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Eta Carinae Nebulae
Dual Band & SHO data. Dave Manning

Eta Carinae Nebulae
Cheerio Nebula
NGC 6337, a planetary nebula in the constellation of Scorpius. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Cheerio Nebula
The Prawn Nebula, IC 4628
The Prawn Nebula is an emission nebula in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. Frank Alvaro 2022.

The Prawn Nebula, IC 4628
Quasar 3C 273
The optically brightest quasar in the sky, located in the constellation of Virgo. Imaged by Roger Powell in 2021.

Quasar 3C 273
Visual Quasar J1144
Visual quasar energised by Blackhole J1144 (SMSS J114447.77-430859.3). An extragalactic object in Centaurus, at least 7 billion light years distant. The inset is the same object in HA light). Image by Greg Bradford.

Visual Quasar J1144
Supernova SN2022hrs
Supernova SN2022hrs in Spiral Galaxy NGC 4647. Large galaxy M60 adjacent. Labels are star magnitudes. 28x120sec 30cm SCT. Image by Greg Bradford.

Supernova SN2022hrs
IC4685
Nebula complex IC4685 NGC6559 IC1274-5. Located near the Lagoon Nebula M8 (Top left edge) taken in Ha. Contains all four nebula types - Reflection, emission, planetary and dark. 15 x 120sec Ha ED150 ASi2600MC. Image by Greg Bradford.

IC4685
Lo5
Lo(Longmore)5 in Centaurus. A fine example of an annular planetary nebula. 11x120sec through 30cm SCT. Image by Greg Bradford.

Lo5
Retina Nebula
IC4406 - The Retina Nebula. 15x120sec through 30cm SCT. Image by Greg Bradford.

Retina Nebula
Bok Globules in IC2944
Heart if IC2944 - The Running Nebula showing Bok Globules. 23x 120sec through 30cm SCT. Image by Greg Bradford.

Bok Globules in IC2944
Ghost of Jupiter
Planetary Nebula Ghost of Jupiter NGC3242 taken 2/4/22 on 30cm SCT 15x120sec. Image by Greg Bradford.

Ghost of Jupiter
Full Moon
Full Moon 14/6/22 3900 frames through 15cm refractor stacked and "mineralised". Image by Greg Bradford.

Full Moon
Mineral Moon
The lunar surface showing the different chemical compositions. Frank Alvaro (June 2022)

Mineral Moon
M90
A spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Image by Roger Powell.

M90
NGC 6188, the Fighting Dragons of Ara
An emission nebula in the constellation of Ara. Frank Alvaro (2022).

NGC 6188, the Fighting Dragons of Ara
The Trifid Nebula
Emission nebula and reflection nebula in the constellation of Sagittarius. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

The Trifid Nebula
NGC 2808
A globular cluster in the constellation of Carina. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

NGC 2808
The Gum nebula (Gum12)
The Gum Nebula (Gum 12) is an emission nebula that extends across 36° in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis (Wikipedia). Image by Frank Alvaro, 2022.

The Gum nebula (Gum12)
Omega Centauri
Globular Custer. Dave Manning

Omega Centauri
Eta Carinae Nebula
NGC 3372 Eta Carinae Nebula is a large complex area in the constellation Carina. Taken using William Optics GT 81 with a ZWO ASI071 cooled camera controlled by a ZWO ASIAIR plus system. Allen Williams

Eta Carinae Nebula
Running Chicken Nebula
IC 2944 the Running Chicken Nebula located in the constellation Centaurus near the star Alpha Centauri. Taken with a William Optics 81, ASI071 cooled camera controlled by ZWO ASIAIR Plus. Allen Williams

Running Chicken Nebula
Moon
4.5 Billion year old Moon. Dave Manning

Moon
The Sombrero
An edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Image by Roger Powell (2022)

The Sombrero
Eagle nebula, M16
The Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. Frank Alvaro, 2022.

Eagle nebula, M16
Rosette Nebula, Caldwell 49
The Rosette Nebula is a region of ionised hydrogen gas (H II) in the constellation of Monoceros. Image by Frank Alvaro, 2022.

Rosette Nebula, Caldwell 49
Supernova SN2022hrs
M60 (left) and NGC4647 (right) with supernova. Constellation of Virgo. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Supernova SN2022hrs
Omega Centauri
A Globular Cluster in the Constellation of Centaurus. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Omega Centauri
M83 and distant galaxies
Annotated showing some distant Galaxies PGC722819 is 1.1 Billion light years away!! Image by Dave Manning.

M83 and distant galaxies
Centaurus A
NGC 5128, Caldwell 77. A peculiar galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Centaurus A
M83
Spiral Galaxy. Dave Manning

M83
Eta Carina Nebula
Northern Section of Eta Carina Nebula in the Constellation of Carina. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Eta Carina Nebula
Messier 78
M78, a reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Messier 78
Vela SNR Starless
4hrs 40min data. Dave Manning

Vela SNR Starless
Messier 43
M43, an emission nebula adjacent to M42 in the constellation of Orion. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Messier 43
Moon
Waxing Six Day Old Moon. Image by Roger Powell (2022)

Moon
Webb Space Telescope
James Webb Space Space Telescope (centre streak) settling into its six monthly orbit of Lagrange Point 2. Image by Roger Powell (2022).

Webb Space Telescope

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