Description and Details:

IC 2220 - The Toby Jug Nebula in CarinaIC 2220 is a reflection nebula located about 1,200 light years from Earth. It's made of gas and dust reflecting the light of a central red giant star nearing the end of its life. This image also features a faint shell of red hydrogen gas, for which I used a narrowband filter that isolates its light. Even after 10 hours of exposure the glowing gas was barely visible above the background sky.

Equipment:

PlaneWave CDK17 17" f/6.8 Astrograph

10Micron GM4000 mount

Moravian C3-61000 Pro CMOS Camera

Total exposure: LHaRGB 27 hours

Deep Space Remote Observatories - South at ObsTech El Sauce Observatory in Chile

Data acquisition by Bob Fera and Steve Mandel

Image processing by Bob Fera

Description and Details: These molecular clouds in the Chamaeleon constellation have long held my gaze, quietly pulling me back to them once more.

For this journey, I reunited with my beloved SkyWatcher 150 Quattro, though I had to take a step back—setting aside the 2600 and embracing the humble 1600 instead.

It was a bitterly cold night in the desert, beneath the silent skies at the foot of La Silla Observatory in the Atacama Desert—but for me, every moment was worth it.


Antlia H-alpha 7nm 36 mm: 112×300,″(9h 20′)
Optolong Blue 36 mm: 30×180,″(1h 30′) (gain: 139.00) f/3.45 -20°C
Optolong Green 36 mm: 27×180,″(1h 21′) (gain: 139.00) f/3.45 -20°C
Optolong Luminance 36 mm: 89×180,″(4h 27′) (gain: 139.00) f/3.45 -20°C bin 1×1
Optolong Red 36 mm: 27×180,″(1h 21′) (gain: 139.00) f/3.45 -20°C
Camera: ASI1600MM
Mount: ieQ30pro

‍ ‍Name: Alejandro Navarro-Martínez

Description and Details: I present Rho Opiuchi, Blue Horshead nebula and surroundings.

The image is composed of 2 panels, 1h exposure per panel each from Bortle 2/3 skies.
I used:
-canon 6d mod, samyang 135 at f/2
-star adventurer gti, asiair plus
-AstropixelProcessor, Siril, Photoshop

‍ ‍Name: Wojciech Więcław

‍ ‍Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

‍ ‍Description and Details: Sunspot 4419 imaged from Rome Italy on April 18 2026 using a refractor TMB 13 cm under really good seeing and steady sky. Filter continuum and camera Ceres 462 M including extension tube or barlow 2x. Interesting features of this AR 4419 of our Sun.

‍ ‍Name: Raffaello Lena

‍ ‍Description and Details: M 104, The Sombrero galaxy. 7.5 hours of total exp. RGB 1.5 hours for each channel. 3 hours Luminance.
Telescope : Officina Stellare RC400 f/8.7
Camera. : QHY600M grade k sensor
Mount : Parallax HD200 Astrophysics electronics.

From my privet Observatory, Celenia

‍ ‍Name: Lefteris Velissaratos

A luminous disk split by shadow, with a disturbed spiral companion caught in a close gravitational encounter

NGC 5078 is an edge-on spiral galaxy classified as SA(s)a? edge-on in the constellation Virgo. Its bright central bulge shines through a prominent dust lane that is notably uneven and asymmetric, hinting at a disk that is no longer in perfect equilibrium. Subtle warping and flaring are visible along the outer edges of the disk, and the surrounding halo shows a slight imbalance in brightness—signatures of gravitational disturbance rather than a pristine, isolated structure

At a distance of approximately 118.7 million light-years, NGC 5078 spans about 4.0 × 1.9 arcminutes, corresponding to a physical size of roughly 138,000 × 66,000 light-years. While its overall form resembles a classic edge-on spiral, the irregularities in its dust lane and outer disk reveal the effects of tidal forces acting over time.

Just below it lies IC 879, a barred spiral galaxy classified as SB(s)ab pec, whose structure is clearly disturbed. Located at about 129.2 million light-years, it measures approximately 1.4 × 1.2 arcminutes, or about 53,000 × 45,000 light-years. Its spiral pattern is loose and asymmetric, with an uneven light distribution and enhanced star-forming regions that give it a slightly bluer appearance. These features point to tidal stretching and interaction-driven activity rather than a stable, symmetric spiral

Together, NGC 5078 and IC 879 form an interacting pair in an early to intermediate stage of gravitational encounter. The distortions in NGC 5078—its asymmetric dust lane, warped disk, and uneven halo—align with the position of IC 879, suggesting a three-dimensional interaction rather than a simple planar pass. Although no prominent tidal bridge or extended tails are visible, both galaxies already show clear structural responses to each other’s gravitational influence, offering a detailed view of galactic evolution in progress

Imaged in LRGB on the ASA Astrosysteme AZ 1500 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image Acquisition and Processing: Mike Selby

NGC 4244 is a loose edge-on spiral galaxy. It is also catalogued as Caldwell 26 and nickanamed the Silver Needle Galaxy. It lies a little more than 14 million light years away from us in the constellation of Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), and is a member of a nearby galaxy cluster called the M94 Galaxy Group. 

Celestron 14″ EDGE HD telescope at f/11 (3,931 mm focal length)  and QHY600M-SBFL camera binned 2×2 with Optolong filters.

38 x 5m Red = 3hr 10m
39 x 5m Green = 3hr 15m
37 x 5m Blue = 3hr 05m
29 x 5m Ha = 2hr 25m

Total: 11hr 55m

Copyright: Ron Brecher

Description and Details:‍ ‍

A vast cloud of gas and dust in Orion where new stars are forming. The glow comes from hot young stars within the nebula that energize the gas, giving us red from hydrogen and bluish tones from oxygen. Its shape looks like a monkey’s face, which is why it is called the Monkey Head.



EQUIPMENT USED

Skywatcher 200 PDS F5 (200/1000) Telescope

ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Camera

Skywatcher EQ-6R Pro Mount

Antlia 36mm LRGB-V Pro series and 3nm H & O Pro series

ZWO OAG-L

ZWO ASI220MM Guide-camera

ZWO Electronic Auto Focuser

ZWO 7x36 Electronic Filter Wheel

Skull Saints Carbon Mini-PC

Pegasus Powerbox Micro

CAPTURE DETAILS

Hydrogen: 5 min × 89 frames (7 hrs 25 mins)

Oxygen III: 5 min × 77 frames (6 hrs 25 mins)

Luminance: 3 min × 63 frames (3 hrs 9 mins)

Red: 2 min × 35 frames (70 mins)

Green: 2 min × 30 frames (60 mins)

Blue: 2 min × 30 frames (60 mins)

20 Darks for each exposure

20 Flats for each filter

Flat-Darks for each Flat set

Gain: 0

Total integration time:

Ha + OIII + L + RGB = 1206 min

= 20 hr 6 min total integration

Sensor Temperature: 0 Degrees

Location: Mandal, Gujarat

Sky Bortle Scale: 5

Weather Condition: Slightly Hazy



SOFTWARE USED

Image Acquisition: N.I.N.A

Guiding: PHD2

Planetarium: N.I.N.A

Polar Alignment: Polemaster

Mount Control: EQMOD

Pre-processing: Pixinsight

Post-processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop



ACCESSORIES USED

Polemaster Camera for Polar Alignment

Lenovo P-12 Tablet

Portronics Keyboard and Mouse

A3 Illuminated drawing board for capturing Flats

‍ ‍Name: Naiteek Vikamsey

Description and Details: Hi! I’d like to present my version of comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) captured from Poland.

The object was very low above the horizon around 8–10 degrees.
The Moon didn’t help, as it was 60% illuminated and about 5 degrees above the horizon.

It was getting bright very quickly, so I had to use 10 out of the 15 frames I captured that morning.
It deserves respect, as it’s not an easy comet to capture from Poland due to the timing and its low altitude.

Was 03:55 am

I used:
Canon RP
TTartisan 500mm 6.3 (and used 6.3)
Swsa Gti with Asiair Mini

10×120sek
ISO 1600
Flats,Darkflats,Darks

‍ ‍Name: Bartłomiej Grzywacz

Description and Details: Created during a session of Milkyway Saga, this frame captures the silent motion of the night sky through star trails, with a moment of creative expression on Earth.

While the stars traced their endless circles, we explored light painting techniques — blending science, motion, and art into a single frame. Star trails above, fire below… and a night full of learning in between.

Gears Used

Sony A7IV

Sony FE 14mm GM F1.8 Lens

Leofoto LS-365 C Tripod

Aodelan Intervalometer

Capture Details

163 Frames x 30 Seconds

ISO 800 | F2

Steel-wool

Single Shot

20 Seconds | ISO 400 | F5.6

Processing Details

Star-Trails created in StarStax

Post Processing in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop

‍ ‍Name: Naiteek Vikamsey

Description and Details: Near the upper right is the Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), the remains of a supernova that exploded occurred when a massive star approached the end of its life and exploded between 30,000 and 35,000 years ago leaving behind a neutron star and an expanding shell of ionized gasses that is estimated to be around 70 light years across. Its glowing, wispy shape comes from the expanding shockwave crashing into surrounding gas.

In the lower left is the Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174), a large cloud of gas about 6,400 light-years away where new stars are actively forming. The bright cluster inside it, NGC 2175, is made up of young stars that are lighting up the surrounding nebula.
The Jellyfish Nebula itself is closer, at about 5,000 light-years away.
No filter 37×300″ No filter 34×600″
Multiband OptolongL-eXtreme 2" 9×600″ OptolongL-eXtreme 2" 85×300″

Total Integration: 17 hr 20m

Processing done in Pixinsight , Lightroom, Photoshop
Location of Capture: northern Arizona,
Capture hardware:
• Rokinon135mm lens
• Camera: ZWO2600C, Optolong L-Extreme HO dualband
• Mount: ZWO AM3
• Focus: EAF
• Guidescope WO Uniguide, Altair 130 guide camera
• Primaluce Eagle 3, NINA acquisition

‍ ‍Name: Greg Meyer

Description and Details: Barnard 216 (B216) is a dark nebula located in the constellation of Taurus, at an approximate distance of ~450 light-years. It is part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud complex, one of the nearest and most extensively studied star-forming regions.

B216, together with B213, B217, and B218, forms an extended absorption structure where dense dust obscures the background stellar field.

In addition to broadband data, Hα emission has been integrated, revealing faint ionized hydrogen that appears as a red glow and provides additional context to the surrounding interstellar medium.


ZWO AM5
TSOptics 94EDPH
ASI2600MM Pro
Baader LRGB + Antlia EDGE Ha
Pegasus Powerboxv3

LRGB - 18h
Ha - 12h

Total - 30h

‍ ‍Name: Jordi Jofre

Description and Details: Equipment:
Takahashi Epsilon 130D
QHY268c
Optolong L Quad + ZWO Filter Drawer
Guidescope 30mm + ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO EAF
ZWO AM5

Photo data:
Lights: 60 x 300s
Darks: 15
Flats: 20
Software: N.I.N.A. + PHD2 + Pixinsight 1.9

‍ ‍Name: Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda

Description and Details:‍ ‍
Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)

Blown into space by the fierce stellar winds of a massive Wolf-Rayet star, the Crescent Nebula, cataloged as NGC 6888, is a glowing shell of ionized gas in the rich starfields of Cygnus. Roughly 5,000 light-years away, this emission nebula marks a brief and violent phase in the life of a star nearing its explosive end. The nebula’s intricate arcs and filaments formed as fast, energetic winds from the central star slammed into slower material ejected earlier in its evolution, compressing the gas into the luminous, sculpted bubble seen here.

Often imaged in narrowband light, the Crescent Nebula reveals a dramatic contrast between hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur emissions, highlighting both its delicate internal texture and chaotic outer shock fronts. These glowing tendrils trace the interaction between stellar outflows and the surrounding interstellar medium, offering a striking look at how massive stars reshape their cosmic neighborhoods long before they end as supernovae. In both science and beauty, NGC 6888 stands as a vivid reminder that even a star’s final chapters can create structures of extraordinary complexity.

Data:
Location: New Zagreb, Croatia
Dates (16 nights): 14.6.2025. - 18.6.2025. - 20.6.2025. - 22.6.2025. - 24.6.2025 - 25.6.2025. - 28.6.2025 - 29.6.2025 - 1.7.2025 - 2.7.2025. - 3.7.2025 - 22.7.2025 - 23.7.2025 - 13.8.2025 - 14.8.2025 - 15.8.2025
Telescope: SW 130PDS
Camera: ZWO ASI585MC PRO
Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate 1.25"
Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro
Guiding: ZWO ASI120MMS + SVBONY 120MM F4

EXP: 1152x180s (57hr36min)
EXP: 661x300s (55hr05min)
Total: 112 hr 41 min

‍ ‍Name: Neven Krcmarek

Description and Details: The cocoon nebula, also known as IC 5146, is classified as both an emission and reflection nebula. Located in the constellation of Cygnus the Swan it is approximately 4000 light years away from the gravity well. The central star that illuminates the nebulosity was formed approximately 100,000 years ago.

The nebula itself is about 15 light years across. Its location from our vantage point is close to the open star cluster NGC 7209 in Lacerta and open cluster M 39 in Cygnus. The dark lane of dust within the nebulosity is classified as Bernard 168 and is responsible for the “tail”.

This is a region of active star formation with hundreds of young stellar objects being identified; which occurs in both the reflection and emission areas of the nebula. One of the most massive young stars identified is approximately 14 times the mass of our sun.


Total Integration Time- 80hr 50min



Filters
Antlia V-Pro Series LRGB
RGB- 17hrs 40min
Luminous- 37hr 5min
Antlia Ha 3nm- 26hr 5min

Bortle 4

Clear skies my friends!


Shot On
6/19,20,21,22,23,24/25
7/1,2,3,25,29/25
8/14,15,16,18,22,25,26,29/25

That Equipment
Telescope- Orion 8” F/4 Newt- “The Rocinante” @oriontelescopes
Mount- Skywatcher CQ 350- @skywatcherusa
Camera- ASI 2600MM-Pro- cooled to -10, Gain-100 @zwoasi
Controlled by the ASI Air Plus

Guiding System:
Orion 60mm Guide Scope- f/4.0
ASI 120mm Mini

Calibration Frames
Darks- 30
Flats- 30
Dark Flats- 30

Processing
PixInsight- calibration and stacking

PixInsight-post processing plus add-ons and ritualistic sacrifices (plants only, no animals or humans were harmed in the acquisition or processing of the data)

‍ ‍Name: Matt Rebeck

SNR G181.1 is an extremely faint supernova remnant located in the constellation Auriga. Born from the explosion of a massive star, this expanding cloud of gas interacts with the surrounding interstellar medium, revealing delicate filamentary structures mainly visible in Ha and OIII emission. Its very low surface brightness makes it a challenging target, requiring long hours of integration to unveil its subtle details.

With this SNR currently low on the horizon, the difficulty is further increased by atmospheric turbulence and poor seeing conditions, making it necessary to capture even the Ha data during New Moon.

Technical details:
Askar SQA 106 refractor / 509 mm focal length
Player One Poseidon M Pro camera
Antlia 3 nm Pro series filters, 2"
Pegasus Nyx-101 mount

Integration time:
Ha: 188 × 600 s — 31h 20m
OIII: 135 × 600 s — 22h 30m
RGB: 3 × 36 × 300 s — 9h
Total integration: 62h 50m

Processing: Siril, PixInsight, Photoshop

‍ ‍Name: Lionel Malherbe

Description and Details: While the Markarian chain is the representative field of the virgo cluster, there are other interesting regions. Here, M49 dominates the field as a massive elliptical, while NGC 4535 draws the eye with its vivid spiral structure and well-defined arms. This frame is densely populated, at least a few dozen galaxies are scattered across the field.
The data was captured within the Astrophotography Weekend in Ahuacatepec Jalisco, Mexico, a quite small town with bottle 3 sky. Three consecutive nights with clear skies were necessary
Total Integration time: 17h 45m (213 × 300")

Equipment:
- Telescope: Celestron RASA 11"
- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC DUO
- Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
- Celestron Focus Motor
- Software: PixInsight, darktable, N.I.N.A.

‍ ‍Name: Fernando Peña

Description and Details: NGC 3576 – The Statue of Liberty Nebula in SHO Resembling the iconic silhouette of the Statue of Liberty, NGC 3576 is a bright emission nebula located in the southern constellation Carina. This massive star-forming region is energized by intense radiation from young, hot stars embedded within the glowing clouds of hydrogen and sulfur gas. This image was captured over a total of 10 hours of narrowband exposure using dual-band filters to isolate Hydrogen-alpha (Ha), Oxygen III (OIII), and Sulfur II (SII) emissions. The data were mapped into a traditional SHO (Hubble-style) palette to emphasize the chemical structure and depth of the nebula. To preserve natural star colors while maintaining strong nebular contrast, a short broadband L-Quad integration was used exclusively for the stars and carefully blended with the narrowband data. Acquisition Details: - Telescope: Svbony SV550 80mm APO Triplet with 0.8x Reducer/Flattener - Camera: Touptek ATR533C (cooled color CMOS) Filters: - SV220 HaOIII 3nm (5 hours) - SV220 SII/OIII 7nm (5 hours) - Optolong L-Quad (30 minutes – stars only) Software: - N.I.N.A. for acquisition - PHD2 for guiding - PixInsight for calibration and processing Captured from Brazil.

‍ ‍Name: Jair Rillo Junior

Description and Details: Spaghetti Nebula (Sh2-240), which is incredibly faint and therefore difficult to capture and process. This image consists of 180 exposures of 10 minutes each, giving a total of exactly 30 hours of integration time. I dedicated many winter nights and hours spent at the computer to this photo.
The Spaghetti Nebula, or Sh2-240, is one of the largest and at the same time one of the most difficult-to-observe supernova remnants in our galaxy. Its actual diameter is about 150 light-years, making it significantly larger than many other known remnants of stellar explosions. It barely fit within the frame of a telescope with a 250 mm focal length and an APS-C format camera.
It was formed as a result of the explosion of a massive star, and its age is estimated at around 30,000–50,000 years. During that time, the shock wave has propagated through the interstellar medium, “sweeping up” and heating the gas. It is precisely this interaction with the uneven interstellar medium that gives the nebula its irregular, filamentary appearance. The characteristic filaments that give it its name are regions of ionized gas—mainly hydrogen and oxygen—which glow in red and blue.

Telescope: WO RedCat 51
Camera: ZWO ASI 071 MC Pro
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2"
Mount: iOptron CEM25P
Control: ASI Air Plus
Guiding: ZWO 30mm Mini Guide Scope + ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Stack: 180 frames × 600 seconds, total integration time 30 hours
Stars (RGB): 59 × 20 seconds with Astronomik UV/IR Block filter

Winter 2026, Bortle 4.9

‍ ‍Name: Adam Skrzypek

Description and Details: Imaging was done through Hydrogen II, Oxygen III, and Red, Green and Blue filters, with a Zwo ASI 2600MM camera and an Astro-Physics AP130 mounted on an Astro-Physics Mach1 mount.

Nebulae are rendered as an HOO image and the stars retrieved from the RGB image.
Processing done with Pixinsight.
On the left side of the image is NGC3572, a young star-forming region in the constellation Carina, about 9,000 light-years away.

On the right side of the image is NGC 3532, a rich open star cluster, also in the constellation Carina, but much closer at around 1,300 light-years away.

Several planetary nebulae shine as blue bubbles in the image, particularly PHR1107-5855 and PHR107-5857.

They are Sun-like stars in the final stage of their evolution. Their outer layers have been expelled into space, while the hot central remnant ionises the surrounding gas, causing it to glow.

These objects have very low surface brightness, making them difficult to detect and typically requiring deep narrowband imaging (Hα, OIII) to reveal their structure.

‍ ‍Name: Jean Yves Beninger