lumpy darkness

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Finest NGC Gallery

My images of the RASC Finest NGCs. Ordered in the sequence from the RASC Observer's Handbook. Also note that all images are at the same scale!

 

Saturn Nebula (in colour) Helix 7331 (in colour) Bubble (in colour) 7789 185 PacMan ET Cluster (in colour) 663 IC 289 Blue Snowball (in colour) 891 (in colour) Sculptor Galaxy 772 (in colour) Skull Nebula 936 Double Cluster (884) in colour Double Cluster (869) in colour 1023 (in colour) 1491 (in colour) 1501 (in colour) 1232 Cleopatra's Eye Crystal Ball Nebula (in colour) 1931 1788 1973+ (in colour) 2022 Flame Nebula 2194 Gemini Nebula 2392 Rosette (core) Hubble's Variable Nebula Thor's Helmet 2440 2539 2403 (in colour) 2655 NGC 2683 in colour 2841 3079 3184 3877 3941 4026 4088 4157 4605 Spindle Galaxy Ghost of Jupiter 3003 3344 3432 2903/2905 (in colour) 3384 3521 3607 Hamburger Galaxy 4111 4214/4228 Silver Needle (in colour) 4449 Cocoon Galaxy (in colour) Whale Galaxy Hockey Stick 5005 5033 4274 4414 4494 4559 Needle 4725 The Antennae Lawn Sprinkler 4216 4388 The Eyes 4517/4437 4526 Lost Galaxy Siamese Twins 4699 4762 5746 5466 Splinter (in colour) 6503 Cat's Eye Turtle Little Ghost Blue Racquetball 6633 (in colour) 6712 6781 (in colour) 6819 Blinking Planetary Crescent Nebula North American (portion) Magic Carpet Veil Nebula West (1 of 3) 6445 6520 (in colour) Veil Nebula West (2 of 3) Veil Nebula East (lower portion) Little Gem Veil Nebula West (3 of 3) 6802 6940 6939 Fireworks Galaxy (in colour) 7129 Bowtie

 

As I assemble colour images, I will substitute the black and white.

Almost all were captured with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory. The Sculptor Galaxy, NGC 253, was imaged with the Abbey Ridge Observatory. Both in Halifax.

The only object not imaged is NGC 6520. It is too low in altitude for BGO. It might be accessible at ARO... Update! 6520 imaged from backyard in Ontario with C8 and 40D.

See my full gallery for all astroimages, not just the Finest NGCs.

 

 

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