Bright Nebula - Bubble Nebula

Information: Wiki page
This was taken during a full moon
Date Taken: 2023-11-24
Scope: Sky-Watcher Classic 250p Newtonian 10"
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO
Main Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC
OAG Camera: ZWO ASI220MM-Mini
Polar Alignment: ZWO ASI120MM-Mini/Skywatcher 6X50 finder scope
Focuser / Rotator: Moonlight LiteCrawler LR25
Comma Corrector: Tele Vue Paracorr type 2
Software: N.I.N.A, PHD2, PixInsight, Sharpcap, Stellarium
Frames: 139 x 120 seconds
Filters: Celestron UHC/LPR
Sky: Bortle 8

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Annotated Image legend

Galaxies and Nebulae are circled in Light Blue

Named stars are indicated in Yellow

Planets are indicated in Medium Blue

Quasars are indicated in Pink - Note that not many of these can be seen as they are typically 8-12 billion light years away! If you check carefully though you may see a couple.

If the name starts with:

  • M - then it is an object from the Messier Catalogue
  • MQ - then it is an object from the Million Quasar Catalogue
  • PGC - then it is an object from the Principal Galaxies Catalogue
  • NGC - then it is an object from the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
  • LDN - then it is an object from the Dark Nebula Catalogue
  • PK - then it is an object from the Galactic Planetary Nebula Catalogue
  • SDSS - then it is an object from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Catalogue
  • TYC - then it is an object from the Tycho star catalogue
  • WISEA - then the object is from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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