Deep sky objects

NGC 891

Date: 9/12-2010

Camera: Starlight Xpress SXVR-H18 (first light), guided with QHY5, PhD Guiding

Telescope: Vixen R200SS @ f/4.6

LRGB (60:30:30:30min), captured and stacked in Maxim Dl, processed in Photoshop CS4

M42

Date: 1/2, 2/3-4/3-2010

Camera: QHY8 guided with QHY5, PhD Guiding

Telescope: Vixen R200SS @ f/4.6

27x10min + 4x1min (core), Nebulosity 2, gain 10, offset 70, stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop CS4.

M42

Date: 1/2-2010

Camera: QHY8 guided with QHY5, PhD Guiding

Telescope: Vixen R200SS @ f/4.6

5x10min, Nebulosity 2, gain 10, offset 70, stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop.

M97 and M108

Date: 23/2-2010

Camera: QHY8 guided with QHY5, PhD Guiding

Telescope: Vixen R200SS @ f/4.6

11x6 min + 1x10min, Nebulosity 2, gain 10, offset 70, stacked in DSS and processed in Iris + Photoshop

M81 and M82

Date: 26/1-2010

Camera: QHY8 guided with QHY5, PhD Guiding

Telescope: Vixen R200SS @ f/4.6

8x10min, Nebulosity 2, gain 1, offset 100, stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop

Crop of M81 from above

Leo Trio

Date: 27/3-2008

Camera: QHY8 guided with Q-guider, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

19 x 300s, Nebulosity, gain 40, offset 117, stacked and processed in Iris + Photoshop

M106 & friends

Date: 27/3-2008

Camera: QHY8 guided with Q-guider, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

21 x 300s, Nebulosity, gain 40, offset 117, stacked and processed in Iris + Photoshop

100% crop from above

M51 - QHY8 1st light

Date: 15/2-2008

Camera: QHY8 guided with Q-guider, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

17 x 300s, Nebulosity, gain 20, offset 120, stacked and processed in Iris + Photoshop

M42 - QHY8 1st light

Date: 15/2-2008

Camera: QHY8 guided with Q-guider, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

5 x 300s, Nebulosity, gain 20, offset 120, stacked and processed in Iris + Photoshop

M31

Date: 5/10-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with Q-guider, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 6x600s + 11x300s, ISO 800, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop and PixInsight

Same as above - but with Local Contrast Enhancement from Noel's Astronomy Tools

M45

Date: 5/10-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with Q-guider, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 3x600s, ISO 800, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop and Neat Image

Same as above - but with Dynamic Background Extraction in PixInsight to remove vigneting

M57

Date: 12/9-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with DSI, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 6x300s, ISO 800, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop

Same as above - just cropped.

Same as above - just processed further.

M13

Date: 12/9-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with DSI, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 3x300s, ISO 800, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop

M27

Date: 6/9-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with DSI, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 5x300s, ISO 800, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop

Crop from above

NGC 891

Date: 6/9-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with DSI, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 1x300s, ISO 1600, darks, processed in Iris and Photoshop

M33

Date: 6/9-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with DSI, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 12x300s, ISO 1600, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop, Neat Image

M31

Date: 24/8-2007

Camera: Canon 350D guided with DSI, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 2x300s, ISO 1600, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop, Neat Image

M51

Date: 14/4-2007

Camera: Canon 300D guided with Philips SPC900NC, PhDGuiding

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

 8x300s, ISO 1600, darks, stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop, Neat Image

Crop from the picture above.

Leo Triplet

Date: 11/4-2007

Camera: Canon 300D, unguided

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

M81 and M82

Date: 26/3-2007

Camera: Canon 300D, unguided

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS

M45

Date: 18/11-2006

Camera: Canon 300D, unguided

Telescope: Orion ED80 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS, Alt-Az mounted.

19 images (17x60s + 2x90s, ISO 1600) stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop, no darks.

M42/42 and 'The Running Man'

Date: 20/03-2006

Camera: Canon 300D, unguided

Telescope: Celestron ST102 f/5 piggy-backed on Nexstar11GPS, Alt-Az mounted.

5 images (3x30s + 2x60s, ISO 1600) stacked in Iris and processed in Photoshop, no darks.