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NGC 3344 - The Sliced Onion Galaxy captured from my patio on seven nights this month ππ
It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 46 hours in LRGB and Ha to reveal the star forming regions.
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Breakfast for Bumpy.
He's one of our newest orphans, at our Kaluku Neonate Unit in Tsavo. His mother was killed β likely defending him in a territorial fight β and he spent at least a day alone beside her before the Kenya Wildlife Service brought him in.
He's a baby hippo. Hippos start their lives in water and learn to nurse beneath the surface, diving and resurfacing for breath between sips. Bumpy's bottle feeds are easier β no diving required.
He has a long road ahead. Adopting Bumpy helps fund his milk, his Keepers, and the years of care between now and his return to the wild.
Adopt Bumpy: https://t.co/qAEjrv65WE
The "Pillars of Creation" are three colossal, tower-like clouds of interstellar gas and dust located about 6,500 to 7,000 light-years from Earth in the center of the Eagle Nebula (M16). Named for highly active "stellar nurseries" where dense pockets of gas collapse to form stars.
NGC 6188 The Fighting Dragons of ARA or the Firebird Nebula is an emission nebula located ~4000 light years from Earth in the constellation ARA.
This is ~30 hours of 180 sec exposures using Ha-OIII & SII-OIII 7nm Svbony sv220 filters using the Hubble SHO colour palette.
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This is the Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628. Its an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. (wik)
This is 5 hrs of HaOIII & SIIOIII data using Svbony sv220 dual 7nm filters.
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NGC 4631 & NGC 4656/7
- The Whale Galaxy and Hockey Stick Galaxy captured last month from my dark site in southern France π«π·ππ
This was shot on the EdgeHD 8 with Hyperstar at f/2 for a total integration time of 4 hours using a QHY183C cam without any filter.
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NGC 4244 - The Silver Needle Galaxy captured from my patio on three nights in April ππ
It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 12 hours in LRGB using a QHY294M cam.
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