The (SMC) Small Magellanic Cloud (Galaxy), NGC292, 200,000 Light Years Distant and 7000 Light Years Across in the Southern Hemisphere Sky Circumpolar to the South Celestial Pole

 The most striking features are the two blue reflection nebulae near the bottom left of the image, NGC346 and NGC371, 1149 and 444 light years across respectively.  Mid left and left bottom NGC361 and NGC416, seemingly smaller and insignificant visually in comparison but still with true scales of  91 and 71 light years across respectively.  Below also is an annotated image so you can know perhaps better what all that's about.

IC4628, Bright Nebula in Scorpius, 2700 Light Years Distant and 71 Light Years in Diameter. 36 x 5 Minute frames Integrated and Enhanced in Pixinsight.

 

IC4628 in Scorpius.  I really like the offset of the blue reflection nebula and much denser and spatially distinct red hydrogne alpha emission area.  

Antares Nebula(Red, Bottom Left), Rho Ophiuchi(Blue, Top Right)and Globular Cluster Messier 4 taken with Canon 550D and Vixen ED80 Refractor. 22x 5 Minute Exposures Combined and Enhanced in Pixinsight and Further Processing in Affinity.

This is my first, for a long time, and fairly limited attempt to image this area.  In years past I have been limited by my ability to post process and enhance the nebula around and near the red giant star, Antares.  With access to and now skills in  Pixinsight and about 1 hour of telscope time this is a belated first try.

 

Cloudy Night!? Messier 24 Sagittarius Star Cloud and NGC 292 Small Magellanic Cloud taken with DwarfLab 2 Smart Telescope 22nd August 2026

                                                             M24 Sagittarius Star Cloud

NGC 204 Small Magellanic Cloud

Random Star Field with Dark Lane(s) in Sagittarius 18th August 2026. Canon 550D and Vixen ED80. 41 x 5 Minute Frames combined and enhanced in Pixinsight.

 

NGC6559, The Chinese Dragon Nebula in Sagittarius, 5000 Light Years Distance(Approx),

Taken with Sharpster Qii 100mm Refractor and ZWO ASI183 Camera, 52x 5 Minute Frames, combined and enhanced in Pixinsight.

 

SH2-27 Cobold/Zeta Ophiuchi Nebula 440 Light Years in Distance. Imaged 15th August 2026 with Celectron C8 Edge SCT and ZWO ASI1533 Camera. 51 x 5 Minute Frames (just under 3 hours total) Integration

 

Large Magellanic Cloud,Satellite Eliptical Galaxy to our Mikly Way Galaxy, 163000 Light Years in distance, taken with SV535 Lense and SV405CC Camera. 11 x 120 Second frames combined and enhanced in Pixinsight

 

Fighting Dragons of Ara, NGC6188, with Multi Broadband Filter, ASI183 OSC and Sharpstar100qii Refractor on a HEQ5. 23 x 5 min exposures, about 2 Hours all up.

 NGC 6188 in Constellation Ara 3800 Light Years Distant.

Globular Clusters NGC104 47 Tucanae taken with Sharpstar100qii Refracter and ZWO ASI183 Camera. 10 x 30 Sec Frames. and NGC 5139 Omega Centauri taken with Vixen ED80SF and Modified Canon 550D 43 x 30 Sec Frames

After a few months of having all the equipment packed up and stored away I setup agian this time with a permanent treated pine piers.  A quick test on Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae and Omega Centuari and now hopefully some good Milky Way/ Scorpius and Saggitarius Imaging to come for August before the evening daylight returns.

 

Sharpstar 100qii. ASI183 and Heq5 Mount

Vixen ED80SF,Canon 550D and EQ6 Mount

Scorpius through the Clouds taken Google Pixel 9 Pro