Tagged: DeepSky

Carcharoth

In the constellation Scorpio a great, dark wolf lies in wait amongst the glowing crimson nebula, patiently watching as the stars drift like snow in the never ending night. Sandqvist 17, the Dark Wolf...

Centaurus A

One can’t mistake the galaxy Centaurus A. Its unique structure have made it a common astrophotography and scientific target – (well, atleast for southern hemisphere astrophotographers). This broadband plus Ha / OIII narrowband image...

The Cold Galaxy

Messier M83 (The Southern Pinwheel) galaxy spins slowly in a night with no end, its ghostly arms reaching out to caress the stars as they trail behind the bright core. Taken near Mullewa, Western...

The Drowning Star

The star HD147889 in the center of image sinks silently in the tempest that is the large nebula complex in the Rho Ophiuchius / Antares area. The dark currents swirl around the stars, their...

The Coiling Dragon

Messier 78 writhes in Orion’s nebula, coiling restlessly like an asian dragon within a heaven of smoke and glimpses of fire. Its getting a bit late in the season for M78, I had to...

The Burning Flower

With a bit of imagination, this image of the center of the Carina nebula appears like a flower surrounded in a turbulent sea of flame. Even brighter than the Orion Nebula, the Carina nebula...

Mists of Pleiades

The bright stars of Pleiades shine through the mist like dust that drifts within the intersellar emptiness, their pale blue light revealing the seemingly gentle currents driven by the light of the stars themselves....

The Blue Horsehead Nebula

Here is a quick capture of IC4592 – the Blue Horsehead nebula. The pale blue light of Nu Scorpii illuminates the surrounding reflection nebula, creating an almost ghostly apparition of a horse staring out...

The Field of Carina

The great Carina Nebula glows without peer in this image, nestled amongst a field of bright stars. The dense pack of stars towards the top right is the Wishing Well Cluster (NGC3532) and at...

Riding the Wave

52 Cygni seemingly rides the wave of the Veil Nebula in this image (well a small part of the Veil nebula – NGC6960). The subject probably suits a longer focal length than my telescope,...