M8 nebula (NGC 6523) also known as the Lagoon Nebula.
It is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.
Estimated to be 4000-6000 light years away from Earth near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. It is an active star nursery with lots of gases and dust. It spans 33 light years across.
Shot with SeeStar S50. Image processing and stacking done with Siril and GIMP.
September 2024, NE Georgia.
M11
The Wild Duck Cluster (NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield). It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1681. The Wild Duck Cluster is one of the richest and most compact of the known open clusters. Its age has been estimated to about 316 million years.
September 2024
Moon
Shot with SeeStar S50. RAW AVI processed with ASIVideoStack.
Image processed with GIMP.
September 2024
Saturn
Current telescope doesn't excel at planet capture but at least the rings are visible.
September 18, 2024
M31 Galaxy also known as the Andromeda Galaxy. It is the nearest major galaxy to our Milky Way Galaxy. It has an diameter of approx 152,000 light years and is about 2.5 million light years from Earth!
The Andromeda and Milky Way are expected to collide in 4-5 billion years.
It appears in the sky in the constellation of Andromeda, which itself is named after the princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology.
The Andromeda Galaxy is known to harbor a dense and compact star cluster at its very center, similar to our own galaxy.
Captured 9/18/24, NE Georgia.
Alpheratz or Alpha Andromedae, is a binary star 97 light-years from Earth and is the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda when Mirach undergoes its periodical dimming.
Although it appears to the naked eye as a single star, it is actually a binary system composed of two stars in close orbit.
Captured 9/18/24 NE Georgia
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years.
Captured 9/19/24
NGC 281 or Pacman nebula is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm. It lies 9200-9500 light years from us.
Not the best shot. City lights probably washing it out.
Captured 9/19/24.
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Fireworks galaxy NGC 6946.
A spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky straddles the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. Its distance from Earth is about 25.2 million light-years or 7.72 megaparsecs.
It is heavily obscured by interstellar matter due to its location close to the galactic plane of the Milky Way. It has a diameter of approximately 87,300 light-years.
Captured 10/7/24 from NE Georgia. Two hour exposure. Images stacked with Siril.
The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus.
Captured 10/11/24 NE Georgia
