Astro & Night
Deep southern skies captured under unpolluted dark skies at 20°S. Staked and tracked deep-sky exposures revealing glowing emission nebulae, stellar nurseries, and distant spiral galaxies millions of light years away.
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M8 — The Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius — 61 minutes of stacked exposure revealing the glowing core and dark dust lanes of this vast emission nebula.
M8 — Lagoon Nebula, Portrait
A tighter, taller framing of the Lagoon Nebula across 73 minutes of integration, drawing out the tidal swirl of gas around the central hourglass.
IC 2944 — Running Chicken Nebula
IC 2944 in Centaurus, 25 minutes of exposure — a broad field of hydrogen emission laced with dark globules silhouetted against the red glow.
IC 1284 — Nebula Field
A wide southern field in Sagittarius holding IC 1284, with the blue reflection nebulae NGC 6589 and NGC 6590 set among dense star clouds. 15 minutes.
NGC 55 — String of Pearls Galaxy
NGC 55 in Sculptor, an edge-on barred spiral some six million light years away, resolved here in 10 minutes of exposure.
