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For a full size image click here. Distance: 5,000 Light Years Magnitude: 12 Size: 50 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: L 30×300 Bin 1, R 30×240 Bin 2, G 27×240 Bin 2, B 24×240 Bin 2 This image was captured from my house in a Bortle 6/7 zone. IC 443, […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: 1,800 Light Years Magnitude: 6.0 Size: 150×50 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: SII 43×600, Ha 26×1200, OIII 33×600 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 region. NGC 1499, also known as the California nebula, is a large emission […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: IC 405 1,500 Light YearsDistance: IC 410 12,000 Light YearsDistance: IC 417 10,000 Light Years Magnitude: IC 405 9Magnitude: IC 410 7.5Magnitude: IC 417 6.0 Size: IC 405 30×20 Arc MinutesSize: IC 410 55×45 Arc MinutesSize: IC 417 14×10 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: 2,900 Light Years Magnitude: Unknown Size: 100 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: SII 30×600, Ha 35×600, OIII 30×600 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 region. NGC 7822 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It contains […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: 6,000 Light Years Magnitude: 9.0 Size: 16 x 9 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: SII 34×600, Ha 34×600, OIII 30×600 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 region. Sharpless 101, the Tulip Nebula, is located in the constellation […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: 6,500 Light Years Magnitude: 6.5 Size: 110×80 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: SII 66×600, Ha 58×1200, OIII 34×600 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 region. IC 1848, commonly called the Soul Nebula, is a star cluster surrounded […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: 2,400 Light Years Magnitude: 11.5 Size: 170 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: SII 38×600 Bin 1, Ha 46×600 Bin 1, OIII 30×600 Bin 1 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 zone. IC 1396, also known as the […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: Sadr 1,800 Light Years Magnitude: Sadr 2.23 Size: Sadr 150 times the size of our sun Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: Ha 26×600 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 region. It is a four panel mosaic with the center […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: 5,200 Light Years Magnitude: 9.0 Size: 1.3 Degrees Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: SII 10×480, Ha 12×480, OIII 10×480 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 region. The Rosette nebula is a large emission nebula in the constellation Monoceros. It […]

For a full size image click here. Distance: 7,500 Light Years Magnitude: 18.3 Size: 150 Arc Minutes Telescope: Borg 71 Camera: QSI683 Mount: AP1100 Exposures: SII 29×600 Bin 2, Ha 38×1200 Bin 1, OIII 36×600 Bin 2 This image was captured from my home in a Bortle 6/7 zone. IC 1805, the Heart Nebula, is […]