IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula

IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula (also referred to as Caldwell 19 or Sh2-125). It is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. IC5146 is the cluster of 9.5 mag stars in the nebula. which shines at magnitude +10.0. The cluster is about 4,000 light years away, and the central star that lights it was formed about 100,000 years ago. The nebula is about 15 light years in diameter. When viewing IC 5146, dark nebula Barnard 168 (B168) forms a dark lane that surrounds the cluster and projects westward forming the appearance of a trail behind the Cocoon.

1/11/2016

A total of 38x300 sec Lights, with Darks, Flats and Bias. Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.

JUPITER

Taken with an Altair Astro GP cam featuring a cast of thousands but notably Bill, Gary, Debbie, Janet and of course yours truly. Glynn observed and nobody made the tea??

Jim Plimmer
26/4/2016

ORION, THE HUNTER

 

 

A 3-panel mosaic of the constellation of Orion taken with an unmodified Canon 1000D, using the stock 18-55mm zoom lense, on a SW Star Adventurer mount. You can see the Orion Nebula in the sword, the Running Man Nebula just above it and, if you look closely, the Flame Nebula just to the left of Alnitak (the leftmost belt star).

 

A total of 90x180sec Lights, with Darks.

 

10/2/2016

NGC2237 - Rosette Nebula in Monoceros

 

 

The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large, circular H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) within the centre of the nebula is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter.

A 2-panel mosaic. Each panel made from 16x300sec Light, plus Darks, Flats and Bias frames.

15/01/2016