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    • My astrophotography kit
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    • The Beehive Cluster
    • The Jellyfish Nebula
    • The California Nebula
    • The Triangulum Galaxy
    • The Clamshell Nebula
    • The Wizard Nebula
    • The Iris Nebula
    • B161 & LDN 1121
    • The Coma Cluster
    • The Ghost of Cassiopeia
    • The Flaming Star Nebula
    • The Rotten Fish Nebula
    • The Cygnus Wall
    • The Butterfly Nebula
    • Hercules Globular Cluster (M13)
    • The Pinwheel Galaxy
    • The Bode and Cigar galaxies (M81 & M82)
    • NGC 7822
    • The Orion Nebula
    • Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
    • The Soul Nebula
    • The Heart Nebula
    • The Andromeda Galaxy
    • The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
    • The Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae
    • The Crescent Nebula
    • The Lobster Claw Nebula
    • The Shark Nebula
    • The Whirlpool Galaxy
    • The Double Cluster
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    • The Cave Nebula
    • The Lion Nebula
    • The Pelican Nebula
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    • The Rosette Nebula
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    • Asteroid Vesta
    • M3
    • Nova Cas 2021
    • The Pacman Nebula
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  • Reviews
    • Review: Optolong L-Quad Enhance
    • Review: ZWO Seestar S50
    • Review: BlurXTerminator
    • Review: Askar Colour Magic D1 and D2 Duo Band filters (Ha/OIII & SII/OIII)
    • Review: The Astrophotography Planner Custom Digital Edition
    • Review: Askar 130PHQ
    • Review: William Optics 50mm Guidescope with 1.25″ ROTO Lock
    • Dualband Filter Shootout: L-eXtreme vs L-Ultimate vs Colour Magic 6nm
    • Review: Eagle Image stacker
    • Review: PixInsight
    • Review: ZWO ASI120MM Mini
    • Review: William Optics 32mm Slide-base Uniguide Scope
    • Review: Askar FRA400 f/5.6 Quintuplet APO Astrograph
    • Review: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
    • Review: Cygnus Astro Cover
    • Review: ASIAIR Plus
    • Light pollution filter shootout (IDAS-LPS D1 vs P3 vs D3)
  • Articles
    • Guide: “Which filter should I use with my OSC camera?”
    • ZWO RMA: Sending a broken camera from the UK to China for repairs
    • Guide: using a Seestar S50 for public outreach star parties
    • ASIAIR guide: how to frame custom targets
    • Reprocessing Bonanza, 2022 edition
    • ASIAIR guide: How to use mains power
    • 10 Controversial Opinions
    • DIY Flats Panel
    • “How do you take those photos?”
    • Top 10 upgrades
    • How to get long integration times
    • OSC vs Mono from a city
  • PixInsight
    • PixInsight walkthroughs
    • PixInsight Guide: IntegerResample (knowing when to bin your data)
    • PixInsight guide: Pre-processing
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Category: Optolong L-eXtreme

Cat Links Askar 130PHQ, Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Optolong L-eXtreme, Optolong L-Ultimate, Supernova remnant, Targets, Winter, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Jellyfish Nebula

Posted on March 5, 2025March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Jellyfish Nebula was formed around 30,000 years ago, when a high-mass star reached the end of its life

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Cat Links Askar 130PHQ, Askar Colour Magic 6nm, Askar D2, Askar FRA400, Autumn, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Optolong L-Ultimate, Targets, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

NGC 7822

Posted on May 4, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview An emission nebula around 3000 light-years from Earth, NGC 7822 is the birthplace of new stars. Their strong stellar

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Cat Links Askar 130PHQ, Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Optolong L-Ultimate, Targets, Winter, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Orion Nebula

Posted on March 3, 2023March 16, 2025 Lee

Overview The Orion Nebula, also known as M42, is a a star factory. Located 1400 light-years from Earth, it’s the

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Cat Links Askar 130PHQ, Askar Colour Magic 6nm, Askar D2, Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Optolong L-Ultimate, Targets, Winter, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Soul Nebula

Posted on January 20, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview A star-forming nebula spanning 100 light-years. The star cluster within the nebula is officially known as IC 1848. Background This

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Cat Links Askar 130PHQ, Askar Colour Magic 6nm, Askar D2, Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Targets, Winter, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Heart Nebula

Posted on January 6, 2023March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is a collection of glowing hydrogen gas clouds, 200-light years across and 7500 light-years

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Cat Links Askar 130PHQ, Narrowband, Optolong L-eXtreme, Optolong L-Ultimate, Reviews, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

Dualband Filter Shootout: L-eXtreme vs L-Ultimate vs Colour Magic 6nm

Posted on October 22, 2022March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro As the next generation of dualband filters hit the market, let’s test two of the latest against the most

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Cat Links Askar 130PHQ, Askar Colour Magic 6nm, Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Optolong L-Ultimate, Spring, Summer, Targets, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

Posted on October 19, 2022March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a dense region of gas and dust within the emission nebula IC 1396, located

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Cat Links Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Summer, Targets, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae

Posted on August 17, 2022March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview Around 2000 light-years from Earth is the Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129), seen here as a huge cloud of red

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Cat Links Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Summer, Targets, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Crescent Nebula

Posted on July 18, 2022March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The brightest part of this image is the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), around 5000 light-years from Earth. It was

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Cat Links Askar FRA400, Narrowband, Nebula, Optolong L-eXtreme, Summer, Targets, ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO

The Lobster Claw Nebula

Posted on June 30, 2022March 13, 2025 Lee

Overview The Lobster Claw Nebula is large cosmic cloud around 11,000 light-years away. It’s mostly made from hydrogen, with some

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