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Galaxies

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Galaxies

On this page I will post my images of other galaxies.

Let’s start with our 2 neighbour galaxies M31 and M33.

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

M33 - Triangulum Galaxy

M81 and M82

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

M104 - Sombrero Galaxy

Nebulae

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Nebulae

On this page I will post my images of nebulae.

M42 - Orion Nebula

This is a very common beginner’s imaging object. This is a very bright nebula and the only one in the northern hemisphere that can be seen with the unaided eye. It is located in the constellation of Orion and forms part of Orion’s sword.

Telescope	Celestron C8N-GT on CG5-GT mount
Camera	Canon EOS 1000D unmodified
Info	50x 60second exposures at ISO800 20 darks, 20 flats, 20 bias unguided stacked in DSS

Flame Nebula

The bright star is Alnitak, the left-most star of Orion’s belt. Just above it is the Flame Nebula and towards the bottom left of the picture you can just about make out the outline of the Horsehead nebula. This was actually just a test but it turned out quite well considering the short exposure.

Telescope	Celestron C8N-GT on CG5-GT mount
Camera	Canon EOS 1000D unmodified
Info	20x 40second exposures at ISO800 20 darks, 20 flats, 20 bias unguided stacked in DSS

Solar System Objects

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Solar System Images

The Moon

This is my first proper astronomical image. It is a 24 pane mosaic of our moon.**
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Telescope	Celestron C8N-GT
Camera	Philips SPC900 webcam
Info	24 pane mosaic webcam videos stacked in Registax mosaic stiched with Microsoft ICE

Jupiter

Not the best quality but nevertheless, my first image of Jupiter.

Telescope	Celestron C8N-GT
Camera	Philips SPC900 webcam
Info	webcam videos stacked in Registax

Mars

Also a bit blur but yes, it is Mars. A few features can be seen, most notably the slightly brighter polar ice cap.

Telescope	Celestron C8N-GT
Camera	Philips SPC900 webcam
Info	webcam videos stacked in Registax

My Equipment

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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My Equipment

My current astronomical equipment:

Orion Optics UK SPX 250, F4.8, 1/10PV (10" Newtonian)
GC5-GT GoTo mount and tripod
Philips SPC900NC webcam (LX and AmpOff modified) for lunar and planetary imaging and autoguiding
Canon EOS 1000D with 1.25" and 2" T-Adapter, unmodified
3x and 2x Barlow 1.25"
2x Barlow 2"
0.5x Focal Reducer 1.25"
Meade 1.25" Star Diagonal
Filters:
- IR (block)
- Light Pollution (1.25" and 2")
- Moon (0.6 density, 25% light transmission)
- Green/Yellow (#11)
- Red (#25)
- Blue (#47)
Eyepieces 1.25"
- Antares 40mm Plossl, 52 deg
- Standard 20mm Plossl
- 7-21mm Zoom
- 5mm, 8mm & 15mm Paradigm Dual ED, 60 deg
- 4mm Super Ramsden
Eyepieces 2"
- 28mm

Equipment photo gallery
(these still show my previous scope, a Celestron C8-N, pictures of the SPX will follow)

Objects I want to image

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Objects I want to image

This is my personal notepad for objects I plan to image next. I’ll just add objects here whenever I find a new object that would be nice to have an image of.

Shell Galaxies (NGC474 and NGC467)

Leo Triplet (M66)

Observed Objects List

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Observed Objects

Solar System

The Moon (but of course!!)
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Uranus

Neptune

**Messier Objects (15/110)
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M3 - globular cluster
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
M33 - Triangulum Galaxy (imaged only)
M36 - open cluster
M37 - open cluster
M38 - open cluster
M42/M43 - Orion Nebula
M44 - The Beehive open cluster
M45 - The Pleiades
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
M63 - Sunflower Galaxy
M81 - Bode’s Galaxy
M82 - The Cigar Galaxy
M100 - spiral galaxy
M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy

NGC Objects

NCG884/NCG869 - The Double Cluster

Split Double Stars

Mizar
38 Gem

Other Objects