DWB 111 – The propellor Nebula
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DWB 111 – The propellor Nebula

When the moon is up, narrowband imaging is the way to go. Only 21 x 300s of HA-OIII images were…

NGC 3726
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NGC 3726

NGC 3726 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 45 million light years from Earth,…

LDN 1235 : A Dark Shark.
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LDN 1235 : A Dark Shark.

Dark molecular clouds are pretty challenging. They need lots of integration time and optimising that image time can best be…

NGC 4618 + 4625
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NGC 4618 + 4625

These distorted galaxies are gravitationally interacting. Because of that, they appear to have only one spiral arm or ring.

Messier 100
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Messier 100

This large and bright spiral galaxy is Messier 100. It is accompagnied by lots and lots of small background galaxies…

NGC 2903
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NGC 2903

This beautiful galaxy is found in the constellation LEO.  It is a barred spiral, and known to have very active…

NGC 3953
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NGC 3953

NGC 3953 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation UMA. Lots of very faint background galaxies show up in…

NGC 3642
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NGC 3642

This galaxy in UMA is a very peculiar one. A very faint arc is seen around the bright nucleus, it…

NGC 4088
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NGC 4088

Abell 21 – SH2-274 – The Medusa Nebula
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Abell 21 – SH2-274 – The Medusa Nebula

Supernova Remnant in the constellation Gemini.

NGC 5466
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NGC 5466

NGC 5466 is a fairly faint but large Globular cluster in the constellation Bootes.  

NGC 5053
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NGC 5053

This large but quite faint globular cluster lies close to M53, which is brighter and way more dense. Nevertheless, an…