Deep Space Objects 1
Images taken with SkyWatcher 130m and SkyWatcher ST80 Telescopes. Modified Toucam Pro II Webcam (SC1.5). Processed with Registax 3, Photoshop and Paintshop Pro.
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| M56 Star Cluster - 15 images, 10s exposure time. Stacked with Registax. 22/6/05 | M13 - The Great
Hercules Globular Cluster. 15 images, 15s exposure time. In colour. 22/6/05 |
M13 - The Great
Hercules Globular Cluster. 15 images, 15s exposure time. In B+W. 22/6/05 |
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| M27- The Dumbell
Nebula. Quite faint as it was still light! 22/6/05 |
M57 - The Ring
Nebula. 15 frames, 10s exposure time. 22/6/05 |
M57 - The Ring
Nebula. Processed a bit in Paint Shop Pro. |
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| M81 - Bodes Galaxy
(Nebula) 20 frames, 15s exposure time. 8/7/05 |
M29 - Open Cluster in
Cygnus. 10 frames, 10s exposure time. 27/6/05 |
M31 - The Andromeda
Galaxy. 20 frames, 15s exposure time. 10/7/05 |
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| The
Perseus Double Cluster imaged as two separate clusters NGC 884 and NGC
869. 20 frames, 10s exposure time each. 8/8/05 |
The Owl Cluster NGC
475 in Cassiopeia 20 frames, 10s exposure time. 8/8/05 |
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| M31 Andromeda Galaxy, 15 frames, 20s exposure time. 19/8/05 | NGC 663 Open Cluster
in Cassiopeia 20 frames, 10s exposure time. 8/8/05 |
M31 Andromeda Galaxy, 15 frames, 20s exposure time. 19/8/05 (enhanced in PSP5) |
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| M31 Andromeda Galaxy in B/W, enhanced in PSP, 15 frames, 20s exposure time. 19/8/05 | M57 - Ring Nebula,
can just see the central star. 30 frames, 10s exposure time. 16/9/05 |
M92 Globular Cluster in Hercules, this taken in 640 x 480 and reduced size. 35 frames, 10s 25/9/05 |
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| M34 Open
Cluster in Triangulum. 640 x 480, 20 frames, 10s exposure. 25/9/05 |
M34 Open Cluster in Triangulum enhanced with Photoshop 6 (nice!) | M42 First attempt at the Orion Nebula. Image taken 6/12//05, only 10 frames, 7s each frame, processed in Photoshop. |
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| M42 Orion Nebula, about 10 frames, 10s each frame, processed in photoshop, saturation increased a bit. 12/12/05 | M42 Orion Nebula, about 10 frames, 10s each frame.12/12/05 | M42 Orion Nebula, about 10 frames, 10s each frame, HA filter in photoshop Astro-tools. |
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| M35 Open Cluster, 29/1/06 | M35 Open Cluster with diffraction spikes added on Photoshop, 29/1/06 | A part of The Pleiades M45 taken with the Skywatcher ST80 refractor, 17/2/06 |
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| Wider field view of Orion Nebula M42 with the Skywatcher ST80 18/2/06 | The Great Hercules Cluster M13, taken on 9/6/06 with the Skywatcher 130m | The Beehive Cluster M44. 30 frames at 10 sec exposure with Skywatcher ST80 18/2/06 |
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| The Andromeda Galaxy (M101) with Skywatcher ST80 and f0.6 reducer. 30 x 30s exposures. 15/9/06 | The Perseus Double Cluster NGC 884 and NGC 869 taken wide field using the Skywatcher ST80 with f0.6 focal reducer. 7/9/06 | This star field was imaged in Cassiopeia with the ST80 to capture M103. I'm not sure yet if this really is M103? Taken 16/9/06 |
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| Comet Swan imaged during November 2006. 40 frames, 20 sec each with the ST80 and stacked in Registax 4 (Multipoint) to ellimate star trails. | First one this using my new Celestron SLT Computerised mount with the ST80 scope. 22/1/07 M42 Orion Nebula. About 25 frames at 30s each. | |