The Horsehead nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation of Orion. Also known as Barnard 33, the nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is the easternmost star of Orion’s belt.

The Horsehead nebula is approximately 1,375 light years from Earth.

The Nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Willamina Fleming on a photographic plate taken at the Harvard College Observatory.

It has been 1 year since I released my first edition and to celebrate I'm releasing this open edition of one of the coolest targets in our night sky for the rest of January!

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Horsehead In Space

The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way. The diameter of Andromeda is 220,000 light-years and it contains an estimated 1 trillion stars.

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The Rosette Nebula is a HII region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy.  

The open cluster NGC 2244 is found within the nebula, which was discovered by John Flamesteed in 1690.  The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of 5,000 light years from Earth and measure 130 light years in diameter.  

The nebula is also referred to as the “skull” as it resembles a human skull in certain orientations.

This is my version of a Hubble Palette style image using a dual band narrowband filter.  I wanted to create a colourful and striking image of something that’s not seen very often.  I also added some RGB stars to the image to further add to all those amazing colours.

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Rosette Nebula

This is a 4025 x 2625 pixel image of The Great Orion Nebula, Messier 42.  It was my dream for this to be my first deep-sky object that I photographed when I got my first telescope back in April 2020.  This image was shot at a focal length of 420 mm at 3 hours of integration time.  Because I no longer have this telescope this image is truly unique. 

I absolutely love getting lost in this image, looking at all the fine wispy details within and around this nebula.  I find myself searching the salmon pink parts of the nebula trying to make out any of the abstract shapes.  The depth and detail I've managed to capture really makes me proud and drives me to continue to pursue this challenging, but rewarding area of photography.  This image would stand out in anyone's collection. 

The Great Orion Nebula is visible with the naked eye even from areas that suffer from light pollution.  It can be found in the constellation of Orion just below Orion's belt, within the "sword" of Orion.

Getting lost in my Dreams

This is a small thank you to the collectors of my first open edition Horsehead In Space.  This small 7 second animation shows the RAW photograph that then transforms into the edited piece they picked up.  

This is a looping animation with sound and it allows my collectors to appreciate the details and colours that are brought to life when editing deep-sky astrophotography images. 

Horsehead In Space Animation

Celebrating 2 years in web3, I put my heart and my soul into my photography work each day and continually show up in the hope of bettering myself.  This is a symbol of my love for deep-sky astrophotography. 

This is a 4 panel mosaic captured from my garden in Scotland with a telescope and dedicated astronomy camera.  With a total integration time of 15 hours, each panel was calibrated, stacked and stitched together to create a RAW image and then processed in PixInsight and finished off in Photoshop. 

The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula 7500 light years from Earth.  It is located in the constellation of Cassiopeia.  It was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd of November 1787.  It displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.  

The nebula's intense red output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center.  This open cluster of stars contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of the Sun.  The shape of the nebula is driven by stellar winds from the hot stars in its core.

The Soul Nebula is also an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cassiopeia.  

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The Jellyfish Nebula also known as IC 443, which is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation of Gemini.  It is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth and an estimated 70 light years in size.

The remnant's age is still uncertain, but there is some agreement that the supernova happened between 3,000 and 30,000 years ago.

In the wide-field view there are  two bright stars, Tejat and Propus.  To locate the Jellyfish Nebula with your telescope use these two bright stars as a guide. 

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Jellyfish Nebula

"Colours Of Space" is the culmination of over 70 hours of gathered data that has been calibrated, stacked and processed over several months.  Lots of pre-planning, cold late nights capturing the night sky (and failed nights)and processing the data has been all worth it when I look back at this collection.

All these images are captured using my own telescope and dedicated astronomy camera from my back garden here in Scotland.  All the data has been carefully processed and curated by myself.

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