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Image collection based on the sky tour "Colourful nebulae for winter nights" featured in the Dec 2012 edition of Astronomy Now.
1. NGC 1535 - Planetary Nebula 2. NGC 2359 - Nebula ("Thors Helmet" or "Duck Nebula") 3. NGC 2022 - Planetary Nebula 4. NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula (Crystal Ball Nebula) 5. NGC 1499 - Nebula (California Nebula) 6. NGC 1491 - Nebula 7. IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula 8. NGC 2392 - Planetary nebula (Eskimo Nebula, Caldwell 39)
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NGC 1535 (Eridanus) |
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CCD Image (50% size) |
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NGC 1535 - detail |
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CCD Image (250% size) |
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NGC 2359 (Canes Major) |
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CCD Image (Linear Scale) 9 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-01-05 20:57 h UT (#339190-98) |
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NGC 2359 - detail |
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Negative CCD Image (Linear Scale) Image details as above |
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NGC 2359 - smoothed |
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CCD Image (Blurred) Image details as above |
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NGC 2022 (Orion) |
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CCD Image 3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-12-18 22:05 h UT (#335252-54) |
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NGC 2022 - detail |
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Negative CCD Image (250% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 2022 - spectra |
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CCD Spectra 3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, Star Analyser 100 Filter 2008-12-18 22:30 h UT (#335276-78) |
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CCD Spectra (200% size) Rotated, Cropped Image details as above |
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NGC 1514 (Taurus) |
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| CCD Image 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-15 23:58 hUT (#163232-34) |
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| Part of NGC 1499 (Perseus) Large, very faint Nebula. A long exposure was needed to capture this small portion (Mag limit approximately +18.0) |
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CCD Image 5 x 120s (average combine), C filter 2005-09-30 22:06h UT (#95049-53) |
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Index Map for above Image (created using TheSky) |
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NGC 1491 (Perseus) |
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| CCD Image 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-12-04 21:45 h UT (#402289-91) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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Smoothed (blur), cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 1491 - detail |
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| CCD Image (Linear Scale, 200% size,
cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 1491 - earlier image (2006) |
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| CCD Image 3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-15 23:46h UT (#163226-28) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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IC 405 / Flaming Star Nebula (Auriga) |
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| IC 405 - detail |
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| False Colour CCD Image Mosaic (3x4) Square Root brightness scaling 180s exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-15 23:18 hUT (#163211-22) |
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| Caldwell 39 / NGC 2392 (Gemini) |
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Colour CCD Image Red 3x20s (av), Green 3x20s (av), Blue 3x30s (av) 2004-02-19 20:25 to 20:31 h UT (#58117-25) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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NGC 2392 (Gemini) |
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CCD Image (square root scaling) |
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NGC 2392 - detail |
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CCD Image (square root scaling, 200% size) |
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NGC 2392 - Spectrograph |
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CCD Image (200% size enlargement) 3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, S Filter 2009-01-09 21:32 h UT (#342143-45) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E + Star Analyser 100 |
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| Last Updated : | 2015-05-16 |
| Site Owner : | David Richards |
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