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Messier 35, NGC 2158, IC 443, Eta Geminorum, and NGC 2174.

The big, bluish, open star cluster in the upper right-hand corner is M35, the Shoe Buckle Cluster, the yellowish, open star cluster to its right is NGC 2158. The red nebula center-left is IC 443, the Jellyfish Nebula, the big, bright red star is rhe trinary star system Eta Geminorum aka Propus, and... (edited) read more

NGC 3628 - Hamburger Galaxy, Messier 66, Messier 65, & HD 98388

Image taken with my Celestron Origin with the Mk 2 camera using the Optolong L-Quad Enhance filter (Ha/Hb/O III/S II). NGC 3628 is on top, M66 is bottom left, M65 is bottom right, and HD 98388 is the bright blue-ish star.

Messier 100 - The Blowdryer Galaxy

Took this image with my new ZWO Seestar S30 Pro. There are at least 20 galaxies throughout this image. M100 is face-on spiral galaxy in the center.

Virgo Galactic Supercluster

It's Galaxy Season. This is an image I took with my new ZWO Seestar S30 Pro of the Virgo Galactic Supercluster. Unfortunately, clouds moved in and cut the imaging short. However, there are well over 100 galaxies in this image. At the center is Markarian's Chaine, with M100 in the top left corner.... read more

Orion Nebulae

Taken with my new ZWO Seestar S30 Pro. In the top-left corner is NGC 2024, the Flame Nebula, Barnard 33, the Horsehead Nebula, and IC 434, the background nebula of Hydrogen behind the Horsehead Nebula. In the bottom-right is Messier 42, the Orion Nebula, and above that is Sh 2-279, the Running Man... read more

IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula

Captured with my Celestron Origin with the Mk 1 camera using the Optolong L-Quad Enhance filter (Ha/Hb/O III/S II).