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Caldwell 9. Cave nebula24 viewsCaldwell 9 in Patrick Moor's catalogue is an emission nebula 2400 LY distant in Cepheus, imaged with a canon 200D & pier mounted 8" reflector on a EQ6 Pro mount. Guided with the Gerald made off axis guider. 2 1/4 hours Ha filter and 5 hours UHC. Bill C
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Caldwell 31/IC 405140 viewsFlaming Star Nebula is an emission/reflection nebula in Auriga spanning 5 LY at a distance of 1500 LY
Processed in Iris and Photoshop Bill C
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Cone Nebula416 viewsAnother learning curve combining the two images. The Cone was well passed the meridian when using UHC for the star field, hence only 2 hours. The 'Gerald made' off axis guider is proving a real boon for tracking. Bill C
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Crab nebula499 viewsTaken on a pier mounted EQ 6 Pro mount. 19 x 10 minute subs using a UHC clip filter. The 1100 D camera is off axis guided. Bill C
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157 viewsNGC6888 Crescent nebula. An emission nebula in Cygnus about 5000 Ly distant. 7 3/4 hours in total with Ha (D1100) and UHC (D200) filters. Processed in Iris and Photoshop BillC
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Double Cluster. NGC869 & 884296 viewsAnother try at processing this without losing stars. 9 x 10 minute exposures taken on 13th Oct 15. Skywatcher 200P on a EQ6 mount and guided with an Orion mini guider.
Processed in IRIS and Photoshop.
Bill C
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IC1396-Elephants Trunk Nebula261 viewsThis is the red channel Using a Ha 6nm filter. eight & half hours giving me all the info I need before combining it with 4 hours UHC filter on 28th & 29th to get the star colours. (note the triple star on the left.) Bill C
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Horses Head Nebula 326 viewsTaken with a 8" Newtonian reflector on a EQ6 mount & guided with a Gerald Bramall designed off axis guider. UHC and H Alpha subs processed separately in IRIS then merged after removing the red stars in the Ha frame. Bill C
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Heart Nebula318 viewsSpanning 200 light years at a distance of 7500 light years it's too tight in the frame but I could only just squeeze it in. Ha and UHC frames processes separately in IRIS and merged and further processed in Photoshop. The scope, on a pier mounted EQ6 is guided with a orion guide camera fixed to a Gerald Bramall off axis guider.
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IC 1396 Elephants trunk nebula221 viewsPart of an emission nebula in Cepheus. Taken on a pier mounted EQ6 Pro mount and guided with a Gerald Bramall made off axis guider. Essential for the long exposures.
Bill C
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IC1795-Fish Head nebula552 views3 hours exposure off axis guided using a UHC clip filter. Processed in IRIS and Photoshop
Bill C
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IC410-Tadpole nebula200 viewsIC410 is an emission nebula in Auriga. Different measurements of it's distance give up to 19500 ly. 8 hours of imaging using my 8" reflector.
5 Hrs Ha, 2Hrs UHC & iHr O111 Processed in IRIS and Photoshop
Bill C
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IC 5146 Cocoon nebula131 viewsCocoon nebula IC 5146 also Caldwell 19 lies in Cygnus at approx. 2500 LY distance and spanning 15 LY.
EOS 200D modded using 6nm Ha & UHC clip filters. Processed in Iris and Photoshop (Ha exposure amended 9th Aug)
BillC
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Leo Triplet168 viewsThe Leo Triplet includes NGC 3628, Hamburger galaxy. About 35 mly distant. The light reaching my camera started out soon after the demise of the dinosaurs.
Just over four hours exposure using a UHC clip filter on a EOS 200D camera on a skywatcher 200p reflector.
Bill C
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182 viewsM52 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia. Processed in IRIS using the simple instruction David gave at last evening's meeting. Bill C
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M101 Pinwheel galaxy183 viewsA trillion stars occupy M101. 31 mly distant in Ursa Major. 5 and a half hours exposure with a UHC clip filter in a modded EOS 200D. EQ6 Pro mount on a fixed pier. Bill C
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M 106199 viewsA spiral galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici. Up to 25m LY distant. Nine and a half hours exposure on two evenings using a UHC clip filter on a EOS 200D camera. Pier mounted Skywatcher 200P off axis guided.
Bill C
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M 109 NGC 399287 viewsM109 is a barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. Approx 84 Ly distant. Nearly 5 hours exposure with a UHC clip filter.
Usual set up. Pier mounted EQ6 Pro & 8" reflector scope guided with the essential off axis guider made by Gerald.
Bill C
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M13598 viewsImaged on 1st & 3rd May 2017. 26 x 10 minute subs using a UHC filter. Processed in IRIS & Photoshop. Bill C
David R spotted the propeller. Can you?
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