Category Archives: Remote

Dark Tower

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Dark Tower – Cometary Globule GN 16.43.7.01 in Scorpius – LHaRGB v1

A lesser known object, the Cometary Globule GN 16.43.7.01, nick-named Dark Tower gained some popularity, especially since ESO’s publication of an image taken with the VLT.

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Grus Quartet

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NGC 7599, 7590, 7582, 7552 – Grus Quartet Galaxies – LRGBHa v1

Back in Sep 2023 I imaged the close-ups of the Grus Quartet Galaxies, see here for NGC 7599, 7590, and 7582 and here for NGC 7552. Now with the wider field of the IAS remote telescope “Dieter” all four in one FOV. See the annotated version below for the myriads of galaxies (PGC) in the background.

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Almost Super Color Ful(l) Moon

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Almost Super Color Ful(l) Moon 2024-08-19 20:03 UT

Last night’s full moon at 20:03 UT, almost a super moon, i.e. a full moon at perigee, which will be on 2024-08-21 5:05 UT at a distance of 360193 km. Two days earlier, the Moon here is at declination -14.7°, a distance of 364578 km, aged 13.8 d with the canoncial full moon at 18:28 UT. Combined RGB exposures with heavily boosted colors.

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The Chandelier and the Cloud

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NGC 6723 Chandelier Cluster in Sagittarius and Corona Australis Molecular Cloud – LRGB v1

One of most beautiful region in the southern skies, the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud with the NGC 6726 and IC 4812 reflection nebulae and nearby Chandelier Cluster NGC 6723. The later belongs to Sagittarius, though.

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