Thursday, November 16, 2017

Emission Nebula Discovery in Puppis (journal article)

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Hi all:  I put together an article to have a document in the public domain (beyond my website) regarding the HII emission area/object I discovered near M47 (described in detail on my main site). The peer-reviewed article I wrote has since been published online:

http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.astronomy.20170601.01.html

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

NGC 7635 - Bubble Nebula

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Hi all, here is my latest backyard result from here in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

This is my very first attempt at imaging this particular object :) and I used the big scope (130mm aperture Takahashi refractor), shooting at max focal length possible for my current setup (1000mm).
NGC 7635 - Bubble Nebula
TOA-130F, EM200, QSI540wsg
12x10min Ha, 3x10min L (bin1x1); 4x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias


Larger/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/NGC7635_3Sep17.htm