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Galactic objects and solar system elements in the form of final images.
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Sh2-230

Sh2-230 is an H II region in the constellation Auriga, approximately 6,800-9,800 light-years from Earth. The nebula spans 16–26 light-years in diameter. The large region known as Sh2-230, but within this region, there are many more, often better known objects, such as M36, M38, Sh2-229, Sh2-234 and Sh2-236 ad Sh2-237.

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Sh2-292

Sh2-292 is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. It is the head of te Seagull nebula. Most images will show the full Seagull nebula using a fairly wide field setup. But the Sh2-292 designated area is only referring to the head, which is shown here in an SHO palette.

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Sh2-290

Sh2-290 is a faint planetary nebula in the constellation Cancer. It is a typical dual band colour image, with relatively strong signals in Ha and OIII. This image is captured using a total of 20h of exposure. Sh2-290 is a member of the Sharpless catalogue of HII regions.

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Sh2-200

Sh2-200 is a very dim planetary nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. By mistake it ended up in the Sharpless catalogue of HII emission regions, but recently its identity as a planetary nebula was confirmed. The nebula itself and especially the hydrogen regions around it are very dim, so require long exposure times

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Sh2-206

Sh2-206, also called the Fossil Footprint Nebula, is a beautiful emission nebula in the constellation Perseus. It is photographed here using the Hubble palette, creating the typical blue/golden look. For processing, the relatively new NPColourMapper script was used.

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Sh2-86

Sh2-86 is a rather faint nebula in the constellation Vulpecula at a distance of approximately 6000 lightyear. Especially the OIII and SII signals are very faint. But during processing they could be retrieved well. Using the Hubble Palette, the final result is rather impressive with the big pillar structures in the nebula.

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Sh2-105 | C27

The Crescent nebula, also known as Sh2-105 and C27, is an iconic deep sky object in the constellation Cygnus. In 2018 this object was imaged, so the current image gives a good idea of the progress that has been made over time.

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M16 | Sh2-49

M16 is also known as the Eagle Nebula, but the central part of this nebula is made even more popular by the Hubble Telescope, and is nick-named the pillars of creation. Here in a narrowband version with a total of almost 40h of exposure.

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Sh2-112

Sh2-112 is a nice small, but decently bright emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. Here imaged in narrowband colour, using the Hubble palette (HSO). The small target is a great object for long focal length telescopes.

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Sh2-117 - Pelican Nebula

The Pelican Nebula (IC5070) is a direct neighbour of the North American Nebula (NGC7000). In this image both are photographed together, using a dual-band narrowband filter on an One-Shot-Colour camera, using a small travel rig.

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Sh2-252 - Monkey Head Nebula

The Monkey Head Nebula is a very nice narrowband target for when the moon is out. Located in the constellation of Orion, this is a typical winter target. While clouds interfered a lot with the imaging, over several nights about 7h of exposure could be gathered for this image.

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Sh2-220 - California Nebula

NGC1499 (California Nebula), an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus is a very large and colourful target when photographed in narrow-band. Here an SHO image of long exposure to bring out some of the very faint blue OIII signal.

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Sh2-240 - Spaghetti Nebula

Sh2-240, also known as the Spaghetti Nebula is a very large and faint object that requires long exposures with a wide-field telescope. A reducer on the FSQ-106 in combination with full-frame camera and > 17h of exposure resulted in the following image.

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Sh2-155 Cave Nebula

An old 2019 dataset of Sh2-155, also known as Cave Nebula, was finally processed to this image in SHO Hubble palette. The nebula itself is only a small object in a much larger region of all sorts of emission, reflection and dark nebulosity.

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