12P/Pons-Brooks by C27

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Comet Pons-Brooks passing by C27, 13 January 2024.

Comet starless integrations by subframes in LRGB 60″, 3 x each filter. Star integration from RGB.

C27 and surrounding starless layer in Ha Oiii and Hbeta, 180sec subframes, from 2023 spring-summer several sessions; cfr. https://www.astrobin.com/dqa6po/C/

M31 Andromeda Galaxy in L HaR G OiiiB

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This is an attempt of narrowband and wideband data integration of M31 Galaxy, both set recorded on several sessions between 25/05/2023 and 28/11/2023.

Ha and Oiii subframes were recorded at 180 and 300 seconds; LRGB at 60 seconds, everything by William Optics Redcat 51 and ASI1600mm Pro at -20 C about.

Ha narrowband channel integrated R channel

Oiii narrowband channel integrated G and B channels

HOO palette and LRGB integration

IC342 in LRGB, single night session

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Galaxy IC342 in LRGB, single session, 2 subframes for channel, 600sec, Officina Stellare ProRC 700 with Proline FLI PL16803 at BIN2, IC Astronomy Observatory of Spain, from Telescopelive network.

A very hard postproduction because of few signal and not so good quality of data, but I really stocked into this processing.

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NGC7023 LBN487 Iris Nebula in LRGB

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LRGB records for LBN487 and associated cluster NGC7023 by CMOS camera QHY 600M on Takahashi FSQ-106ED from IC Observatory in Spain, Telescopelive network.

Integration I choose as final and best one obtained by RGB master and Luminance master, both star and starless, post producted in Photoshop in separated layer group with local adjustements and blending mode.

Starless section received Luminance integration at 100% opacity in lighten blending mode; stars Luminance at 10%.

RGB version is just a stunning incredible starting point for image development of this amazing stunning nebula complex.

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NGC7023 LBN487 Iris Nebula in LRGB Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4

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LBN487 and NGC7023 in LRGB, Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 and Proline CCD FLI PL16083, subframes of 300sec at -25C from IC Astronomical Observatory of Spain, Telescopelive network.

I developed 3 different postproduction: an LRGB one directly developed after LRGB master integration in PixInSight.

I thus proceed to an RGB version and a final LRGB version where L channel, devided in stars and starless masters, I integrated into RGB star and starless layers group in Photoshop with different values, with stars contributing at 10% and starless Luminance at 100%.

RGB integration

Luminance starless master

Photoshop RGB and separated Luminance master available here: https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ9CSDZm9yOwDzwaiH2lkIx0n2x90KYsRzV

Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/s6a8tk/D/

Sh2-136 in LRGB

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An LRGB view for Sh-2 136 (VdB-141) reflection nebula in Cepheus.

600 seconds subframes recorded from IC Observatory in Spain by Officina Stellare ProRC 700 with Proline FLI PL16803 CCD camera at -25 celsius, retrieved from Telescopelive network.

Three different elaboration and L channel integration

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Sh2-136 and NGC7023 region in narrowband

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William Optics Redcat 51 and ASI1600mm Pro narrowband records for this region, 180 seconds subframes in Ha, Hb, Oiii and Sii and Optolong Lpro 60 seconds.

Lpro and SHO integration

Sii Ha and Oiii+Hbeta integration

Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/q8359s/B/

NGC7727 (Arp 222) in LRGB

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According to Karina Voggel and Colleagues investigation of 2022 focused about NGC7727 galaxy in Aquarius, as merging of two distinct galaxies, it was evinced that both host a SMBH – super-massive black hole; cfr. Karina T. Voggel, Anil C. Seth, Holger Baumgardt, Bernd Husemann, Nadine Neumayer, Michael Hilker, Renuka Pechetti, Steffen Mieske, Antoine Dumont and Iskren Georgiev, 2022 “First direct dynamical detection of a dual supermassive black hole system at sub-kiloparsec separation” in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.658: A152 [doi https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140827]

Crabtree and Smecker-Hane 1994 researches gave datation of galaxies merging at about 1 billion years ago: cfr. Crabtree Dennis R. and Smecker-Hane Tammy, 1994 “Young Star Clusters and CO Gas in the Galaxy Merger, NGC 7727 (Arp 222)” in American Astronomical Society, 185th AAS Meeting, id.107.14; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.1499 [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994AAS…18510714C/abstract]

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LRGB 300sec subframes recorded between 11/08/2023 and 22/08/2023 by Planewave CDK24 and QHY 600M Pro CMOS camera from Telescoplive network El Sauce Observatory in Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile.

M33 (NGC598) Triangulum Galaxy in LRGB

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M33 from IC Spain Observatory, LRGB 600sec subframes recorded between 28/09/2021 and 16/01/2022 by Takahashi FSQ-106ED with Proline FLI PL16083 from Telescopelive network; astrobin https://www.astrobin.com/zkhypx/C/

Original widefield cropped twice

to better focusing about Galaxy.

M33 Galaxy lies among my best favourites targets and IMHO it is very difficult to be photographed.