Deep Sky Images

 

 

Images below taken with a Takahashi FSQ-106ED Flatfield Super Quadruplet apochromat on either an Astro-Physics 900GTO or Losmandy G-11 mount, guided with a William Optics ZS66 Refractor using an Orion StarShoot Autoguider with PHD Guiding.  Processed with ImagesPlus and Photoshop.

 

Horsehead and Flame Nebula - Feb 21/10

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 10 x 900 seconds (150 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter

California Nebula - Nov 10/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 8 x 900 seconds (120 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter, Takahashi FSQ reducer

North America and Pelican Nebula - Nov 10/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 8 x 900 seconds (120 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter, Takahashi FSQ reducer

Heart Nebula - Nov 11/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 8 x 900 seconds (120 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter, Takahashi FSQ reducer

Crescent Nebula - Oct 18/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 8 x 900 seconds (120 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter

Elephant Trunk Nebula - Sep 19/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 7 x 900 seconds (105 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter

Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6960 - Sep 17/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, Astrodon 5nm H-a filter

Pelican Nebula - Sep 13/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 7 x 900 seconds (105 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter 

Eastern Veil Nebula - NGC 6992 - Sep 17/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, Astrodon 5nm H-a filter 

Butterfly Nebula - Sep 19/09

QSI 583ws CCD camera, 7 x 900 seconds (105 minutes total), Astrodon 5nm H-a filter

 

Images below taken with a Takahashi TOA-130s Ortho APO Refractor on a Losmandy G-11 mount, with a Hutech modified Canon 40D DSLR,  guided with a William Optics ZS66 Refractor using an Orion StarShoot Autoguider with PHD Guiding.  Processed with ImagesPlus and Photoshop.

 

Leo Triplet  - Mar 22/09

Horsehead & Flame - Mar 20/09

 

Horsehead & Flame - Mar 14/09

M1 - Crab Nebula - Mar 23/09

M45 - The Pleiades

Crescent Nebula

The Double Cluster

Bubble Nebula and M52

NGC 6939 / NGC 6946

NGC 6960

M13

NGC 6992

M27

M51

 

Images below taken with a Tele Vue TV-101 APO Refractor, 540 mm EFL, f/5.4 on a Losmandy G-11 mount, with a Hutech modified Canon 40D DSLR,  guided with a William Optics ZS66 Refractor using an Orion StarShoot Autoguider with PHD Guiding.  Processed with ImagesPlus and Photoshop

 

M51

     

M42

M27

   

The Rosette

M13

Leo Trio

NGC 4565

M101

M97 (Owl) + M108

M81 / M82


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