What would summer be without a shark or two?! 🤣
The Shark (Dark Shark) Nebula is about 650 light years (ly) away in the constellation Cepheus and is largely composed of interstellar dust, some of which is so dense it hides the stars behind it.
The Shark Nebula consists of a bright nebula (LBN 535; the body of the shark), a dark nebula (LDN 1235; the snout/eye of the shark), and two blue reflection nebulae, vdB 149/LBN 541 (bottom of shark) and vdB 150/LBN 546 (top of shark).
Just behind the shark's dorsal fin, there's a small galaxy, UGC 11861 (an Active Galaxy Nucleus candidate: Simbad).
Capture Date: 7/7/2024
Askar 107PHQ with 0.7x reducer (fL = 524mm)
ASI2600MM Pro (Monochrome camera)
ZWO 7-position 2" Electronic Filter Wheel (EFW)
ZWO AM5 mount with guiding via SV106 and ASI178MM
Filters: Antlia L (0:72), R (0:33), G (0:21), and B (0:36) V Pro series filters. Total Integration: 2:42
Pre- and post-processed in PixInsight.
Photoshop was used to remove extensive satellite trails in the RGB composite image and for generation of reduced size jpeg.
What would summer be without a shark or two?! 🤣
The Shark (Dark Shark) Nebula is about 650 light years (ly) away in the constellation Cepheus and is largely composed of interstellar dust, some of which is so dense it hides the stars behind it.
The Shark Nebula consists of a bright nebula (LBN 535; the body of the shark), a dark nebula (LDN 1235; the snout/eye of the shark), and two blue reflection nebulae, vdB 149/LBN 541 (bottom of shark) and vdB 150/LBN 546 (top of shark).
Just behind the shark's dorsal fin, there's a small galaxy, UGC 11861 (an Active Galaxy Nucleus candidate: Simbad).
Capture Date: 7/7/2024
Askar 107PHQ with 0.7x reducer (fL = 524mm)
ASI2600MM Pro (Monochrome camera)
ZWO 7-position 2" Electronic Filter Wheel (EFW)
ZWO AM5 mount with guiding via SV106 and ASI178MMFilters: Antlia L (0:72), R (0:33), G (0:21), and B (0:36) V Pro series filters. Total Integration: 2:42
Pre- and post-processed in PixInsight.
Photoshop was used to remove extensive satellite trails in the RGB composite image and for generation of reduced size jpeg.
Great image Greg, you are really cranking out the images. I can’t even keep up on looking at them! Super detail and resolution.
Terri
@terri Thanks so much, Terri! The raw data on this one started weird with more satellite trails than I've ever seem after WBPP in PI. Turned out pretty well, though, after removing them.
Greg
