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All images are oriented with the North at the top and the West to the right.

 

Object Other Name(s) Type of Object Thumbnail Image Comments
North American Nebula NGC7000; Caldwell 20 Nebula North America Nebula

Takahashi Epsilon 130 image.

 

North America Nebula

 

 

 

 

 

Canon 300 mm f/3.8 lens, four 10-minute exposures median combined, Canon 20Da camera.

North American Nebula NGC7000; Caldwell 20 Nebula North American Nebula  
Peanut Nebula Sh2-205 Emission Nebula  
Pelican Nebula IC5067/5070 Nebula
Takahashi Epsilon 130 image.

 

 

Pelican NebulaTakahashi 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 Perseus A  
Phi Cas Cluster; Caldwell 13 NGC457 Open Cluster NGC457  
Pipe Nebula LDN1773 Dark Nebula

This is a complex nebular region between Sagittarius and Scorpius.
Pleiades M45 Galactic (0pen) Cluster with Surrounding Nebulosity The Pleiades

Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.  Six ten-minute exposures combined.
R CrA Nebula; Caldwell 68 NGC696726/6729/IC4812 Bright Nebula R CrA Nebula 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 Rho Ophiuchus Nebular complex 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)   Rho Ophiuchus complex 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)   Rho Ophiuchus complex Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 60Da camera
Ringtail Galaxy; Antennae; Caldwell 60-61 NGC4038+4039;Arp244 Interacting Galaxies ngc4038(Arp244).TIF (2737739 bytes)
AP7 image


NGC4038/4039
Dream Machine image

 
Rosette Nebula; Caldwell 49-50 NGC2237; 2239; 2244; 2246; 2252 Open Cluster with surrounding nebulosity Rosette Nebula
Dream Machine image
 

Rosette Nebula
Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with QSI 532 CCD

Rosette Nebula

Hydrogen alpha Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with QSI 532 CCD

 
Running Man Nebula NGC1977 Reflection Nebula NGC1977

M42

 
Saturn Nebula NGC7009; Caldwell 55 Planetary Nebula Saturn Nebula  
Seagull Nebula IC2177 Complex mixture of Reflection, Emission, and Dark Nebulae IC2177 Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.  Six 10-minute exposures combined. 
Sculptor Galaxy NGC253 Large Spiral Galaxy NGC253  
Snake Nebula Barnard 72 Dark Nebula

 
Soul Nebula IC1848; Sharpless 2-199; LBN 667 Emission Nebula, Open Clusters IC1848  
Stephan's Quintet of Galaxies Arp319; NGC7317, NGC7318A, NGC7318B, NGC7319, NGC7320 Galaxies <StephensQuint.jpg (30914 bytes)
AP7 image


Stephan Quintet
Dream Machine image

 
Tau CMa Cluster NGC2362; Caldwell 64 Open Cluster NGC2362  
Thor's Hammer NGC2359 Nebula ngc2359.jpg (65652 bytes)
AP7 image

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Dream Machine Image

NGC2359

Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da camera

 
Trifid Nebula NGC6514; M20 Diffuse Nebula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 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 Western Veil Nebula

Veil Nebula

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 Witchead Nebula Takahashi Epsilon 180 image with Canon 20Da.  Three 5-minute exposures combined.

Zodiacal Light & Venus in the West     Sixty-second exposure with Nikon D100 digital camera set at ISO 1600 using an 8 mm f/3.5 lens.

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