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Heart Nebula Narrowband

Ron Brecher — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:33:07 +0000

Heart Nebula Narrowband Foraxx Palette Hubble Palette Click images above for full size versions October 5, 2025 The Heart Nebula is a large complex cloud of glowing gas in Cassiopeia. It is catalogued as IC 1805 and Sh2-190. The so-called Fishhead Nebula (IC 1795 or NGC 896) is at [...]

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NGC 2392

Ron Brecher — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:54:40 +0000

NGC 2392 Click image for full size version February 23, 2025 NGC 2392 is also called the 'Clown-Faced Nebula.' It is a small planetary nebula of glowing gas in Gemini. This object is about 6,500 light years away and can be seen in a small telescope. It's small size (diameter is just 48 arcsec) makes [...]

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NGC 7538

Ron Brecher — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:45:08 +0000

NGC 7538 Click image for full size version December 9, 2024 NGC 7538 is an emission nebula that lies not far from the Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia, about 9,100 light years away. It has an apparent size of about 8' x 7' (the full moon is about 30' across). NGC 7538 contains the largest known [...]

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IC 1805

Ron Brecher — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:52:59 +0000

IC 1805 - Heart of the Heart Nebula Click image for full size version November 18, 2024 IC 1805 is also called The Heart Nebula, and is a large complex cloud of glowing gas in Cassiopeia. It is also catalogued as Sh2-190. This image shows the 'Heart of the Heart,' which you can see in [...]

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NGC 7635 in Three Palettes

Ron Brecher — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:21:23 +0000

Bubble Nebula in Three Palettes Natural Colour RGB only Foraxx Palette SHO with RGB stars Hubble Palette SHO with RGB stars Click an image for full size version November 3, 2024 NGC 7635 lies in Cassiopeia, well placed for imaging in late [...]

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M57, the Ring Nebula

Ron Brecher — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:53:26 +0000

M57, The Ring Nebula RGB enhanced with narrowband H, O and S RGB only Hubble Palette (SHO) with RGB stars Foraxx Palette with RGB stars Click on images for full size versions July 23, 2024 M57, the Ring Nebula, is one of the first deep-sky objects that [...]

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Sh2-132 Hubble Palette

Ron Brecher — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:41:37 +0000

Sh2-132 in Hubble Palette Click image for full size version January 2, 2022 Sh2-132 is one of the 312 bright emission nebulae catalogued by Stewart Sharpless. This large area of emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus glows from the characteristic red light of ionized hydrogen. Sh2-132 is about 1,200 light years away. Dark patches within [...]

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Monkey Head Nebula (Hubble Palette)

Ron Brecher — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:14:18 +0000

Monkey Head Nebula (Hubble Palette) Click image for full size version March 19, 2021 The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174; Sh2-252) surrounds open star cluster NGC 2175 and lies about 6,400-7,200 light years from us. The nebula is a stellar nursery, where new stars are forming. In addition to the reddish emission nebula, it contains [...]

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Sharpless 2-115 (Hubble Palette)

Ron Brecher — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 01:47:34 +0000

Sharpless 2-115 (Hubble Palette) Click image for full size version July 16, 2020; AAPOD July 21, 2020 Sh2-115 dominates the centre and right half of the image, with round Sh2-116 at upper left. Both are members of the Sharpless catalogue of nebulae and lie in northern Cygnus, not far from the famous North America nebula. [...]

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