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The Soul Nebula in colour by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: The Soul Nebula in RGBL HA Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years Photographed at home in Valencia. SX-46 with and SX Maxi wheel from Starlight Xpress Ltd . format array of 27 x 21.6 mm, 6uM square pixels. Newtonian telescope at at 1330mm. Chroma NB Filters Integration at F4 120 hours #Astrophotography #Space #astronomia

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The Veil Nebula by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: This is a four panel mosaic of the Veil Nebula: a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus This multi band image was photographed at home in Valencia. SX-46 with and SX Maxi wheel from Starlight Xpress Ltd . format array of 27 x 21.6 mm, 6uM square pixels. Newtonian telescope at at 1330mm. #Astrophotography #Space #astronomia

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Colour and Form by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter Processing Paul C Swift M42 in colour! Data: NASA, ESA, Hubble Note on Coloration source Wiki: Observers have long noted a distinctive greenish tint to the nebula, in addition to regions of red and of blue-violet. The red hue is a result of the Hα recombination line radiation at a wavelength of 656.3 nm. The blue-violet coloration is the reflected radiation from the massive O-class stars at the core of the nebula. The green hue was a puzzle for astronomers in the early part of the 20th century because none of the known spectral lines at that time could explain it. There was some speculation that the lines were caused by a new element, and the name nebulium was coined for this mysterious material. With better understanding of atomic physics, however, it was later determined that the green spectrum was caused by a low-probability electron transition in doubly ionized oxygen, a so-called "forbidden transition". This radiation was all but impossible to reproduce in the laboratory at the time, because it depended on the quiescent and nearly collision-free environment found in the high vacuum of deep space. #fineart #Astrophotography #Space #astronomia

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North America Nebula by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter This is a mosaic of american nebula complex showing "Mexico" and "Gulf of Mexico" regions of NGC 7000, the North America Nebula in Cygnus. You are looking at a 9 panels mosaic. This image was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia. Viewing in full screen is recommended. Chroma Filter NB filters AG14 Newtonian astrograph. camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814 Chroma Filter NB #Astrophotography #Space #narrowband

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NGC 7822 in narrow-band. by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Thank you for looking at NGC 7822 in narrow-band. Part of the cosmic question mark, A turbulent ring of dust and gas frozen in time, hovers motionless in Cepheus. Image credits: Data acquired by Candini & Swift Enjoy! Processing by Swift. #Astrophotography #Space

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Space Odyssey. NGC 6946 by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter Fireworks Galaxy Up close and personal with RGB data from the Liverpool telescope (belonging to the John Moores University) & the new supernova has been added to this composite image from our own back-yard data shot this year. What a pleasure to work with this quality of data. So many details to explore, so much cosmic dust. Pretty impressive from an earth based telescope. I could go for more of this stuff. Processed by Swift Sometimes it is interesting to take a closer look. #Astrophotography #Space

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Dust-Scape in Cygnus by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter New and old data from 2017 & 2015 was combined to produce this new image of the Crescent Nebula in Cygnus. Higher resolution detail was photographed with a large Newtonian telescope and the wide-field data, with a fast refactor. Hope you enjoy the results.

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Pickering's Triangle in the Veil by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter This is a two panel mosaic featuring the entangled strands of differing types of emission nebula located in the Veil. These wonderful nebular remnants signify massive high energy events in the cosmos in the distant past. Pickering's Triangle is located approximately 1500 light years away in Cygnus. This image was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia. Viewing in full screen is recommended. Chroma Filter NB filters AG14 Newtonian astrograph. camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814 Chroma Filter NB

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Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell "do a headstand" by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula Composite image with H alpha, OIII, and the RGBL image Image credits: Processing by Paul C Swift Narrow-band- ata acquired by Paul C Swift and RGB by Carmelo Falco. Enjoy!

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The beast and the bubble by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: This is a four panel mosaic featuring the Soap Bubble planetary nebula and Crescent Nebula. These wonderful nebular remnants signify massive high energy events in the cosmos. These structures are located in the constellation Cygnus about 5000 light-years away from Earth. This image was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia. Viewing in full screen is recommended. Chroma Filter NB filters AG14 Newtonian astrograph. camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814 Chroma Filter NB #Astrophotography #Space #narrowband

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Celestial Splendor by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter Thank you for viewing our image of Bubble Nebula Wikipedia: NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is a H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. Image credits: Processing by Paul C Swift Data aquired by Carmelo Falco. Enjoy! Technical card Imaging telescope: RC 410mm f7.8 customed Imaging camera: Apogee Alta F9 (kaf6303) Mount: RM500 customed Guiding system: Orion SteadyStar + Lodestar Filters: Baader LRGB set, Baader Ha 3.5nm

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The Cocoon Nebula by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter Thank you for viewing IC 5146 in Cygnus: Approximately 15 light-years wide, located some 4,000 light years away from earth.The bright red part of IC 5146 is a Hydrogen emission nebula and blue ring is reflection nebulae. The chocolate dust is part of Barnard 168. The data for this image was photographed in Sicily by Carmelo. Image credits: Processing by Paul C Swift Photography by Carmelo Falco Enjoy! Imaging telescope: RC 410mm f7.8 customed Imaging camera: Apogee Alta F9 (kaf6303) Mount: RM500 customed Guiding system: Orion SteadyStar + Lodestar Filters: Baader LRGB set, Baader Ha 3.5nm Integration: About 32 hours Locations: LeMaitre Obs, Mount Serrone, Racalmuto (AG), SICILY #Astrophotography #Space #narrowband

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The Giant Squid & Flying Bat Nebula. by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: This Hybrid broadband- Narrow-band image of the Sh2-129 Nebula region was brought to you through the collaborative efforts of European astrophotographers Maurizio Cabibbo and Paul C. Swift. Swift: Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD 100 f/3 Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814 Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3 Filters: Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm and Chroma SII 3nm Frames: 44x1800" at F3 Integration: 42.0 hours Avg. Moon age: 1.81 days Avg. Moon phase: 3.67% Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain Cabibbo Imaging telescope:Takahashi Fsq 106 EDXIII f/3,6 Imaging cameraSbig Stl11000 Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding telescope or lens: Orion SSAG on Orion Short Tube 80/400 Filters: Astrodon Ha 6nm, Astronomik CLS CCD and Astronomik DeepSky RGB Frames: Ha 24x900sec, L 12x600sec, and RGB 11x600sec Location Casole d'Elsa Italy

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Fox Fur Nebula by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter Thank you for looking at the strange and amazing textures of the Fox Fur Nebula. It is located in Monoceros and included in the Christmas Tree cluster. The brownish red colour is caused by emission from ionized hydrogen gas. This image is the result of a rework of narrowband data from my AG14 Newtonian telescope, photographed earlier this year.. Hope you enjoy it. Imaging telescope: AG14 astrograph Imaging camera: SX 9.2mp Sony SX814 Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX Filters: Chroma narrow-band filters #Astrophotography #Space

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Fox Fur Nebula by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter Thank you for looking at the strange and amazing textures of the Fox Fur Nebula. It is located in Monoceros and included in the Christmas Tree cluster. The brownish red colour is caused by emission from ionized hydrogen gas. This image is the result of a rework of narrowband data from my AG14 Newtonian telescope, photographed earlier this year.. Hope you enjoy it. Imaging telescope: AG14 astrograph Imaging camera: SX 9.2mp Sony SX814 Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX Filters: Chroma narrow-band filters #Astrophotography #Space

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M63 The Sunflower Galaxy by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter This image of M63 was shot in Europe.. The data was shot by me at my Home observatory in Valencia and the more luminance data for the the galaxy and core was shot in Sicily by my friend Carmelo Falco at his Home observatory . By combining the data from these two very different telescopes the fast Newtonian 14" telescope and Carmelo's 16" home build RC, we were able to benefit from the two very different optical systems. From the Newt: Speed for the faint nebular detail and high core detail from the 16"RC. Source wikipedia: "M63, NGC 5055, or the Sunflower Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici consisting of a central disc surrounded by many short spiral arm segments.

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M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy by Paul C. Swift Via Flickr: Facebook | Instagram | Moonrocksastro | Twitter M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy - The Pinwheel Galaxy - reminiscent of Fibonacci's sequence, the Golden Ratio. Data from the Hubble Legacy Archive Processing by Paul C Swift #Astrophotography #Space This mosaic was processed using WFPC2 data from the Hubble Legacy Archive. I hope you find it interesting. Wikipedia "The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years (six megaparsecs) away from earth in the constellation Ursa Major."