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Mike Lundy

@ml_astroworks

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ZWO 2600MM/MC, 2400MC, 294MM, 071MC // Stellarvue SVX130T, TAK FSQ-85, Epsilon 130, TS Optics 10” RCT, RC51, MiniCat51
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SH2-261 Lower’s Nebula is an emission nebula of ionized Ha and Oiii in the Constellation Orion. Shot with my @stellarvue_telescopes SVX130T and ZWO 2400MC Pro from my backyard in the Texas Hill Country. 95 x 360 second exposures using an IR Cut filter and 78 x 360 second exposures using an Antlia ALP-T 5nm narrowband filter for 17 hours of total integration.

#orion #nebula #astrophoto #deepspace #milkyway by @ml_astroworks

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LBN 555 and its dusty neighbors. This is a four panel mosaic widefield shot using my Takahashi Epsilon 130ED and ZWO 2600 MC Pro. Over 35 hours of total integration with 421 x 300 second images using an IR Cut filter. LBN 555, known as the Fighting Dragons, is a large are of dark dust and reflection nebulae in the Constellation Cepheus. This molecular cloud is approximately 650 light years away and is very feint requiring dark skies for imaging. @starfront_observatories

#astrophoto #darkdust #takahashi #astrofotografia #longexposure by @ml_astroworks

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LBN 576, the Garlic Nebula, is a feint Supernova remnant found in the Constellation Cassiopeia. The nebula is defined by an expanding shell of both hydrogen and oxygen gases from a large exploding star approximately 10,000 years ago. Imaged using my Takahashi Epsilon 130EDX hyperbolic Newtonian and ZWO asi2600MC Pro camera with an IR Cut and NBZII narrowband filter. This is over 78 hours of integration time with 180 x 10 minute IR cut exposures and 290 x 10 minute IDAS NBZII dual narrowband images from @starfront_observatories.

#garlic #nebula #astrophoto #deepspace #longexposures by @ml_astroworks

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This post shows four images of the chaotic area around NGC 6883 and the Wolf Rayet Star 134 in Cygnus. Wolf Rayet stars are extremely hot and large stars. WR134 is estimated to be 600,000 times brighter, 20 times heavier in mass, and five times larger than the Sun, and burns at over 700,000 degrees Kelvin. Due to this intense heat and strong solar winds the outer hydrogen was stripped away and an emission of Oxygen now forms an outwardly expanding round shell illuminated by ultraviolet radiation. Shot from my backyard with the Redcat Mini 51 and ZWO 294MM Pro with 236 x 420 second Oxygen filter exposures, 201 x 420 second exposures using the Hydrogen filter and 40 x 120 second exposures each using a red, green, and blue filter. Over 48 hours of total imaging time. The first three images are crops of the last much larger widefield image.

#wolfrayet #chaos #astrophotography #deepspace #longexposure by @ml_astroworks

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LBN438, the Cosmic Sandworm, is a dark nebula in a field of diffuse Hydrogen Alpha in the Constellation Lacerta. Shot with my Takahashi Epsilon 130ED and ZWO 2600MC Pro from @starfront_observatories. Over 75 hours of integration with 214 x 600 second IDAS NBZ filter exposures and 275 x 600 second IR Cut filter exposures.
#longexposure #astrophoto #astrofotografia #darknebula #deepspace. by @ml_astroworks

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M16 (Eagle Nebula) and M17 (Omega Nebula) reside in the core of the Milkyway in the Constellation Serpens. The is widefield HOO palette image shot with my William Optics Redcat 51 and ZWO 2600MC Pro from Starfront Observatory. 237 x 600 second exposures with the Antlia Pro 3nm Ha filter and 265 x 600 second exposures with the 3nm Oiii filter.

#starfrontobservatories #astrofotografia #astrophotography #milkyway #longexposure by @ml_astroworks

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LDN 1217 is a Bok Globule in the Constellation Cepheus. Bok globules are compact areas of interstellar dust where star formation occurs. Shot from my backyard using my @stellarvue_telescopes SVX130T with reducer and the ZWO2400MC Pro. 235 x 600 second light frames with an IR Cut filter.

#darknebula #astrophoto #deepspace #astrofotografia #longexposure by @ml_astroworks

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Supernova Remnant G65.2+04.7 is in the Constellation Cygnus. This huge collection of hydrogen and oxygen filaments includes SH 2-91, 2-94, and 2-96. Discovered in 1972, the SNR spans over 250 light years across. Shot with my Redcat 51 and ZWO 2600MM from @starfront_observatories, this is a 2 panel mosaic with over 75 hours integration of 223 x 10 minute exposure Ha Filter images and 227 x 10 minute exposure Oxygen filter images.

#supernova #astrofotografia #astrophotography #deepspace #longexposure_world by @ml_astroworks

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Sharpless 2-114, the Flying Dragon Nebula, is a hydrogen emission nebula in the Constellation Cygnus. 240 x 420 second Hydrogen filter, 270 x 420 second Oxygen filter and 60 x 60 second RGB stacked images shot with my Redcat 51 and Zwo 2600MM Pro camera from @starfront_observatories.

#dragon #astrophotography #longexposure #deepsky #space by @ml_astroworks

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2 months ago

Melotte 15, the Heart of the Heart nebula, is a hydrogen emission nebula in the Perseus arm of the Milkyway. Imaged with my TS Optics RC 10 and ZWO 071MC Pro, this is an HaRGB image with over 30 hours of 420 second images using an IR Cut and Antlia ALP-T multi-band filters.

#astrofotografia #astrophotography #heart #nebula #longexposure by @ml_astroworks

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The Lagoon (right), Trifid (left), and Hourglass (bottom) Nebulae widefield shot of the Sagittarius star field in the core of the Milkyway. This is a 2 panel mosaic shot with the Takahashi Epsilon 130ED and ZWO 2600 MC Pro. 430 x 300 second images for over 35 hours of integration time.

#nebula #astrofotografia #astrophotography #deepspace #longexposure by @ml_astroworks

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IC 1396, the Elephant Trunk Nebula, shot in the Hubble Palette with over 50 hours of integration time. Shot with the Mini Redcat 51 at F3.5 and the 294MM Pro Camera with Antlia 3nm filters from@my backyard in the Texas Hill Country. 176 x 420 second images Hydrogen Filter, 157 x 420 second images Oxygen Filter and 135 x 420 second images Sulfur Filter.

#astrophotography #astrofotografia #longexposure #deepspace #nebula by @ml_astroworks

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