Latest astrophotography images — deep sky, widefield, solar and high-resolution imaging.https://astropixel.it/https://astropixel.it/photo/ic-5070-pelican-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/ic-5070-pelican-nebula/The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is a vibrant emission nebula in the Cygnus constellation, next to the North America Nebula and close to Deneb. Its shape resembles a pelican, but ongoing star formation and powerful young stars are constantly changing its appearance. The nebula is a dynamic region with dense gas filaments and energetic jets, making it a fascinating target for astronomers. Over millions of years, it will evolve into something completely different. Acquisition details: Telescope RC12" @f/6 Mount 10Micrion GM2000HPS2 Moravian G2-4000 @-18°C Chroma 5nm Filters Ha (32*600) + OIII (34*600") SQM 19.40 - South Italy Automated by Voyager AdvancedFri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/h-alpha-sun-aug-09th-2024-11-09-utc/https://astropixel.it/photo/h-alpha-sun-aug-09th-2024-11-09-utc/Today's Sun - AUG 09th 2024 - 11:09 UTC Lunt 80 BF1800 + Barlow Zeiss 1.5x + PlayerOne Saturn-M (IMX533) Best 5% of 2000 framesFri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/m27-dumbell-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/m27-dumbell-nebula/This is a narrowband bi-color image (Ha + OIII). Data capture automation was managed by Voyager Advanced in my personal (small) observatory, under light polluted urban sky. Hope you enjoy the view. Best regards, FrancescoThu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/abell-39-planetary-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/abell-39-planetary-nebula/Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/m31-andromeda-galaxy-lrgb-ha-oiii/https://astropixel.it/photo/m31-andromeda-galaxy-lrgb-ha-oiii/Andromeda Galaxy in LRGB + Ha and OIII channelsWed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/the-helix-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/the-helix-nebula/One of my favorite objects, though it's not easy to capture from my location due to its low maximum altitude of 28°. The best light frames are achieved using narrowband bicolor (Ha-OIII) imaging only when it's over 25° in altitude. I hope you enjoy the view.Best regards, FrancescoSun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc206-cluster-inside-andromeda-galaxy/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc206-cluster-inside-andromeda-galaxy/Sun, 08 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ic5146-cocoon-nebula-halrgb/https://astropixel.it/photo/ic5146-cocoon-nebula-halrgb/Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/m101-pinwheel-galaxy/https://astropixel.it/photo/m101-pinwheel-galaxy/Behold the beauty of M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy! 🌟 Located about 21 million light-years away from us, this stunning spiral galaxy is home to billions of stars, gas, and dust. Its spiral arms are filled with bright clusters of young, hot stars and pinkish nebulae where new stars are born. Fun fact: M101 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was later cataloged by Charles Messier in his famous astronomical catalog.Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc3628-galaxy/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc3628-galaxy/Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc3718-galaxy/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc3718-galaxy/Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/m42-the-great-orion-nebula-core/https://astropixel.it/photo/m42-the-great-orion-nebula-core/Core details of the Great Orion Nebula, with hdr processing and Narrowband Bicolor combination. Hope you wnjoy! Regards FTue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc7380-wizard-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc7380-wizard-nebula/About 8h total integration with narrowband filters for nebulisity and rgb filters for stars, from my light polluted sky. Hope you like it! FrancescoFri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/messier-20-the-trifid-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/messier-20-the-trifid-nebula/H-alpha and RGB composition Chroma RGB filters and Astrodon 5nm Halpha About 9 hours total integration in 4 nights Ritchey Chretien 12" w/ APM Riccardi .75x reducer KAI4022 CCD sensor @-15°C 10Micron 2000HPSIISat, 16 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/the-soap-bubble-nebula-pn-g75-5-1-7/https://astropixel.it/photo/the-soap-bubble-nebula-pn-g75-5-1-7/The Soap Bubble Nebula is likely a planetary nebula, the final shroud of a lower mass, long-lived, sun-like star destined to become a slowly cooling white dwarf. The "Bubble" drift through along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high flying constellation Cygnus.The poetic end of a star, almost invisible but it exists Narrowband Bicolor compositionH-alpha and OIII 5nm Astrodon 14 hours total integrationThu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-4565-needle-galaxy/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-4565-needle-galaxy/NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10. It is known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile. [wiki] Technical data: RC12 GSO reduced @ f/6 + Moravian G2-4000 10Micron GM 2000 HPS2 130*300" LowGlow + 28*200" each RGB Chroma filters Bin 1x1 Roof/Home personal observatory - Trinitapoli, Puglia (Italy) - 19.35 SQM #universetoday #astronomia #astrophysics #stargazing #astrofotografia #galaxy #nebula #landscapephotography #nightscapes #deepsky #nightskyphotography #milkywaygalaxy #love #nightscaper #skywatcher #nightshooters #nightimages #ngc4565Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-1977-running-man-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-1977-running-man-nebula/NGC 1977 - THE RUNNING MAN NEBULA About 11h total exposure (50*300" Luminance + RGB 30:30:28*300") Shot made in 2 nights between 1tn and 2th Jan 2022 from my bortle 6 sky in south Italy. Thanks for watching FrancescoSat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/barnard-33-the-horsehead-nebula-hydrogen-alpha/https://astropixel.it/photo/barnard-33-the-horsehead-nebula-hydrogen-alpha/Barnard 33 - The Horsehead Nebula - Hydrogen alpha Starting as an instrumental test shot during the moon, this is the result of 33x900" H-alpha 5nm - Total exp 8:15h in two nights. GSO RC12" @ f/6 (Riccardi reducer .75x) 10Micron GM2000 HPS2 Moravian CCD G2-4000 Astrodon 5nm H-a filterMon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/m45-the-seven-sisters/https://astropixel.it/photo/m45-the-seven-sisters/The Pleiades, Messier 45, a classical winter target with OSC camera from my Bortle 6-7 sky (about 19.35 SQM) and mid size refractor W.O. FLT91 @432mm f.l.Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/m16-the-eagle-nebula-and-pillars-of-creation/https://astropixel.it/photo/m16-the-eagle-nebula-and-pillars-of-creation/The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is catalogued as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 5700 light-years distant. A spire of gas that can be seen coming off the nebula in the northeaste part is approximately 9.5 light-years or about 90 trillion kilometers long. The cluster associated with the nebula has approximately 8100 stars, which are mostly concentrated in a gap in the molecular cloud to the north-west of the Pillars.[6] The brightest star (HD 168076) has an apparent magnitude of +8.24, easily visible with good binoculars. It is actually a binary star formed of an O3.5V star plus an O7.5V companion.[7] This star has a mass of roughly 80 solar masses, and a luminosity up to 1 million times that of the Sun. The cluster's age has been estimated to be 1–2 million years.     Visit this image on Astrobin.com Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc6960-inside-western-veil-nebula/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc6960-inside-western-veil-nebula/The Veil Nebula (also known by the initials of the Caldwell Catalog C 33 and C 34) is a vast diffuse nebula visible in the southeaste part of the constellation of Cygnus. In this shot we frame the west part identified with the catalog name NGC 6960 and the star 52Cyg is visible in its center. This is a narrowband bi-color image (Ha OIII OIII) for haze and wideband (RGB) color for stars only. Exposure about 25 hours (20x1800 "Ha, 30x1800" OIII, 7x120 "RGB stars), shots managed as usual with Voyager and Viking software.   Visit this image on Astrobin.com Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/veil-nebula-complex-supernova-remnant/https://astropixel.it/photo/veil-nebula-complex-supernova-remnant/Veil Nebula Complex - Supe ova Remnant I dedicate this photo to my uncle Raffaele. I wish you a good ju ey among the stars Narrowband image with OSC camera. First light for the new "little" Sharpstar 61ED MarkII triplet. Using the standard 0.8 reducer the focal length is 275mm and the 28.3 mm diagonal of IMX571 color backlit sensor contains quite well this beautiful field. About 8h total hours of getting data, 300" unguided sub exp with IDAS NBZ multi narrowband filter. The processing software has detected about 40000 stars in this beautiful field. This is the real first light of "Pier 2"   Visit full res image on Astrobin.com Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/messier13-m13-globular-cluster-hercules/https://astropixel.it/photo/messier13-m13-globular-cluster-hercules/The Globular Cluster of Hercules (also known as M 13 from its position in the Messier Catalog, or as NGC 6205) is a globular cluster visible in the constellation of Hercules. It is the brightest globular cluster in the northe hemisphere and is also visible to the naked eye. M13 has an apparent magnitude of 5.8. Its angular diameter is 23 ', while its real diameter is approximately 165 light years. M13 contains several hundred thousand stars, the brightest of which is 11.95 magnitude. Around its core, the stars are about 500 times more concentrated than around the solar system. The age of M 13 has been estimated to be between 12 and 14 billion years. Its distance from Earth is 23,157 light years. Appearing so bright at such a great distance, its real brightness is very high, over 300,000 times that of the Sun. The radial speed is about 250 km / s on approach. This motion results from the combination of three different speeds: the rotation of the Galaxy, the motion of the Sun in space, and the revolution motion of the cluster around the galactic center. [text from wikipedia] Visit this image on Astrobin.com Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-5033-galaxy/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-5033-galaxy/Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/jones-emberson-1-pk-164/https://astropixel.it/photo/jones-emberson-1-pk-164/Jones-Emberson 1 (PK 164+31.1), is a 14th magnitude planetary nebula in the constellation Lynx at a distance of 1600 light years. It is a larger planetary with low surface brightness. The 16.8-magnitude central star is a very blue white dwarf. . [text adapted from Wikipedia] After a long time I finally completed a new image from my private observatory. This is a Narrowband bicolor image (Ha OIII OIII) with RGB data only for the star color. A lot of exposure, about 37h (53x1800" Ha, 20x1800" OIII, 6x120" RGB stars), managed by Voyager Astrophotography Automation Software and Viking. Visit this image on Astrobin.com Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ic1795-the-fishhead-nebula-in-narrowband-bicolor/https://astropixel.it/photo/ic1795-the-fishhead-nebula-in-narrowband-bicolor/Target photographed for testing my new narrowband Astrodon 5nm filters in two nights. The good data acquired deserved to be processed. Session planned and automated by Voyager Astrophotography Automation Software Hope you enjoySun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/vdb-142-elephants-trunk-nebula-in-ha/https://astropixel.it/photo/vdb-142-elephants-trunk-nebula-in-ha/First image from new roof observatory. Fully automated by Voyager and VikingSun, 30 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/comet-c-2020-f3-neowise/https://astropixel.it/photo/comet-c-2020-f3-neowise/Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - July 09 2020 h 4:12 am RedCat51 250mm + ASI294MC + Avalon M-Zero mount 50 x 8" OSC @ -20° - Astronomik CLSCCD filter Automated with Voyager Astrophotography AutomationSat, 11 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-7331-spiral-galaxy/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc-7331-spiral-galaxy/The galaxy is similar in size and structure to the Milky Way, and is often referred to as "the Milky Way's twin". However, discoveries in the 2000s regarding the structure of the Milky Way may call this similarity into doubt, particularly because the latter is now believed to be a barred spiral, compared to the unbarred status of NGC 7331. [Text adapted from Wikipedia and APOD]Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://astropixel.it/photo/ngc281-pacman_nebula-hubble_palette_sho/https://astropixel.it/photo/ngc281-pacman_nebula-hubble_palette_sho/Visit this image on Astrobin.comTue, 24 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT