15-JAN-2011
The Great Orion Nebula and Companions
The Great Orion Nebula M42 (NGC 1976)
Diffuse Nebula, distance: 1300 ly, app mag: 4.0, app size: 85x60 arcmin
Discovered 1610 by Nicholas C.Fabri de Peiresc. Trapezium cluster which was found as multiple star by Galileo Galilei in 1617, is among the youngest open clusters with stars still forming in this stellar nursery.
De Mairan's Nebula M43 (NGC 1982)
Diffuse Nebula, distance 1300 ly, app mag: 9.0, app size: 20x15 arcmin
Discovered 1731 by Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, separated from the great nebula by an impressive, turbulent dark lane. M43 surrounds the irregular young "nebula variable" NU Orionis
Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977), NGC 1973 and NGC 1975
Reflection Nebula, app size: 20x16 arcmin
Discovered 1785 by William Herschel, a region of predominately blue reflection clouds of hydrogen.
LRGB 42 42 42 42 (9x4min + 6x1min for Trapezium) unguided, 8 darks each, 10 flats each, first image at 19:53 +2
captured and processed with MaximDL 5.09, curves and levels in PS CS2, Color Balance and Sharpening in ACDSee Pro4b, image cropped
FLI ML8300 at -25°C (ambient temp: +11°C, humidity: 60%, SQM: 18.13 mag/arcsec2)
FLI CFW-2-7 Filter Wheel + Baader LRGB Filter Set 50mm
Takahashi FSQ 106ED f/5 Astrograph [NewQ]
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO
19-MAY-2010
Western Veil (NGC 6960)
The Witch's Broom Nebula
Discovered 1784 by William Herschel
20x120 sec, ISO 800, 10 darks, 10 flats
first image at 01:58 +2
Canon 350D (Hutech modified)
TEC180FL
AP1200GTO
PHD guiding Orion 80ED + Meade DSI
captured with ImagesPlus 2.82, processed with ImagesPlus 3.80
18-MAY-2010
The Lagoon Nebula (M8, NGC 6523)
emission nebula with open star cluster, in Sagittarius
Distance 5200 ly
Visual Brightness 6.0 mag
Apparent Dimension 90x40 arc min
Discovered by Hodierna about 1654.
The Lagoon Nebula is a giant cloud of interstellar matter which is currently undergoing vivid star formation, and has already formed a considerable cluster of young stars. (Quoted from SEDS)
20x60 sec, ISO 800, 6 darks, 10 flats
first image @ 01:15 +2
Canon 350D (Hutech modified)
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TEC180FL
AP1200GTO
PHD guiding Orion 80ED + Meade DSI
captured with ImagesPlus 2.82, processed with ImagesPlus 3.80
12-APR-2010
Eastern Veil (NGC 6992/95)
The Veil Nebula is actually expanding debris from a supernova explosion about 7500 years ago.
distance: ~1500 ly
apparent size or the whole complex: 230x160 arcmin
Discovered 1784 by William Herschel
30x120 sec, ISO 800, 10 darks, no flats, no guiding
first image @ 03:15 +2
Canon 350D (Hutech modified)
Borg 101ED
AP1200GTO
captured with ImagesPlus 2.82, processed with ImagesPlus3.80, NeatImage
12-APR-2010
IC 1318, Sadr Region
The heart of Cygnus is a very colorful part of the sky. Only a portion of the large emission nebulosity (IC 1318), the Butterfly Nebula around Sadr, Gamma Cygni, is on this image. The dark nebula (LDN 889) to the right of Sadr, seperates the two halves of the Butterfly. The open cluster NGC 6910 is just to the lower left of Sadr, with some other small clusters in the nebulosity.
distance: Sadr 750 ly, nebulosity 5000 ly
apparent size: 240 arcmin
12x120 sec, ISO 800, 6 darks, no flats, no guiding
first image @ 02:15 +2
Canon 350D (Hutech modified)
Borg 101ED
AP1200GTO
captured with ImagesPlus 2.82, processed with ImagesPlus3.80, NeatImage
11-APR-2010
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
M101 (NGC 5457), Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major
and neighbours (clockwise from right): NGC5474, NGC5477, NGC5485, NGC5486, NGC5473 and NGC5422
distance: 27 mi ly
apparent size: 22 arcmin
apparent magnitude: 7.9
discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781
14x120 sec, ISO 800, 7 darks, no flats, no guiding
first image @ 00:05 +2
Canon 350D (Hutech modified)
Borg 101ED
AP1200GTO
captured with ImagesPlus2.82, processed with ImagesPlus3.80, NeatImage, ACDSeePro3.0
cropped
19-SEP-2009
M31, Andromeda Galaxy
M31, Andromeda Galaxy + M32 and M110
distance: 2900000 ly
apparent magnitude: 3.4
apparent size: 178x63 arcmin
known to Al-Sufi (905)
16x60 sec, ISO 800, 8 darks, 10 flats, no guiding
Canon 350D (Hutech modified)
Borg 101ED
AP1200GTO
captured with ImagesPlus 2.82, processed with ImagesPlus3.80, PSCS2, NeatImage
19-SEP-2009
M45, Pleiades
Pleiades, open cluster in Taurus
The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
distance: 440 ly
apparent magnitude: 1.6
apparent size: 110 arcmin
known pre-historically in many cultures: Krittika, Sureyya, Perwin, Ülker, Tianquiztl, Subaru
17x30 sec, ISO 800, 10 darks, 10 flats, no guiding
AP1200GTO
Borg 101ED
captured with ImagesPlus 2.82, processed with IP3.80, PSCS2, NeatImage
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21-JUN-2009
M 24, The Small Sagittarius Cloud (IC 4715)
M 24 (The Small Sagittarius Cloud or The Lynds 291 Cloud) lies between many other Messier objects which remain outside this frame's area: M16 (Eagle Nebula), M17 (Omega Nebula) and M18 to the left (north); M21, M20 (Trifid Nebula), M8 (Lagoon Nebula) to the right (south); M25 to the east and M23 to the east. Besides M24, other objects on this image: B92 and B93, NGC 6603 Star Cluster, IC1283_84 Emission Nebula, NGC6589 and NGC6590 Reflection Nebulae and Mu Sagitarii.
Canon 350D Hutech modified, Canon 200mm lens
Takahashi EM-200
30x60s, 10xDarks, 10xFlats, no guiding
f/3.5 , ISO 800
21.6.2009 ; 00:30 - 01:30
captured and processed with ImagesPlus 2.82
Girdev Plateau, 1750m
36.66882N, 29.64467 E
