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Although the same subject as a recent image post, this is actually a new image taken with my Televue 127is telescope, and processed to highlight the eddies and turbulence that exists within the molecular cloud. In this case, the primary
M82 or “The Cigar Galaxy” in LHaRGB (Ursa Major) , May 17,18,19 & 24 2023Planewave CDK12.5″ telecope and A-P 1100GTO AE mount; ASI6200MM Camera, Antlia Pro BB & 3nm Ha FiltersL (37 x 200s exposures, Bin 2×2, Gain 100); R,G,B
(Full Res in RASC Zenfolio, or full res mouseover in Astrobin) (Full Res in RASC Zenfolio, or full res mouseover in Astrobin) SH2-155 or Caldwell 9: The Cave Nebula in Cepheus Askar 151phq; AP Mach2 GTO; ASI6200MM, – Chroma Broadband
Sh2-135 – Eddies in a Cepheus Molecular Cloud (click to view full screen)Askar 151phq; AP Mach2 GTO; ASI6200MM, – Chroma Broadband and 5nm Narrowband FiltersH,O,S: (49,35,45 x 720s, Bin 1, Gain 100); R,G,B: (28,21,27 x 180s, Bin 1, Gain 100)Total
The standard textbooks indicate that the start or conception of a new star formation is the collapse of a molecular cloud. But my background in thermodynamics, heat/mass transfer and fluid mechanics leaves this superficial explanation ungratifying (at least to me?)
Stars in the Andromeda GalaxyAug/Sep 2021M31 – Andromeda Galaxy, focussed on NGC206CDK12.5 / A-P1100GTO AE / ASI6200MM / Optolong LRGB (full res RASC Zenfolio or Astrobin) I was asked at a RASC meeting if we could see stars in a
The Rotten Fish Heat Engine: LDN 1251 (Cepheus) in LRGBAskar 151phq; AP Mach2 GTO; ASI6200MM, – Chroma LRGBL: (85 x 150s 61 Bin 1, Gain 100), R,G,B: (43,44,38 x 180s, Bin 1, Gain 100)Total integration time = 9.8 hrs (Aug 3,4