The Flaming Star Nebula

[crimbfighter]

The Flaming Star Nebula! Imaged from the back yard on the 29th, this is a nebula rich in Hydrogen gas that makes some very cool gaseous structures. The second image is the same, but has the stars removed to better see the detail in the nebula. For some reference, the third image is a wide field image of the same region I previously captured in 2022 at 250mm focal length. You can see the Flaming Star Nebula in the lower left of the third image. I like being able to see the where some of the tighter shots reside among wider areas.

-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-iOptron HAE43 Strain Wave Gear mount
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows

Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing
-PHD2 guiding software

-120 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 6hrs

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[Jeff15]

More great photography....

 

[jeffashman]

Impressive! And yet, our minds are not capable of truly understanding the distances involved from end to end in that image.

 

[wobe]

Makes me think of Dante`s inferno - beautiful awe filled shot.

 

[slat]

Great images.

 

[otherprof]

The Flaming Star Nebula! Imaged from the back yard on the 29th, this is a nebula rich in Hydrogen gas that makes some very cool gaseous structures. The second image is the same, but has the stars removed to better see the detail in the nebula. For some reference, the third image is a wide field image of the same region I previously captured in 2022 at 250mm focal length. You can see the Flaming Star Nebula in the lower left of the third image. I like being able to see the where some of the tighter shots reside among wider areas.

-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-iOptron HAE43 Strain Wave Gear mount
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows

Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing
-PHD2 guiding software

-120 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 6hrs

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Bravo! I vote to keep the stars.