Category Archives: Remote

Abell 194 Galaxy Cluster

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Abell 194 – Galaxy Cluster in Cetus – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Dec 2023 – LRGB v1

More data from the IAS remote telescope, the Abell 194 galaxy cluster in Cetus. Featuring NGC 519, 530, 535, 538, 541, 543, 545, 547, 548, 557, some ICs and tons of PGCs, see below.

All details at Astrobin.

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Galaxies in Dorado

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NGC 1546, 1549, 1553 – Galaxies in Dorado – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Dec 2023 – LRGB v1

Recent data from the IAS remote telescope, collected over two nights. NGC 1546, NGC 1549, and NGC 1553, plus IC 2058 in this field of view in the constellation Dorado. The interacting galaxies NGC 1549 and 1553 are part of the Dorado Group.

More details at Astrobin.

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Cometary Globule CG1

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Cometary Globule CG1 in Gum Nebula – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Nov 2023 – LRGB v1

Like a dolphin ahead of the red flood. Nick-named “Flipper” by the IAS remote team, this is the Cometary Globule CG1 in the outskirt of the Gum Nebula. [1] [2]

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47 Tuc Cluster

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47 Tuc Globular Cluster – VdS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Oct 2023 – RGB v1

My personal first test run with the VdS remote telescope, also based at Hakos, Namibia. A well known target deep in the southern skies here, the 47 Tucanae globular cluster, near the Small Magellanic Cloud, also known as NGC 104.

More details at Astrobin.

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IC 2395 – Open Cluster in Vela

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IC 2395 – Open Cluster in Vela – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Feb 2023 – RGB v1

Another open cluster of the southern skies … and a lot of cosmic “Schmodder” ;-)

All details at Astrobin, see also Herbert Walter’s Astrobin IOTD.

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NGC 2547 – Open Cluster in Vela

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NGC 2547 – Open Cluster in Vela – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Feb 2023 – HaRGB v1

Quite a bit more colorful nebulosity in this image of NGC 2547, an open cluster in Vela. Took me while to finalize the image processing, the data is back from February 2023, using the IAS remote telescope at Hakos.

All details at Astrobin.

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Outskirts of Carina

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NGC 3324, IC 2599 Open Cluster and Emission Nebula in the Outskirts of the Carina Nebula – IAS Remote, Hakos, Namibia – Feb 2023 – SHO w/RGB Stars v1

NGC 3324 / IC 2599, an open cluster and emission nebula in the Outskirts of the Carina Nebula, imaged as narrowband data using the SHO Hubble palette with added RGB stars at the IAS Remote Observatory Hakos, Namibia.

All details at Astrobin.

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