Equipment: iOptron Photron Ritchey Chretien 8″ QHY268c Guidescope 60/430 + ZWO ASI224MC ZWO EAF Orion Atlas Photo data: Lights 60x120s Darks: 20 Flats: 20 Darkflats:…
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Auriga’s Heartbeat: Nebulae and an Ancient Cluster
I recently got a new lens, the Sigma Art 135mm, and after some setup tweaks and optimizations, I pointed it toward a target that was…
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Mineral Moon
In genere, le foto della Luna la ritraggono in bianco e nero. Questa, invece, è la cosiddetta versione “Mineral Moon” con la quale si riesce…
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Running Chicken – IC2944
IC 2872, also known as Gum 40, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Centaurus, approximately 6,500 light-years from Earth. It is part of…
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LDN1355 – The Helping Hand
The nebula LDN 1355, affectionately nicknamed “The Helping Hand,” is a fascinating dark cloud of cosmic gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus. This…
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The eyes of the Virgin on the strip of galaxies
Al centro dell’Ammasso della Vergine, una serie di galassie spettacolari dalle caratteristiche uniche, forma una striscia ricurva denominata “La Catena di Marcarian”. L’Ammasso della Vergine…
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Barnard 33 : Orion’s celestial steed among the stars
The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the Orion constellation. About 1,500 light-years from Earth, its distinctive horsehead shape stands out against…
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NGC 5139 – Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri (ω Cen, NGC 5139, or Caldwell 80) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar…
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Monoceros Mosaic
The Monoceros Region The constellation of Monoceros (which means “unicorn” in Greek) is located in the northern sky, near other constellations such as Orion and…
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NGC 3169: A Cosmic Dance of Gravitational Tides
Located approximately 75 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans, NGC 3169 is a striking spiral galaxy undergoing a gravitational interaction with its neighbor, NGC…
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