David's Astronomy Pages (Sky Tours)
Dec (1) - Winter Nebulae

Image collection based on the sky tour "Colourful nebulae for winter nights" featured in the Dec 2012 edition of Astronomy Now.

Bullet  1. NGC 1535 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet  2. NGC 2359 - Nebula ("Thors Helmet" or "Duck Nebula")
Bullet  3. NGC 2022 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet  4. NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula (Crystal Ball Nebula)
Bullet  5. NGC 1499 - Nebula (California Nebula)
Bullet  6. NGC 1491 - Nebula
Bullet  7. IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula
Bullet  8. NGC 2392 - Planetary nebula (Eskimo Nebula, Caldwell 39)
   
 

1.  NGC 1535 - Planetary Nebula

NGC 1535 (Eridanus)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
3 x 30 sec, 1x1 binning, C Filter
2007-12-07 22:44hUT (#240062-64)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
 
NGC 1535 - detail
Image
CCD Image (250% size)
3 x 30 sec, 1x1 binning, C Filter
2007-12-07 22:45hUT (#240064)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

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2.   NGC 2359 - Nebula ("Thors Helmet" or "Duck Nebula")

NGC 2359 (Canes Major) 
(Altitude 18 deg)
Image
CCD Image (Linear Scale)
9 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-01-05 20:57 h UT (#339190-98)
  
NGC 2359 - detail
Image
Negative CCD Image (Linear Scale)
Image details as above
     
NGC 2359 - smoothed
Image
CCD Image (Blurred)
Image details as above

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3.   NGC 2022 - Planetary Nebula

NGC 2022 (Orion)
Image
CCD Image 
3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2008-12-18 22:05 h UT (#335252-54)
  
NGC 2022 - detail
Image
Negative CCD Image (250% size, cropped)
Image details as above
 
NGC 2022 - spectra
Image
CCD Spectra 
3 x 120s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, 
Star Analyser 100 Filter
2008-12-18 22:30 h UT (#335276-78)
 
Image
CCD Spectra (200% size)
Rotated, Cropped
Image details as above

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4.   NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula (Crystal Ball Nebula)

NGC 1514 (Taurus)
Image
CCD Image
3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-12-15 23:58 hUT (#163232-34)

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5.   NGC 1499 - Nebula (California Nebula)

Part of NGC 1499 (Perseus)
Large, very faint Nebula.  
A long exposure was needed to capture this small portion
(Mag limit approximately +18.0)
Image
CCD Image 
5 x 120s (average combine), C filter
2005-09-30 22:06h UT (#95049-53)
Index Map for above Image
(created using TheSky)
Image

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6.   NGC 1491 - Nebula

NGC 1491 (Perseus)
Image
CCD Image 
3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-12-04 21:45 h UT  (#402289-91)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME
 
Image
CCD Image  (Square root scaling, Smoothed (blur), cropped)
Image details as above
 
NGC 1491 - detail
Image
CCD Image (Linear Scale, 200% size, cropped)
Image details as above
NGC 1491 - earlier image (2006)
Image
CCD Image 
3 x 180s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-12-15 23:46h UT (#163226-28)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

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7.  IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula

IC 405 / Flaming Star Nebula (Auriga)
Caldwell 31
Image
 
IC 405 - detail
Image
False Colour CCD Image Mosaic (3x4)
Square Root brightness scaling
180s exposure, 2x2 binning, C Filter
2006-12-15 23:18 hUT (#163211-22)

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8.    NGC 2392 - Planetary Nebula (Clown Face or Eskimo Nebula, Caldwell 39) 

Caldwell 39 / NGC 2392  (Gemini)
Image 
Colour CCD Image
Red 3x20s (av), Green 3x20s (av), Blue 3x30s (av)
2004-02-19  20:25 to 20:31 h UT (#58117-25)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
  
NGC 2392 (Gemini)
Image
CCD Image (square root scaling)
3 x 30 sec (average combine), 2x2 binning (half-frame), C Filter
2009-03-09 22:22 h UT  (#356101-03)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.8) + ST-10XME
  
NGC 2392 - detail
Image
CCD Image (square root scaling, 200% size)
Image details as above
  
NGC 2392 - Spectrograph
Image
CCD Image (200% size enlargement)
3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, S Filter
2009-01-09 21:32 h UT (#342143-45)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E + Star Analyser 100

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