DJMcCrady's photostream  

The crescent nebula in Cygnus is a popular and easy target for amateur telescopes. A powerful, yet...

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Uploaded on Sep 9, 2011

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The Butterfly Nebula in Cygnus is part of a much larger region of nebulosity surrounding the bright...

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Uploaded on Sep 5, 2011

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Sharpless 2-119 is a large region of emission nebulosity only a few degrees away from the North America...

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Uploaded on Aug 28, 2011

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NGC 2174 (also known as the Monkey Head Nebula) is a bright nebula near the border of Orion and Gemini,...

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Uploaded on Jan 3, 2011

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The sun with sunspots 1140 (top left), 1141 (top right), and 1142 (middle left). Taken through a white...

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Uploaded on Jan 2, 2011

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The Rosette Nebula is a very bright and very large emission complex in the constellation of Monoceres....

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2011

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Taken 23 November 2010 at 6:55pm. The shadow of Io is visible across the center of Jupiter, and Io...

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Uploaded on Nov 23, 2010

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Jupiter taken at 7:40pm, October 29, 2010. 438 frames stacked in Registax. Orion...

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Uploaded on Oct 30, 2010

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M27 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Vulpecula, one of the brightest in the sky. It is the...

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Uploaded on Oct 28, 2010

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NGC 7380 is also known as the Wizard Nebula. It lies about 10000 light years away in the constelation...

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Uploaded on Oct 20, 2010

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Jupiter with Io's shadow transiting across its face. This was taken through an 8" Orion XT8i and...

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Uploaded on Sep 29, 2010

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NGC 7380 is also known as the Wizard Nebula. It lies about 10000 light years away in the constelation...

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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2010

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The California Nebula (a.k.a. NGC 1499) in Perseus is an emission nebula shown here in false colour...

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Uploaded on Aug 26, 2010

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Sharpless 2-132 is a faint nebula in Cepheus.This image is in narrowband false colour...

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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2010

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The Heart Nebula (a.k.a. IC1805) is a huge area of nebulosity lying about 7500 light years distant in...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2010

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The Bubble Nebula really is a bubble within an expanding molecular cloud, carved out by the stellar...

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Uploaded on Aug 4, 2010

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The Witch's Broom Nebula is also part of the famous Veil Nebula complex, this being the...

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Uploaded on Aug 1, 2010

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The network nebula is part of the Veil Nebula Complex. The entire complex is the remnant of a...

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Uploaded on Aug 1, 2010

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