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    Messier 13

     

    M13 Globula cluster in Hercules. 25,000 light years away and about 165 light years across. There are around 300,000 Stars in the cluster.
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    Messier 42

     

    The great Orion Nebula one of the closest Star forming regions to Earth about 1,400 light years away. The Nebula spans 20.000 times the size of our solar system.
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    B33 & NGC 2024

     

    B33 The Horsehead and NGC 2024 the Flame Nebula are part of the much larger Orion molecula cloud complex. The Horsehead is about 1,400 light years from Earth in the constellation Orion.
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    NGC 2024 & B33

     

    Flame & Horsehead imaged with a Askar 130PHQ scope.
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    NGC869 & NGC884

     

    NGC 869 & NGC 884 Double Cluster ( also known as Caldwell 14 ) open clusters 7,500 light years away from Earth they can be observed with the naked eye in the Constellation Perseus .
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    Messier 22

     

    Messier 22 Is an elliptical globula cluster. M22 is one of the brightest globulars in the night sky. It is about 10,600 light years away in the constellation Sagittarius.
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    NGC 7000 & IC5070

     

    NGC 7000 The North America & IC 5070 The Pelican Nebula are large emission nebula 1,700 light years away in the constellation Cygnus.
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    Cygnus Wall

     

    The Cygnus wall is a part of the North America Nebula NGC 7000 (the gulf of Mexico region )
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    NGC 281

     

    NGC 281 The Pacman Nebula is a large emission nebula about 9,200 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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    NGC 1499

     

    NGC 1499 The California Nebula is a large emission nebula it is about 1,000 light years away and around 100 light years across.It can be found in the constellation Perseus.
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    IC 410

     

    IC 410 Tadpole Nebula is a large emission nebula about 100 light years wide and 12,400 light years away from Earth and can be found in the constellation Auriga.
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    Westerhout 5.

     

    Westerhout 5 also known as The Soul Nebula is an Emission Nebula 7,500 light years away in the Constellation Cassiopeia. Ha & 011 narow band image.
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    Westerhout 5 Ha.

     

    Antlia 2" 4.5nm H-Alpha image of the Soul nebula.
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    IC 1871

     

    IC 1871 .Star forming complex about 25 light years wide within the Soul Nebula.
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    M16

     

    The Eagle Nebula. Ha image showing the pillers of creation made famous by the Hubble space telescope. M16 is an active Star forming region 5,700 light years away in the Constellation Serpens.
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    M16 W/F

     

    The Eagle Nebula Widefield image .
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    NGC 7293

     

    NGC 7293 The Helix Nebula also known as the eye of God Nebula the helix is a Planetary Nebula about 3 light years wide and 700 light years away in Aquarius.
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    IC 1795

     

    IC 1795 Also known as The Fish Head Nebula, it is a Star forming region 6,000 light years away in Cassiopeia. It forms part of the Heart Nebula ( IC 1805 )
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    IC 443

     

    Ha image IC 443 The Jellyfish Nebula. IC 443 is a galactic Supernova Remnant 70 light years across and 5,000 light years away in the constellation Gemini.
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    SH2-234

     

    Cosmic Spider & Fly & open cluster all can be found within Sh2-234 ,it is a Star forming region about 10,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Auriga.
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    SH2-234 Region.

     

    Some of the deep sky objects within SH2-234 region.
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    IC 2177 W/F

     

    Wide-field Ha image of IC 2177 The Seagull Nebula is a very large emission nebula with a span of over 240 light years and 3,700 light years away from Earth. It lies between Constellations of Monoceros and Canis Major.
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    IC 2177

     

    Part of the Seagul Nebula.
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    NGC 2174

     

    NGC 2174 The Monkey Head Nebula is an H11 Emission nebula 6,523 light years away in Orion.Ha image.
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    IC 1396

     

    IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a very large emission newbula 2,500 light years from Earth. Wide-field image taken in Ha .
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    IC 1396

     

    Close - up image of the large Elephants trunk nebula.
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    IC1396 & IC1396A

     

    Center of the Elephants trunk in narrow band.
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    IC 1396A

     

    The Elephants trunk from the much larger IC 1396 Nebula . The truink is about 20 light years long.
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    IC 1318

     

    IC 1318 is a very large emission nebula around the Star Sadr ( Gamma Cygni ) Sadr is the centre star of the Cygnus cross. It is around 2,000 light years from Earth in the Constellation Cygnus.
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    SH2-132

     

    SH2-132 also known as the Lion nebula. It is a Star forming region in Cepheus 10,400 light years away. Two Wolf-Rayet Stars have been identfied in SH2-132.These stars our very hot and at least 20x larger than our Sun ,they are also hundreads and thousands times brighter.
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    SH2-101

     

    SH2-101 is a emission nebula also known as the Tulip nebula it is around 70 light years across and about 8,000 light years from Earth. Also it harbours the first confirmed Black hole. Cygnus X-1 Black Hole Bow Shock ( Top left corner in blue )
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    SH2-171

     

    SH2-171 Is a large emission nebula and Star forming complex 3,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus.
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    NGC 7822 ( SH2-171 )

     

    NGC 78232 Is a young Star forming region at the center of SH2-171.
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    NGC 7822

     

    Center image of SH2-171 shown various pillars of creation within this Star forming regioin.
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    IC1805 & IC1848

     

    Widerfield Ha image of IC1805 The Heart Nebula & IC1848 The Soul Nebula 7,500 light years away in Cassiopeia.
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    Mrelotte 15

     

    The Heart of the Heart Nebula IC1805
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    NGC 2244

     

    NGC 2244 is a open cluster in the Rosette Nebula .The rosette is about 130 light years across and 5,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros.
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    NGC 2244 Center

     

    Close up image showing open cluster NGC 2244 .
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    SH2-155

     

    SH2-155 Also known as the Cave nebula. It is a Diffuse Emission Star forming Nebula 2,400 light years away in the Constellation Cepheus.
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    DSO 4 Panel Mosaic

     

    2 " Antilia Ha 4.5 nm image .4 Panel Mosaic LDN1622 The Boogieman Nebula ,NGC2112 Open Cluster in Barnards Loop & M78. Rich DSO area in Orion.