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~ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ~

12/25/2014

~ SAS Christmas edition of EH ~

~ Our Festive Star ~

~ Even the Sun is in a festive mood, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ~

Our editor Mario took liberty with my image of the Sun in our astronomy clubs latest e-newsletter and I think he’s done a very merry job…

This is a H-alpha image of the Sun taken on the 22nd November 2014 with a Lunt 80mm solar telescope and Canon 700D camera fitted with a 2x barlow lens.

To read this issue and our other previous issues of EH, please go to the link below:
http://www.sas.org.au

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~ Meow…The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in Scorpius ~

12/12/2014

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You will find this stunning red colour emission nebula in the tail of the Scorpion. Its distance from Earth is about 5,500 light years and the red color originates from an abundance of ionized hydrogen atoms.

It’s also know as the Bear Claw Nebula and it’s not marked on many star charts, so you’ll have to search a bit to find it :-)

Images were taken with a Meade 80mm triplet refractor at my Stardust Observatory at Leyburn. 12x5 minutes lights, 12x5 minute darks & 1x10 light and dark. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PS CS4.

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~ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ~

~ Our Festive Star ~

~ Meow…The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in Scorpius ~

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