The Boogeyman Nebula in the constellation of Orion
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CG 4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light-years (400 pc) from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as "cometary globules", because its shape is similar to that of a comet.
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CG 4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light-years from Earth. It is one of several objects referred to as "cometary globules", because its shape is similar to that of a comet.

From my backyard...Jupiter! This is my first serious attempt at planetary imaging. Taken with a Skymax 127 maksukov scope and 2x focal length extender.
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From my backyard...the Cosmic Reef, a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (1/2)
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My first lunar images with my full astro rig. First clear night in Sydney and the moon is just laughing at us deep sky imagers, so if you can't beat em...
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NGC 346 is a young open cluster of stars with associated nebula (approx. 200 ly across) located in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the southern constellation of Tucana. It is a region of high mass star formation.
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Eagle nebula, aka the Pillars of Creation. I'm not a fan of the Hubble palette but it seemed to work better here than the other versions I tried.
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Joey, relaxing
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This is part of the Vela supernova remnant...it's an image that I'm quite proud of
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NGC 3293, the Gem Cluster, is an open star cluster in the Carina constellation. It consists of blue supergiants and a 7th magnitude pulsating red supergiant, V361 Carinae.
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The Cosmic Reef and other colour splats (technical astronomical term) in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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