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Nebulae are star-forming regions that tend to be in the direction of the plane of the Milky Way. Some are visible
in the summer and some in the winter as we can see toward the center of the Milky Way or out towards the edges, respectively.
| The Great Orion Nebula, RGB, f/5 |
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| These were only 1 sec frames due to it's brightness. Shows the 4 Trapezium stars and nebulosity. |
| M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Serpens Cauda |
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| False color lum only, two images combined. 8.1s shots with sky glow filter. |
| M16 - The Eagle Nebula, in Serpens Cauda |
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| False color image shot in Lum only. This is only part of it - it's big! |
There are some really awesome images on the Eagle Nebula available. These shots were done at home using an
Orion Sky Glow filter to counteract the light-polluted skies a little. I almost shot this in west Texas but didn't see
much so I moved on - ugh. The second image shows a lot more of the surrounding nebulosity. I'm not sure how much
of this I really caught but it looks close to other pics so you never know. The processing of the combined image may
have been more harsh.
| Trifid Nebula (M20) in Sagitarius |
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| 2000 ly away, named for its 3 dark rifts, redness is due to ionized hydrogen |
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 in Sagitarius)
