The flaming star nebula IC405 is visible at the upper right in this image, it is a cloud of glowing hydrogen excited by the very hot O-type star AE Aurigae. AE Aurigae is believed to be a former member of a multiple star in the trapezium of Orion. When two binary stars got too close to each other, AE Auriga and presumably also Mu Columbae got ejected. It is now a high velocity star just passing through this gaseous region in the constellation Auriga.
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Orion from Horsehead to M42 in color
The imaging session was cut short by clouds, resulting in less than two hours of exposure time
Read MoreFrom the Horsehead to the Orion Nebula
To be able to use a wide field with nebulosity in the constellation Orion I used the unmodified Nikon Z6 in combination with a 35nm h-alpha filter to be able to show the faint hydrogen clouds which are visible here.
Read MoreTaurus Molecular Cloud with 85mm
I tried to use a break in the clouds to photograph a long-time favourit of mine, the Taurus Molecular Cloud TMC. The conditions were far from optimal with some slight fog and clouds passing through, but after throwing away quite a few frames, I ended up with this version.
Read MoreHeart Nebula
IC 1805 is a cloud of glowing hydrogen in the constellation Perseus. The gas is ionized by the hot young stars of the cluster Melotte 15 at the nebula’s center.
Read MoreNorth America and Pelican Nebula
The North America (NGC7000) and Pelican Nebula (IC7000) get their iconic shapes from an obscuring cloud of dust that is silhouetted against the glowing cloud of ionized hydrogen.
Read MoreMilky Way and Airglow
Saturn 2019
Jupiter 2019
2019 Summer Milky Way
I used the new moon weekend before the nights become too short later in June to shoot some images of the summer Milky Way.
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