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The Flaming Star and the Tadpoles

Blog: https://smilingj.net/article/2025-02-02-the-flaming-star-and-the-tadpoles

#astrophotography #flamingstarnebula #ic405 #ic410 #tadpolenebula #heq5pro #fra300pro #asi294mcpro

IC 410: The Tadpole Nebula

My main project for a week of clear skies: The Tadpole Nebula.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/article/2024-01-12-ic-410-the-tadpole-nebula

#astrophotography #ic410 #tadpolenebula #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

Reprocessing IC 405: The Flaming Star Nebula

Earlier this year I took a photograph of the Flaming Star Nebula. I had a hard time processing it. Now I have given it a second chance.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/article/2023-10-31-reprocessing-ic-405-the-flaming-star-ne

#astrophotography #flamingstarnebula #ic405 #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

Reprocessing the North America Nebula and Pelican Nebula from May 2023

I wasn't very happy with my processing of the NGC 7000 region from earlier this year, so I had another go at it.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2023/07/2023-07-02_ngc7000_reprocessing.html

#astrophotography #ngc7000 #ic5070 #ic5068 #northamericanebula #pelicannebula #heq5pro #tamron70200g2 #asi294mcpro

Messier 8: The Lagoon Nebula

The Lagoon Nebula is one of those deep sky objects that is just above the horizon from where I live.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2023/06/2023-06-24_m8_lagoon_nebula.html

#astrophotography #messier8 #m8 #lagoonnebula #ngc6530 #ngc6526 #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

Horsehead and Flame Nebula

I have found that I am no longer able to complete a project in a single night, or even in several consecutive nights. As the end of the season is approaching, I have stopped working on my Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula project after only two hours of data and saved it to continue next year.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2023/03/2023-03-10_setting_up_projects_horsehead_and_flame_nebula.html

#astrophotography #horseheadnebula #ic434 #flamenebula #ngc2024 #ngc2023 #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

IC 405: Flaming Star Nebula

My image of IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, was kind of a temporary project to kill some time until the Rosette Nebula rose above the neighboring house.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2023/01/2023-01-18_ic405.html

#astrophotography #ic405 #flamingstarnebula #flamingstar #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

I wanted a deep image of the Rosette Nebula, but all I got was just shy of two hours of imaging time. So that's only an intermediate result.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2022/12/2022-12-17_rosette_nebula.html

#astrophotography #ngc2237 #rosettenebula #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

For me, this part of the nebula always looks a bit like an alien face in the profile.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2022/09/2022-09-21_eastern_veil.html

#astrophotography #ic1340 #ngc6992 #ngc6995 #veilnebula #pixinsight #graxpert #130pds #heq5pro #zwo #asi294mc #asi294mcpro

New month, new first light. This time for my new, used bought, L-Extreme duo narrowband filter.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2022/07/2022-07-15_elephants_trunk.html

#astrophotography #elephantstrunk #elephantstrunknebula #pixinsight #130pds #heq5pro #zwo #asi294mc #asi294mcpro #lextreme