Pixlimit Peter Bresseler APOD Lucky imaging astrophotography and discoveries

Astrophotography with lucky imaging methods and analysis, detection and discovery of new compact nebulae YSO, PN, HHO

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Welcome - I am working on methods (manual, AI) for image-based analysis and detection of compact emission nebulae, primarily Young Stellar Objects (YSO), Herbig-Haro Objects (HHOs) and Planetary Nebulae (PNe), as well as exposure techniques for high-resolution astrophotography with Lucky Imaging. On my website you can find own discoveries and further results of my work. Now an APOD has also been added...

News...

Thanks to the NASA APOD team for this honor for the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), August 1st 2025 Here I have a close-up of an interesting dust structures near the emission nebula M 16. The Bok Globules (after the astrophysicist of the same name Bart Bok) shown in the colors of the Hubble platte SHO, R=[SII], G=Ha, B=[OIII], exposure time 50 minutes each. Captured with a PlaneWave CDK1000 from the Baader Remote-Observatory in Chile, Baader SHO filters with a bandwidth of 6.5 nm each were used as the filter set. The camera used was a Moravian C5A-100M CMOS camera with a Sony IMX461 sensor, resolution 11664x8750 pixels, pixel size 3.76x3.76µm. The star colors are typical for SHO, The FOV is approx. 3.5 x 3 arcminutes.

Latest discoveries

In the context of a citizen science project we discovered planetary nebulae (PNe) as well as Herbig-Haro Objects (HHO). Click here for the discoveries:

Planetary Nebula (PN) Br 6 or PNG 088.2-00.8 - discovery image with ZWO ASI220MM and Celestron C11 EHD F/11

Bresseler 6, Br 6 or PNG 088.2-00.8, is a new and young planetary nebula in the constellation cygnus. You can find the PN at the position: 21:08:31.30 +46:28:49.70. The brightness is about 15 mag visually, i.e. the PN should be visible in telescopes around 12 - 14" in combination with an [OIII] filter. Br 6 can of course also be captured photographically, which should be possible with telescopes from 6 - 8". Br 6 has a size of approx. 10 arc seconds.
LINK: PN Br 6, PNG 088.2-00.8

Discovery of a bipolar Nebula, a Herbig-Haro object (HHO)

The bipolar nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus (swan) at position 20:53:25.29 +51:08:18.5. The bipolar nebula covers emission lines typical of Herbig-Haro objects (HHOs) and has a size of about 30 arc seconds. This makes the HHO an interesting observation target for amateur telescopes.
LINK: HHO Bres 1

Lucky Imaging Gallerie

NGC 2392 - Eskimo Nebula

Celestron C14 F/11

NGC 2392 - Eskimo Nebula

Celestron C14 F/11

Campbell’s Hydrogen Star (BD+30 3639 HD 184738)

Mewlon 210

IC 349 - Barnard’s Merope Nebula

Celestron C14 F/11

IC 349 - Barnard’s Merope Nebula

Mewlon 210 F/11.5

J014709+463037 - Andromeda Parachute

Celestron C14 F/11

NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball Nebula

Celestron C14 F/11

NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula

Mewlon 210 F/11.5

Einstein Cross - Q2237+030

Celestron C14 F/11

Celestron RASA 8

Messier 51 - NGC 5194/5195

RASA 8 F/2

Rosette Nebula - NGC 2244

RASA 8 F/2

WR 134

RASA 8 F/2

Celestron RASA 8 and 10Micron GM1000 mount

Currently I am using a Celestron RASA 8 and 10Micron GM1000 mount.


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