Object |
Other Name(s) |
Type of Object |
Thumbnail Image |
Comments |
North American Nebula |
NGC7000;
Caldwell 20 |
Nebula |
Takahashi Epsilon 130 image.
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Canon 300 mm f/3.8 lens, four 10-minute exposures median combined, Canon 20Da camera. |
North American Nebula |
NGC7000; Caldwell 20 |
Nebula |
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Peanut Nebula |
Sh2-205 |
Emission Nebula |
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Pelican Nebula |
IC5067/5070 |
Nebula |
Takahashi Epsilon 130 image.
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image. |
The North American
Nebula (NGC7000) is also shown. This image is a
combination of two 20-minute exposures on ASA 400 film. |
Perseus A |
NGC1275;
Caldwell 24 |
Galaxy Cluster |
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Phi Cas Cluster; Caldwell 13 |
NGC457 |
Open Cluster |
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Pipe Nebula |
LDN1773 |
Dark Nebula |
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This is a complex
nebular region between Sagittarius and Scorpius. |
Pleiades |
M45 |
Galactic (0pen) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.
Six ten-minute exposures combined. |
R CrA Nebula; Caldwell 68 |
NGC696726/6729/IC4812 |
Bright Nebula |
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From top to bottom
the objects are respectively, NGC6726 (large nebulosity
around a bright star), NGC6729 (small red nebulosity),
and IC4812 (nebulosity around the bright star in the
lower right hand corner). |
Rho Ophiuchus
Nebular Complex |
IC4604 |
Complex mixture of
Reflection and Dark Nebulae near the star Rho Ophiuchi |
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Takahashi Epsilon
180 image with Canon 20Da camera, 10-minute exposure. |
Rho Ophiuchus
Complex |
IC4604 (bright
nebulosity); Barnard 42 (dark nebulosity west of Rho
Ophiuchus) |
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Meade LXD75 8-inch
f/4 telescope image with QSI 532 CCD |
Rho Ophiuchus Complex |
IC4604 (bright
nebulosity); Barnard 42 (dark nebulosity west of Rho
Ophiuchus) |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 60Da camera |
Ringtail Galaxy; Antennae; Caldwell 60-61 |
NGC4038+4039;Arp244 |
Interacting
Galaxies |
AP7 image
Dream Machine image
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Rosette Nebula; Caldwell 49-50 |
NGC2237; 2239;
2244; 2246; 2252 |
Open Cluster with
surrounding nebulosity |
Dream Machine image
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with QSI 532 CCD
Hydrogen alpha
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with QSI 532 CCD |
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Running Man Nebula |
NGC1977 |
Reflection Nebula |
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Saturn Nebula |
NGC7009; Caldwell 55 |
Planetary Nebula |
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Seagull Nebula |
IC2177 |
Complex mixture of
Reflection, Emission, and Dark Nebulae |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.
Six 10-minute exposures combined. |
Sculptor Galaxy |
NGC253 |
Large Spiral
Galaxy |
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Snake Nebula |
Barnard 72 |
Dark Nebula |
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Soul Nebula |
IC1848; Sharpless 2-199; LBN 667 |
Emission Nebula, Open Clusters |
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Stephan's Quintet of Galaxies |
Arp319; NGC7317,
NGC7318A, NGC7318B, NGC7319, NGC7320 |
Galaxies |
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AP7 image
Dream Machine image
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Tau CMa Cluster |
NGC2362; Caldwell 64 |
Open Cluster |
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Thor's Hammer |
NGC2359 |
Nebula |
AP7 image
Dream Machine Image
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera |
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Trifid Nebula |
NGC6514; M20 |
Diffuse Nebula |
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Canon 300 mm f/3.8 lens, 10-minute
exposure with Canon 20Da camera.
Takahashi Epsilon 180 f/2.8 telescope,
Canon 20Da camera,
10-minute exposure.
Meade LXD75 8-inch
f/4 telescope, QSI 532 CCD, exposures in clear, red,
green, and blue combined.
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
Trifid Nebula |
M20 |
Reflection and
emission nebulae |
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This Canon 20Da
300 mm telephoto lens image shows both the Trifid Nebula
(M20) and the Lagoon Nebula (M8). |
Veil Nebula |
Bridal Veil
Nebula; Cirrus Nebula; Cygnus Loop; NGC6960; NGC6992;
NGC6995; Caldwell 33; Caldwell 34 |
Nebula |
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Due to the large
extent of the Veil's nebulosity only a small portion of
it is shown in the first two images.
The lower two images of the Eastern and Western Veil
Nebula, respectively, were taken with the Meade LXD75
telescope and a Canon 20Da digital camera. |
Witch Head Nebula |
IC2118 |
Reflection Nebula |
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Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.
Three 5-minute exposures combined. |
Zodiacal Light &
Venus in the West |
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Sixty-second
exposure with Nikon D100 digital camera set at ISO 1600
using an 8 mm f/3.5 lens. |