"The large-scale homogeneity of the universe makes it very difficult to believe that the structure of the universe is determined by anything so peripheral as some complicated molecular structure on a minor planet orbiting a very average star in the outer suburbs of a fairly typical galaxy."

— Steven Hawking

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Seldom Imaged Nebula

By ebfaulkner6a at Mon, 08/10/2015 - 7:26pm

This is known as the Propeller Nebula located in Cygnus. It is one of the faintest and least imaged nebula in outer space. I took it thru my Astro-tech 111edTriplet: 140 min.s 2x2 combined in MaximDL. 8 x10 min Ha, 4x5 min R, G, B each. Mount: iOptron45 + pier, Starlight Xpress ccd SXVF H9 and guided with Starlight Xpress X2.  more info can be seen on my Facebook page:  Eugene Faulkner

Seldom Imaged Nebula