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Messier 27 in Three Palettes

Ron Brecher — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:55:12 +0000

Messier 27 in Three Palettes Natural colour HOSRGB - Click for Full Size Version Hubble Palette SHO with RGB stars- Click for Full Size Version Foraxx Palette SHO with RGB stars - Click for Full Size Version Click an image for full size version August 18, 2024 M27 is [...]

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M97, The Owl Nebula

Ron Brecher — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:48:48 +0000

M97, The Owl Nebula Click image for full size version June 3, 2024 I never understood this object's monicker, the Owl Nebula, until I researched to prepare this post. The name stuck after the 3rd Earle of Rosse, William Parsons, sketched it in 1848 with an appearance resembling an owl's head. The nebula formed about [...]

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Abell 13

Ron Brecher — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 16:28:32 +0000

Abell 13 Click image for full size version February 17, 2024 Abell 13 is a very faint planetary nebula located in Orion southeast of Betelgeuse. It is also catalogued as PK 204-08.1. Abell 13 lies about 3,500 light years away. The brightest part of the nebula - the ring - has a size on the [...]

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Sh2-188

Ron Brecher — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:00:13 +0000

Sh2-188 Click images below for full resolution versions October 5, 2023 Sh2-188, sometimes called the Dolphin Nebula, the Shrimp Nebula or the Prawn Nebula is a faint planetary nebula. It lies in Cassiopeia a little more than 700 light years away. It is estimated to be around 7,500 years old. Although it [...]

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NGC 40, the Bow-Tie Nebula

Ron Brecher — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:25:57 +0000

NGC 40, the Bow-Tie Nebula Click image for full size version September 18, 2023 NGC 40 is a planetary nebula in Cepheus. It's also known as the Bow-Tie Nebula. NGC 40 is very small on the sky, measuring just 38" x 35". That is probably why it's not imaged often: a very long focal length [...]

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NGC 7008

Ron Brecher — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 20:14:28 +0000

NGC 7008 Click image for full size version September 3, 2023 NGC 7008 is a planetary nebula in Cygnus. It is very small in our sky, measuring just 1.4' x 1.1'. In reality, it is about 1 light year across. This is a nebula formed around a dying star, similar to M57, the Ring Nebula. [...]

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Abell 84

Ron Brecher — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:35:44 +0000

Abell 84 (PK 112-10.1) Click image for full size version September 1, 2023 Abell 84 is a small planetary nebula in Cassiopeia. It is also catalogued as PK 112-10.1. It doesn't seem to be imaged very often, probably because it's quite small on the sky (2.9' x 2.1') and dim (around mag 18). It shows [...]

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M97 and M108

Ron Brecher — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:18:37 +0000

M97 and M108 Click image for full size version April 30, 2020 M108 (upper left) and M97 (lower right) are the main subjects of this picture. This field lies in Ursa Major, near Merak, the lower-right star of the Big Dipper's bowl. M108 lies about 46 million light years away and belongs to the Ursa [...]

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M76, The Little Dumbbell Nebula

Ron Brecher — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 14:02:23 +0000

M76, The Little Dumbbell Nebula Click image for full size version January 2, 2017, Astronomy Magazine Online Picture of the Day January 13, 2017 This is M76, also known as the Little Dumbbell nebula, and it is the faintest object in the Messier catalogue (but still visible in binoculars in a dark sky). It's nickname is [...]

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M27, The Dumbbell Nebula

Ron Brecher — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:49:08 +0000

M27, The Dumbbell Nebula Click image for full size version September 30, 2016, Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day, May 19, 2016 M27 is a classic example of a "planetary nebula," so named because they looked similar to planets to early observers. M27 is known as the Dumbbell Nebula because of its visual appearance through [...]

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