 x 5 minutes with R-, G- and B-filters, using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the T12 of Siding Spring iTelescop Farm.
March 5th, 6th, 2016.

MOSAIC out of 2 Images contains
Molecular Clouds in Constellation Chameleon and Carina.
Also Galaxy NGC3620, Reflection Nebulae IC2631,
Ced110 and 111.
Vertical span of mosaic 4°25', horizontal 3°40' .

In this dusty area IC2631/Ced112, Ced110 and Ced111 are reflection nebulas. Their declination is strongly Southern (DEC -77), they can be observed exclusively from the regions of the southern hemisphere. IC 2631 reflection nebula is the brightest part of the Chameleon molecular cloud in which the phenomena of star formation creating low-mass stars takes place . This cloud is of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and brown dwarfs.
GN11.07.3 is the orange triangular nebula - an infrared nebula.

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Exposures:
The upper part of the mosaic contains:
12xR, 10xG, 10xB all 5 minute exposures.
The lower part of the mosaic contains
14xR, 16xG, 18xB all 5 minute exposures.
Total 400 minutes.
Using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the T12 of Siding Spring iTelescop Farm.
June 9th and 10th 2016 and August 9th, 10th 2016

Galaxy NGC3149, Galaxy-Field and Molecular Clouds in Constellation Chameleon.

In this dusty area there are many smaller and weaker Molecular Clouds. The decilantion of this field is very near to the southern Pole (DEC -81). It can be observed exclusively from the regions of the very southern hemisphere. This area ist the weakest bright of the large Chameleon Molecular Clouds. This area is filled also with many small galaxies. The brightest and largest galaxy is NGC3149 with a size 1.54 arcmin and a brightness of Mag 13.4

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Exposures: 79 x 5 minutes with R-, G- and B-filters, using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the T12 of Siding Spring iTelescop Farm.
February 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th 2016.

Galaxy Field and Molecular Cloud AGN02.24.00
Dust Clouds in Constellation Octans.

In this dusty area AGN02.24.00 is a Molecular Cloud. Its declination is very near to the southern Pole (DEC -85). It can be observed exclusively from the regions of the very southern hemisphere. AGN02.24.00 is the brightest part of the Octans Molecular Cloud. This area is filled also with hundreds of small galaxies. The brightest and largest galaxy is PGC5703 with a size 1.42 arcmin and a brightness of Mag 13.7

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Exposures: 63 x 5 minutes with R-, G- and B-filters, using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the T12 of Siding Spring iTelescop Farm.
July 26th, August 20th, December 13th, 14th, 16th, 19th and 30th 2015.

IC3104 Galaxy, Molecular Cloud AGN12.20.00
Chameleon Dust Clouds and Reflection Nebulas.

In this dusty area AGN12.20.00 is a reflection nebula. Its declination is strongly Southern (DEC -80), it can be observed exclusively from the regions of the southern hemisphere. AGN12.20.00 reflection nebula is the brightest part of the Chameleon molecular clouds HMSTG458, HMSTG472, HMSTG437 and HMSTG463 in which the phenomena of star formation creating low-mass stars takes place . This clouds are of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and brown dwarfs.
IC3104 is a galaxy.
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Exposures: 12 x 5 minutes with R-, G- and B-filters, using a SBIG ST11K on a Takahashy FSQ 106 with 530 mm focal length on a Paramount ME mount.

All images were exposed remotely on the Siding Spring iTelescop Farm at T12.
January 3rd, 15th, 17th, 18th 2015.

This is the first try of remote imaging using the iTelecope facilities in Siding Springs Australia. More images of this image are planned when the weather allows more imaging to improve the SNR and depth of this image.

Cederblad-110, -111, IC2631, GN11.07.03
Chameleon Dust Clouds and Reflection Nebulas.

In this dusty area IC2631/Ced112, Ced110 and Ced111 are reflection nebulas. Their declination is strongly Southern (DEC -77), they can be observed exclusively from the regions of the southern hemisphere. IC 2631 reflection nebula is the brightest part of the Chameleon molecular cloud in which the phenomena of star formation creating low-mass stars takes place . This cloud is of great importance in the study of the formation of planetary systems and brown dwarfs.
GN11.07.3 is the orange triangular nebula - an infrared nebula.

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Exposures: 11 x 10 Minutes + 2 x 5 Minutes RGB, with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia May 30th 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

Centaurus A Galaxy - NGC5128

NGC5128 is one of the most interesting and peculiar galaxies in the sky, and is a strong source of radio radiation (therefore the designation Centaurus A); it is actually the nearest radio galaxy. It is of intermediate type between elliptical and disk (spiral) galaxies: The main body has all characteristics of a large elliptical, but a pronounced dust belt is superimposed well over the center, forming a disk plane around this galaxy. What we may very well be viewing is the early results of an giant elliptical merging with a much small spiral structure – creating a stunning halo. This adds a nice example in the local universe to the growing evidence that galaxy halos are built up from the accretion of dwarf satellite galaxies.
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Exposures:
24 x 10 Minutes RGB, with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia May 28th 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

M O S A I C out of 2 Images
Globular Clusters M4, NGC6144, Emission Nebula Sh2-9,
Reflection Nebulas VdB104 and IC4606 in Scorpius over Antares.

IC4606 can be seen on the middle of the left part of the image. It surrounds the bright star Antares (left bottom of the image), known as the "Heart of the Scorpion". IC4606 is a yellow reflection nebula reflecting the light of Antares.

The more distant globular NGC 6144 (middle of image) is a 10th magnitude globular star cluster that lies just to the north of it's famous neighbor, the globular cluster M4. NGC 6144 lies 33,000 light years distant (three times farther away than the more nearby M4).
At that distance it also appears over three times smaller, 6.2' in diameter.
M4 is the bright globular cluster in the right at the bottom. The reason why M4 is bright and large is simply due to its distance. At only 7,200 light years, it's one of the closest globular clusters to Earth.
The bright star on the right top side of the photograph is Sigma Scorpii. Surrounding σ Scorpii is the blue reflection nebula Ced 130 and red emission nebula Sh 2-9. (in the top right)
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This image is a cooperation between Dr. Franz Gruber and me.
I did the RGB images and processing, Dr. Gruber spent the Ha part

Exposures:
30 x 6 plus 35 x 6 Minutes RGB, with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm
5 x 10 Minutes Ha, by Franz, Canon 400mm 2.8 at F/4 and his SBIG 11000K

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia   May 27th(Ha),
May 31st 2014 and June 1st 2014(RGB).

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

Globular Clusters M4, NGC6144, Emission Nebula Sh2-9,
Reflection Nebulas VdB104 and part of IC4606 in Scorpius near Antares.

IC 4606 can be seen on the middle of the left part of the image. It surrounds the bright star Antares (left outside the image), known as the "Heart of the Scorpion". IC4606 is a yellow reflection nebula reflecting the light of Antares.

The more distant globular NGC 6144 (left middle) is a 10th magnitude globular star cluster that lies just to the north of it's famous neighbor, the globular cluster M4. NGC 6144 lies 33,000 light years distant (three times farther away than the more nearby M4).
At that distance it also appears over three times smaller, 6.2' in diameter.
M4 is the bright globular cluster in the middle of the bottom. The reason why M4 is bright and large is simply due to its distance. At only 7,200 light years, it's one of the closest globular clusters to Earth.
The bright star on the right side of the photograph is Sigma Scorpii. Surrounding σ Scorpii is the blue reflection nebula Ced 130 and red emission nebula Sh 2-9. (in the top right)
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This image is a cooperation between Dr. Franz Gruber and me.
I did the RGB images and processing, Dr. Gruber spent the Ha part

Exposures:
30 x 6 Minutes RGB, with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm
5 x 10 Minutes Ha, by Franz, Canon 400mm 2.8 at F/4 and his SBIG 11000K

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia May 27th(Ha) and
May 31st 2014(RGB).

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

Galaxies - IC4633, IC4635 and Molecular Dust Nebula
in Apus
This seldom imaged area is situated only 13° from the South Celestial Pole and
is in the constellation Apus (Bird of Paradise) A few galaxies are in this area but the fotographic eyecatcher is the IFN (Integrated Flux Nebula) named Jacob`s Ladder, "Desktop-Universe" catalogue name is AGN17.20.0
Around the South Celestial Pole the are many of these IFN`s
which are thin haze of gas and dust above our Galaxy's plane .
IC 4633 (left of the middle at top) is on the edge of the emission glow while just below lies the bright sliver of a distant edge-on spiral or lenticular system, IC4635.

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Exposures:
23 x 10 Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia May 27th 9:00 pm
till May 28th 3:10 am 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

Reflection Nebula IC4606 (Yellow), Globular Cluster NGC6144, Part of Reflection Nebula IC4605 (Blue) , and the area North of Antares (The bright star in the top middle).
Antares is about 600 light years away. It is a first magnitude star 15 times more massive than the Sun, and tens of thousands of time more luminous.This star is about 700 times the diameter of the Sun. If Antares were to replace the Sun in the solar system, both the Earth and Mars would be inside the atmosphere of the star. At its cool surface, tiny solid particles begin to appear, made from traces of heavier elements formed inside the star. In this image the tiny dust grains drift away, reflecting Antares' yellowish light and making the wispy nebula that seems to envelop the moribund star, soon to be a supernova. In the background is a globular cluster, NGC 6144, over 30,000 light years away.

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Exposures:
35 x 6 Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia June 1st 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

Emission Nebula IC4628 the Prawn Nebula, Cr316
(Use mouseover for Annotations)

The nebula IC 4628 in the constellation of Scorpius is a HII region filled with gas and dark dust.The nebula can be found just north of NGC 6231 and south of Antares, in the tail of Scorpius.
IC4628, also called the Prawn Nebula is around 250 light-years across, covering an area of the sky four times that of the full Moon. The nebula is also named Gum 56, after the Australian astronomer Colin Gum, who published a catalogue of HII regions.

Over the last few million years this region of sky has formed many stars, both individually and in clusters. There is a large scattered star cluster named
Collinder 316 which is visible in the lower right middle of this image.

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Exposures:
22 x 6 Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia June 1st 2014.

Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

Globular Cluster NGC6723,   Reflection Nebulae NGC6726-7, IC4812
and the variable nebula NGC6729. All embedded in the
Corona Australis Molecular Cloud Region.
NGC6729 is a Reflection and Emission Nebula (star forming region) and reflects the light of the variable star R Corona Australis. Also some PGC Galaxies can be seen in the larger image.
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Exposures:
20 x 10 Minutes,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia in May 2014.

These object is located in the Southern constellation Corona Australis,
Dec -36°56'02" South and RA 19h02m53s. Distance approx. 400 light years.
Thanks to the team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially
to Rolf Scheffer!!
Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014

Omega Centauri Globular Cluster - NGC5139

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Exposures:
9 x 10 Minutes,
33 x 50 Seconds,
19 x 5 Minutes
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/600mm with focal length 600mm

All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia in May 2014.

These object is located in the Southern constellation Centaurus, Dec -47°33'06" South and RA 13h27m38s.
Thanks to team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially to Rolf Scheffer!!

Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014.ll image

Eta Carina Emission Nebula - NGC3372 in RGB only
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Exposures: 23 x 6 Minutes RGB,
with my QHY8 on a TS-APO 90/ 600mm focal length
All images were exposed at Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia May 31st 2014.

NGC3372 itself is a large cloud complex in the milkyway that includes some dark nebula too. Wider than the full Moon this objects stretches over more than 300 light years.
The Carina Nebula includes also young massive stars, especially
the variable star Eta Carina above the center to the left of the Keyhole Nebula.
It contains also dark clouds with starbirth places (HMSTG-).
Many open Clusters are also found there - find more descriptions of the
annotated clusters here: Bo-(Bochum), Cr-(Collinder)-,
VdBH-(van den Bergh Herbst)

Thanks to team of the Astrofarm Kiripotib Namibia, especially to Rolf Scheffer
who helped a lot providing the mount perfect aligned and the whole environment
in perfect condition!!

Find more details at my travel report - Skywatch_Namibia_2014.

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Sh2-231, Sh2-232, Sh2-235 - For more details click on image

Sh2-231, Sh2-232, Sh2-235 Emission Nebulae, Planetary Nebula PK 173.7+02.7
98 x 6 Minutes RGB,
with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria November 30th, Dec 1st and Dec 2nd, 2013.
These objects are located in the constellation of Auriga, north of M36.6
SH 2-235 is part of a larger cloud complex that includes three other Sharpless HII regions (SH 231, 232, 233). This complex is interesting because it includes examples of several evolutionary stages of star development according to
this report.

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Comet Lovejoy,
112 x 40 Seconds RGB, No Filter,
with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria December 3rd 2013 04:57 AM UT

Click for Animation of Comet Lovejoy from 2:27 AM till 4:57 AM UT (16MB)

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NGC6914 embedded in H-Alpha - For more details click on image

NGC6914, VdB131, VdB132 Reflection Nebula
101 x 300 Seconds RGB, 38 x 480 Seconds H-Alpha 35nm
with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria July 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, 2013.

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M92 and Galaxies - For more details click on image

M92 and Galaxies
33 x 240 Seconds, 13 x 120 Seconds, 11 x 90 Seconds and
17 x 50 Seconds exposure RGB with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria June 13th 2013.

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Comet L4 PANSTARRS
152 x 15 Seconds exposure RGB with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria April 16th 2013 3 to 5 AM.

Fore more comets click here

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VdB-150 - For more details click on image

Van den Bergh VdB149, VdB150 Reflection Nebulae,
Lynds Dark Neula LDN1235 Extende Red Emission Nebula - Molecular Cloud

122 x 6 Minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria August 18th/19th/20th/21th 2012.

VdB149, VdB150 are reflection nebulae visible in the constellation Cepheus.
This very faint nebulae in Cepheus are a challenge even for Hyperstar with OSC camera. The VdB150 nebula is the blue nebula at the top, while the other blue one on the bottom is VdB149. The large dust nebula is catalogued as LBN 535. On the right the PGC 67671 galaxy is visible through the dust that is absorbing its light and making yellowish.
The seventh magnitude star HD 210615 orange, visible south of VdB149, is not part of the region.
LDN 1235 is probably a so-called red emission nebula, a cloud that is placed at high galactic latitudes which becomes visible through the interstellar radiation field, with a low surface brightness and therefore looking dark when viewed in the band of visible light. (Text partly from Wikipedia)]

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Sh2-157 - For more details click on image

Sh2-157 Emission Nebula,    NGC7510 Open cluster,    Herbig-Haro-Object 170

116 x 6 Minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
23 x 10 Minutes exposure H-Alpha 35nm filter same optics.
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria August 12th/13th/14th/15th 2012.

SH2-157 (Sharpless 157 )
The nebula is located in the western part of the constellation Cassiopeia, on the border with Cepheus. Sh2-157 can not be observed optically, therefore neither a pair of binoculars or an amateur telescope are able to show it, it can be reflected only in a long-exposure photograph. It shows a large and faint nebulosity widespread, with brighter regions in the center and a large arc to the north. In the background are rich star fields, on which stands, in a northwesterly direction, the open cluster NGC 7510, well observable with binoculars.
For a complete list of the Sharpless Catalog visit http://www.sharplesscatalog.com.
(Text partly from http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh2-157)
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VdB152 - For more details click on image

           VdB152 Reflection Nebula, PK111.0+11.6 Planetary Nebula

63 x 6 minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria July 2012.

Described as a dusty curtain or ghostly apparition, mysterious reflection nebula vdB 152 really is very faint. It lies about 1400 light-years away, along the northern Milky Way in the royal constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of a large molecular cloud, pockets of cosmic dust in the region block light from background stars or scatter light from the embedded bright star (mid-right) giving parts of the nebula a characteristic blue color. Ultraviolet light from the star is also thought to cause a dim reddish luminescence in the nebular dust. Though stars do form in molecular clouds, this star seems to have only accidentally wandered into the area, as its measured velocity through interstellar space is very different from the cloud’s velocity. This deep telescopic image spans about 7 light-years at the estimated distance of vdB 152.
(Text from jtintle.wordpress.com)
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Galaxy M101 - For more details click on image

Pinwheel Galaxy M101, Galaxy NGC5474
Klick for 100% Widefield 3200x2030 pixel.
Klick for 100% Widefield 3200x2030 pixel annotated
Klick for 1920x1200 pixel Widefield
Klick for 1450x900 pixel widefield

Cooperation between Dr. Franz Gruber and me, April 2012.
94 x 4 minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on C14 and Hyperstar 675mm
f/2 in Ebreichsdorf/Austria by me.
8 x 10 minutes exposure for H-Alpha with SBIG 11K on
Astrophysics 780mm f/6 by Dr. Franz Gruber in Pitten
Total Exposure 6.25 hours.

M101 the Pinwheel Galaxy, is located in 21 million light years distance, in
constellation Ursa Major. In the annotated image you can find the pointer to the Supernova SN2011fe which is still visible since August 2011 as a small blue dot.

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         click on the above image of the Galaxy for a larger view,
         clicking again and again on the image gets you the annotations
         with names of Galaxies. Spezial selection: the tiny dots with
         white crosses at the annotated image are Galaxie with Mag 20 -> 20.1

                                          Mosaic Coma Cluster,
Mosaic is centered at NGC4871.
Cooperation between Dr. Franz Gruber and me, March and April 2012.
37+38+34 x 5 minutes exposure RGB with QHY8 on C14 and Hyperstar 675mm
f/2 in Ebreichsdorf/Austria by me.
49+22+20 x 10 minutes exposure for Luminance with SBIG 11K on
Astrophysics 780mm f/6 by Dr. Franz Gruber in Pitten
Total Exposure 21 hours.
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click on the image of the Coma Cluster for larger panoramas (4 MB !!)
clicking again and again on the image gets you the diff. annotations

NGC4236 Galaxy
Cooperation with
Dr.Franz Gruber
ST11K AP130
15x15 Min. Ha
64x10 Min L
12x15 R
9x15 G
13x15 B
QHY8 C14Hyperstar
70x6 Min RGB
March 2012
Ebreichsdorf Austria
Pitten Austria

NGC5067 Pelican Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
47x6 Min RGB and 27x8 Min exposed
with HA Filter
September 28th and
1st October 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

VdB154, Sh2-145,
Sh2-150 Nebulae
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
77x5 Min RGB and 26x8 Min exposed
with HA Filter
October 2nd and
October 3rd 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

H&Chi Open Cluster
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
29x2 Min.RGB
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07
5th of October 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

M33 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
51x5 Min.RGB
35x8 Min HA Filter
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07
24th, 25th of September,
1st of October 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

Comet Garradd and M71
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FULLSIZE VERSION

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Animation
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
135x90 sec. and 31x180 sec,exposed
without Filter
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07
August 26th 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

Cluster of Galaxies Arp 71,122,172,272
NGC6050, NGC6061 etc
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
71x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07
May 6th and 7th 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

Galaxy in Ursar Major together with small NGC5474

NGC4631 and NGC4656
Galaxies
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
33x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07
March 7th 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

IC2574 Irregular Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
102x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07
24th, 26th February, 1st of March 2011
Ebreichsdorf Austria

M3, Globular Cluster
RGB
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
41x6 + 22x2 Min.exposed

Stack and Processing: PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
March 29th 2011

M101 and NGC5474
Galaxies
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
51x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
+
8x10 Min.
HA-ALPHA with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten Austria
All Processing: PixInsight 1.06
February and March 2011

M101 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 125
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
51x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
+
8x10 Min.
HA-ALPHA with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten Austria
All Processing: PixInsight 1.06
February and March 2011

M45 Plejades
Reflections Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
35x6 Min.exposed
without Filter

All Processing: PixInsight 1.06
October 8th 2010

Reflexions Nebula and Molekularcloud VdB14 and VdB15

VdB14 und 15
Reflection Nebulae
within Molekularclouds
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
75x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
+
35x10 Min. Luminance exposed with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten Austria
All Processing: PixInsight 1.06
October11th/12th 2010

Reflection Nebula VdB15 within Molecularclouds

VdB15
Reflection Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
75x6 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing: PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
October11th/12th 2010

NGC7331 Kombination Luminance AP125 and Color C14/Hyperstar

NGC7331, Stephans Quintett.
Galaxy and Galaxygroup
LRGB !!!
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
11x5 Min.exposed
without Filter.
+
33x10 Min. Luminance exposed with ST11K on AP125 by Dr. Franz GRUBER in Pitten
Stack and Processing and Combine: PixInsight 1.06

NGC7331, Stephans Quintett.
Galaxy and Galaxygroup
RGB only
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
11x5 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack and Processing: PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
September 6th and 7th 2010

NGC7331, Stephans Quintett.
Galaxy and Galaxygroup
Luminance only
Camera: ST11K
Scope: AP125 By
D. Franz Gruber
33x10 Min.exposed
without Filter. Stack and Processing
and Combine: PixInsight 1.06
September 6th and 7th 2010

LBN438
Reflection Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
41x10 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing: PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
August 10th/15th 2010

Sh2-132
Emissions Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
14x10 Min.exposed
with Ha-Filter
9x10 Min.without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing: PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 31st 2010

IC-5146, B169
Reflection/Emission
and Dark Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
43x8 Min.exposed
without Filter
Stack:ImagePlus Processing: PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 11th/12th 2010

Sh2-115
Emissions Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
NO Filter
34x10 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
ImagePlus Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 9th/10th 2010

VdB134
Reflection Nebula within LBN382 Emissions Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
NO Filter
54x10 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
ImagePlus Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
July 7th/8th 2010

LBN174 Emission, Ced173 Emission, B144 Dark Nebula

LBN174, Ced173, B144
Emission Nebula within
B144 Dark Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
NO Filter
70x6 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
ImagePlus Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
June 26th/30th and July 2nd 2010

LBN406 Small part of the large faint Draco Molecular Cloud

LBN406
Reflection Nebula within Draco Molecular Cloud
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 at F1.9
Fl 675mm
with Hyperstar
NO Filter
55x6 Min.exposed,
Stacked: with
Deep Sky Stacker Processing: with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
June 9th/11th 2010

NGC5907
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 20, Offset 117
Scope: C14 F7.43
Fl 2730mm
IDAS-LPS - Filter
26x4 Min.exposed,
Stacked with
Deep Sky Stacker Processing with PixInsight 1.06
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
May 6th 2010

NGC4725 5 hours 8 minutes exposed (60x4 + 8x8 Min)

NGC4725 and NGC4712 Galaxies
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 1, Offset 117
Scope: C14 F7.43
Fl 2730mm
LPS - Filter
60x4 Min.+8x8 Min.,
Stacked with
Deep Sky Stacker Processing with PixInsight 1.06
Loc.: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
April 6th/7th/8th 2010

M81+M82 1 hour 40 minutes exposed (25x4 Min), Cutout of widefield

M81 and M82 CUTOUT of widefield
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F1.9 !
with Hyperstar
25x4 Min.,NO Filters
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
February 21nd 2010

M81+M82 1 hour 40 minutes exposed (25x4 Min)

M81 and M82 Galaxies widefield
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F1.9 !
with Hyperstar
25x4 Min.,NO Filters
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
February 21nd 2010
For fullsize 3020x2018 pixels
click here

This images were the first made with the New Hyperstar on my C14.
To eliminate the ugly spikes introduced by the cables of the CCD camera i built a device which keeps the cabling precisely in a way that
ALL SPIKES are eliminated!
In addition i used right angle plugs for the power and USB cable. The original cables of the QHY8 also introduce spikes
Image of Cabling

NGC6015 5 hours 20 minutes exposed (40x8 Min)

NGC6015 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS - Filter
40x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
May 20th, 23rd 2009

NGC7640 5 hours 36 minutes exposed (42x8 Min)

NGC7640 Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS - Filter
42x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
September 22nd, 23rd 2009

SH2-142 and NGC7380 9 hours 20 minutes exposed (70x8 Min)

SH2-142, Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS - Filter
70x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
Austria
September 18th, 19th, 20th 2009

M31, Galaxy
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
Sigma Tele 300mm F4
NO Filter
16x12 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
November 25th, 2009

M15, Globular Cluster
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS Filter
30x6 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
August 30th, 2009

IC5076 Reflexion and Dark Nebula 6 hours exposed

IC5076, Reflection and Dark Nebula
Camera: CCD-QHY8
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS Filter
37x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
August 24th, 25th and 27th 2009

DWB111, Propeller Nebula
CCD-QHY8,
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS Filter
45x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 27th and 29th 2009

Red Channel only DWB111 360 minutes exposed

DWB111, Propeller Nebula
CCD-QHY8,
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS Filter
45x8 Min.,
RED CHANNEL
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 27th and 29th 2009

NGC6503 Galaxy

CCD-QHY8,
Gain 40, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS Filter
89x5 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
June 17th/18th 2009

NGC5466 Globular Cluster and Backgroundgalaxies
Mag 15 to 17.9
CCD-QHY8,
Gain 20, Offset 117
C14 F7.43
LPS Filter
31x6 Min.,
Location:

M106
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
93x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 13th, 14th, 15th 2009

SH2-112 Nebula
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
114x 4Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 28th, 29th and 30th 2008
NEW!!!
Imageprocessing 2009

NGC7331
Deer Lick Group
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
46x6 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
28th September,
5th October and
10th of October 2008

NGC7133
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
15x 6Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
31st August 2008

NGC6914, VdB131, Do8 plus parts of LBN273 and LBN292
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
76x 6Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
5th, 6th and 7th of August 2008

NGC5904, M5,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
44x4 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
27th of May 2008

NGC5024, M53,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
86x4 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
7th and 9th of May 2008

M101,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
48x4 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 11th 2008

Hickson 68
NGC5350 +3,+4,+5
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
42x4 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 10th 2008

NGC5024, M53,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
47x4 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 7th 2008

NGC4236,
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
56x6 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 27th and May 4th 2008

Arp214, Arp322,
NGC3718, NGC3729,
Hickson56A,B,C,D,E
SBIG St11K,
Planewave20" F6.8
F-length 3454mm
LPS Filter,
6x12R,5x5G,5x7B (all in minutes)
Mariazell
March 6th 2008

IC63
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
48x8 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
October 13th 2007

NGC7935 Bubble Nebula 360 Minutes exposed

NGC7935
Bubble Nebula
Canon 10D mod.,
AP130 F8
F-length 1040mm
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
30x12 Min.,
Location: Mariazell
October 8th 2007

M71
Globular Cluster
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
58x6 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
July 14/15/16th 2007

NGC5985, NGC5982, NGC5981
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
71x6 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
May 18th/19th 2007

M109
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
37x10 Min., and
12x12 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 11/12/13th 2007

M108
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
32x6 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 22/23rd 2007

M97
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
37x6 and 4x10 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
16th,19th and 20th April2007

NGC3184
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 F7.43
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
20x10 Min.,
Location: Ebreichsdorf
April 8th 2007

Sun in Ha
Philips Toucam 740
Vixen ED80
Coronado 60mm
437x1/100Sec.,
Ebreichsdorf Austria
Feb 14th 2007

Sh2-155
Canon 10D mod.,
AstroPhysic 130 F8.0
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
35x10 Min.,
More Processing!!
Location: Mariazell
Sept 20th 2006

Sh2-155
Canon 10D mod.,
AstroPhysic 130 F8.0
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
35x10 Min.,
Location: Mariazell
Sept 20th 2006

Sh2-129
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
800 ASA, LPS Filter
25x6 Min.,
Imaging by
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
by me.
Location: Pitten
September 14th 2006

Sun
Philips oucam 740
Celestron C14 at F7 IR-Stop Filter
333x1/5000Sec.,

Ebreichsdorf Austria
Sept 12th 2006

Sh2-129
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
800 ASA, LPS Filter
25x4 Min.,
Imaging by
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
by me.
Location: Pitten
August 19th 2006

NGC7000
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging by
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
by Dr. Franz Gruber and me.
Location: Pitten
August 2nd 2006

VDB142
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
17x6 Min at F2.8!
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging
Cooperation with
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
Location: Pitten
July 25th 2006

VDB142
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
20x6 Min at F2.8!
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging
by Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
Location: Pitten
July 24th 2006

Crescent Nebula
Canon 10D mod.,
C14 on Gemini G41
Lumicon Reducer F7.7, Fl=2730mm
4x16 Min +
16x12 Min at F7.7
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Ebreichsdorf Austria
July 18th-20th 2006

Jupiter
505 frames stacked
C14, 2006-07-18

M56
Globular Cluster
C14 on GEmini G41
modified Canon 10D
Lumicon Reducer F7.7, Fl=2730mm
11x360 Sec.,
1600 ASA
Guiding with STV
in Ebreichsdorf
July 17th 2006

Jupiter
452 frames stacked
C14, 2006-07-06

Jupiter
300 frames stacked
C14, 2006-06-25

IC1318
Canon 10D mod.,
AP125
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging
Cooperation with
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
Location: Pitten
June 21st 2006

IC1318
Canon 10D mod.,
Canon 300mm Tele
at F2.8!
27x4 Minutes.,
1600 ASA, LPS Filter
Imaging Coop with
Dr. Franz Gruber,
Image Processing
By me.
Puerahoefen Bucklige Welt
June 20th 2006