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• M31, the Andromeda Galaxy – The famous Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large galaxy to our own Milky Way. It is so bright that under dark skies it is easily seen by naked eye as a fuzzy patch of light in the northern part of the constellation of Andromeda. Also seen in this photograph are M31’s companion galaxies M110 (below) and M32 (above). M31 is a gigantic collection of billions of stars estimated to be 2.5 million light years away. It has been observed since ancient times and was first catalogued by astronomers as long ago as 905 AD. by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/L1VCf

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• M45, the Pleiades – Also known as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades are an open star cluster and nebula about 440 ly away (which is very close, actually). by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/L1VC5

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• M42, the Great Orion Nebula – The Great Orion Nebula (M42) and its companion, the Running Man Nebula (NGC1977), are located in the ‘Sword’ part of the constellation of Orion, just below the easternmost of the three stars that comprise Orion’s belt. Approximately 1500 light years away, M42 is a turbulent cloud of gas and dust, and a star-forming region of particular interest to astro-geeks like me. A number of hot young stars (mmm…hot young stars…) fuel the dense swathes of surrounding gas, causing it to ionize and produce its glow. by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/L1VC1

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• orion_28min_14fr_pscrop1600 – by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/4dBFaf

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• M31, Andromeda Galaxy [explored] – You all know this one … Andromeda is the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way (approx 2.5 million ly away), and similar to ours in size and structure. It’s huge – even at that distance it appears about 6 full moons across. M31 is so bright that it can be seen with the naked eye from dark skies, and I regularly catch it through binoculars even from downtown Toronto. She also has a couple of companion galaxies – M32 is the small one above it, and M110 is the elliptical one below it. All of the (non-galaxy) stars in this field are part of our Milky Way, and relatively nearby – positioned between us and the distant galaxies. Think of it as if you’re looking through snowflakes at a distant object. Details for astronerds: L:R:G:B combine (minutes) = 80:25:25:35 FSQ-85 and STL11000M Taken from dark skies near Havelock, Ontario, Canada on August 6, 2010. Thanks for looking, Adam by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/8qki95

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• Rosette Nebula HaRGB – Love this hole in the sky. H-alpha layer: TEC140 QSI583wsg 6 x 30m h-alpha 5nm Mach One -35C camera temp -25C ambient temp very cold hands hot whiskey (Te Bhaig) RGB layers were captured 5 (!) years ago, STL11K and TMB130 by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/pXqtcN

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• NGC 281, H-alpha, Oiii, RGB – H-alpha = 180 minutes OIII = 330 minutes RGB (stars) = 60:60:60 minutes Camera = QSI 583wsg Telescope = TEC 140 Mount = AP Mach One Beverage = The Glenlivet 12 Location: downtown Toronto, Canada Date: Three nights in Aug/Sep/Oct 2014 Software = capture and alignment in Maxim DL, post-processing in PS CS5 So what is this thing? NGC 281 is located roughly 9,200 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The massive stars in the middle of this nebula are shaping their environment through powerful stellar winds and intense radiation. They heat up the surrounding gas, causing it to emit light, and forming the pillars you see on the right side of the scene. Opaque dust clouds – dark nebulae – block some of the light emitted by these glowing gases. To capture all this, I combined images captured in narrow wavelengths of light emitted by oxygen and hydrogen atoms, and then later captured standard RGB frames just for the star field (stars in narrowband composites can look pretty strange). Thanks for looking! by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/qHu8TR

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• van den Burgh 152 – Takahashi FSQ 85 QSI583wsg Mach One 12 x 10m Luminance 10x 5m RGB respectively -20C camera temp Islay Mist 8 yo scotch whiskey, as dirty and smoky as this scene by write_adam via http://flic.kr/p/wr7hQu

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• M 42 The Orion Nebula by astrochuck http://flic.kr/p/dwKsto

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• M31, Andromeda Galaxy [explored] by write_adam http://flic.kr/p/8qki95

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• nebula region in Cassiopeia by write_adam http://flic.kr/p/8xajCV

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• Ye Olde Heart Nebula by write_adam http://flic.kr/p/8AvDAH

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• The Pleiades (aka Seven Sisters, aka Subaru) by write_adam http://flic.kr/p/8LwR1V

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• The Double Cluster by write_adam http://flic.kr/p/8TEH9e

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