Cometary Globules CG3 and CG25

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Cometary Globules CG 3 and CG 25, Galaxy NGC 2427 in Puppis – LHaRGB v2

Continuing the hunt for cometary globules, those strangely shaped dark clouds, mostly in the constellation of Puppis. This image shows CG3 and less prominent CG25 to the right, together with the spiral galaxy NGC 2427.

More details at Astrobin.

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Fotobuch Dellbrück

Fotobuch Dellbrück, Titelseite
Fotobuch Dellbrück

Neu in der Sammlung meiner Fotobücher: die Serie Dellbrück mit einer Auswahl von 100 Bildern zu “meinem” Stadtteil.

Mehr auf der Landing Page zum Projekt, die komplette Serie ist unter Gallery > Photography > Projects > Dellbrück zu finden.

Das Fotobuch ist bei Blurb verfügbar und dort käuflich zu erwerben und einfach nur zum durchblättern.

Supernova SN 2024abfo Update

Lightcurve of SN 2024abfo from 17 Nov to 13 Jan 2025
Lightcurve of SN 2024abfo from 17 Nov to 13 Jan 2025

Since the previous post, SN 2024abfo‘s brightness has been increasing steadily, peak L/V brightness was during the night 06 Dec 2024, at 13.81 mag, more than fifteenfold since discovery by ATLAS on 15 Nov 2024 with 16.79 mag. Meanwhile, back at 15.38 mag on 13 Jan 2025.

IAS – Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V. – Hakos Observatory, Namibia
IAS remote telescope “Dieter”
Technical details see previous post. Photometry measurements with L filter.

CG 1 and 2 – Cometary Globules

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CG 1 and 2 – Cometary Globules in Puppis – HaRGB v1

It took me almost a month to gather the data for this 4 panel, 2×2 mosaic of both CG 1 (lower left) and CG 2 (upper right) in the outskirts of the Gum Nebula. This processing uses RGB and Ha data only, merging L didn’t yield good results with the “red wall” on the right.

More details at Astrobin.

Deutscher Beitrag dazu hier unter den SuW Leserbildern.

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Fotobuch Strom

Fotobuch Strom - Titelseite
Fotobuch Strom – Titelseite

Schon seit einiger Zeit im werden, ist das Projekt “Strom” zu einem Zwischenstand gekommen, der mit tatkräftiger Hilfe von Karl v. Westerholt zu einem wunderbaren Fotobuch gereift ist.

Mehr zum Projekt und Fotobuch findet sich auf der Landing Page mit einem einleitenden Text von Karl.

Das Fotobuch Strom wurde bei Blurb veröffentlicht, dort kann man es käuflich erwerben oder einfach durch die Seiten blättern. Und die komplette Serie in der Buchreihenfolge ist natürlich auch hier unter Gallery > Photography > Projects > Strom zu finden.

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NGC 1493 and SN 2024abfo Full Frame

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Supernova SN 2024abfo in Galaxy NGC 1493 – Dec 2024 – LHaRGB v2

The full frame around NGC 1493 with supernova SN 2024abfo, see marker, and a plethora of smaller galaxies, see the annotated version below.

This image combines RGB data from Nov, more than 12h Ha Data from Nov/Dec and L data from 01 Dec until 09 Dec 2024. Maximum brightness of the supernova was on 06 Dec 2024 at 13.81 mag (L), so this image portraits the supernova around maximum. There was actually not much signal in the Ha data, so the contribution is rather small.

More details at Astrobin.

Deutscher Beitrag auch hier in der Galerie der Sterne und Weltraum Leserbilder.

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Supernova SN 2024abfo

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Supernova SN 2024abfo in Galaxy NGC 1493 – 18 Nov 2024 – LRGB v1

Recently, a new type II supernova SN 2024abfo was discovered in the galaxy NGC 1493, on 2024-11-15 by ATLAS, discovery mag 16.793.

This image is processed data from 2024-11-18, I managed to image NGC 1493 and SN 2024abfo on 2024-11-17 and 2024-11-18 so far. Measurements of L brightness in Tycho yields:

2024-11-17: 16.82 – 16.91 mag (median, 2 batches, not reliable, passing clouds)
2024-11-18: 16.70 – 16.64 mag (median, 5 batches)

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Gum 68

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Gum 68 / Sh2-13 / RCW 133 – Emission Nebula in Scorpius – HSS w/RGB Stars v1

Took me a while to create something with presentable colors from the narrowband data of this obscure nebula in Scorpius, the previous H-alpha black and white version was easier.

This is a bicolor image with R=H-alpha, G=SII, B=SII and mainly H-alpha with a bit of SII used as luminance, plus calibrated RGB stars screened on-top.

More details at Astrobin.

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