This is the sun as it appeared on May 13, 2022. The large, dark region is sunspot AR 3008: Sunspots are formed as a result of the Sun’s complex magnetic field interacting with its...
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Investigating the Robin’s Egg Nebula
Introducing the Robin’s Egg Nebula, or NGC 1360 for the space enthusiasts. Located 1,100 light years away within our Milky Way galaxy, this cosmic beauty is illuminated by a binary system at its core,...
Telescope Live Adds Amazing CMOS Camera – Compare the Before and After Images
Telescope Live is in the process of switching over to CMOS cameras for all of their telescopes. Today, they released their first images using the new CMOS camera on their Chile One telescope. Swipe...
Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
The Large and Small Magellanic clouds are satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way galaxy. This is the Small Magellanic Cloud: There is a globular cluster at the image’s top edge – this is...
SH2-131 – Elephant Trunk Nebula
This is a widefield view of IC 1396, or the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, in the constellation Cepheus. The Elephant’s Trunk is coming down from the top center of the image and is usually presented...
Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
This is the Flying Bat (red) and Squid (blue) nebula: This is a dataset available from Telescope.Live and represents 46 hours of narrowband imaging. This image was not easy to process because the Squid...
Converting a Green Narrowband Image to Hubble Palette Using a LUT in Photoshop and Photopea
One of the frustrating aspects of narrowband imaging is the amount of exposure time necessary to get a narrowband image with blue, gold, and neutral colors, specifically the colors of the Hubble Palette (SHO)....
Witch Head Nebula – IC 2118
This is the Witch Head nebula: This is a faint target so I focused a lot of the processing effort on bringing out the details of the nebula. As pictured here, the nebula spans...
Widefield NGC 7000 – the North America Nebula
This is a widefield view of the North America nebula and the surrounding region. This is a narrowband image taken over several hours and presented here in the Hubble Palette (SHO). There are actually...
NGC 6188 – Fighting Dragons of Ara
This is a wide field view of NGC 6188, imaged in narrowband and presented here in the Hubble Palette (SHO): The dragons are clearly visible at the center of the image – locked in...
