Clouds around Mintaka

Clouds around Mintaka

by | Dec 24, 2025 | Galactic Cirri, Nebulae

This deep-sky image, captured from Astrocat Observatory, my home observatory, during the last weeks of 2024 and the first days of January 2025, explores the region surrounding Mintaka (δ Orionis), one of the three stars forming Orion’s Belt. Mintaka is a multiple star...
Clouds of Hydrogen and IFN around NGC 281

Clouds of Hydrogen and IFN around NGC 281

by | Feb 17, 2025 | Galactic Cirri, Nebulae

The Pacman Nebula, NGC 281, is surrounded by clouds of gas and dust that can be detected by the use of deep integrations. This work aims to show a new view of this popular target by the use of broadband band filters (LRGB) and a super narrow band Hydrogen filter (3nm...
A Deep View of the Pacman Nebula with IFN

A Deep View of the Pacman Nebula with IFN

by | Feb 17, 2025 | Galactic Cirri, Nebulae

The Pacman Nebula, NGC 281, is surrounded by clouds of gas and dust that can be detected by the use of deep integrations. This work aims to show a new view of this popular target by the use of broadband band filters. I started capturing data for this project back in...
The Pacman Nebula Multiwavelength

The Pacman Nebula Multiwavelength

by | Feb 16, 2025 | Galactic Cirri, Nebulae

The Pacman Nebula, NGC 281, is an emission nebula located in the Cassiopeia constellation some 9,500 light-years away from Earth. It’s surrounded by clouds of gas and dust that can be detected by the use of different broadband and narrowband filters. I started...
The Witch Head nebula, IC 2118

The Witch Head nebula, IC 2118

by | Apr 24, 2024 | Galactic Cirri, Nebulae

In the Eridanus constellation, and close to the Orion constellation, we find a very interesting and pretty faint reflection nebula, IC 2118. Also known as the Witch Head nebula, IC 2118 is believed to be made of gas, and dust and is about 50 light-years across....
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