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Monthly Archives: February 2012
IC2169 reflection/emission/dark nebulosity region in Monoceros
A most fantastic evening’s imaging last night – 5 and a half hours of data on two objects. The first was in Monoceros (next door to Orion) where I captured this fascinating, and very busy region around IC 2169. We … Continue reading
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Messier 3 – globular cluster in Canes Venatici with background galaxies
Very nice globular cluster M3 in the constellation Canes Venatici. Taken with the Hyperstar III data from 22nd April 2009, 61 subs at 60-seconds per sub. I see that I left out a processing step in the cluster below so … Continue reading
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M56 globular cluster with a Milky Way background in Lyra
I like clusters (open or globular) with a Milky Way background – and here’s one in the constellation Lyra – Messier 56. O.K. so it’s not much of a globular to look at, but the Milky Way background certainly brightens … Continue reading
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The Sunday Telegraph 26th February 2012
The Sunday Telegraph on 26th February 2012 will contain a colour glossy brochure of deep-sky objects produced with Astronomy Now magazine – and judging by the cover it will contain a few of my images 🙂 Be sure to order your copy … Continue reading
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The Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster in negative B&W
In order to see all the galaxies and the asteroids more easily – here’s the image below in negative B&W 🙂 Enjoy!
The Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster featuring Markarian’s Chain
A slightly more careful processing of the earlier data. At least 4 asteroids in there and North is to the right 🙂
M5 globular cluster in Serpens
This is Hyperstar III data from 23rd May 2009 and consists of 64 subs at 80-seconds per sub.
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The Virgo/Coma galaxy cluster including Markarian’s Chain
I found a couple more frames lurking in the archive, as well as realising that I’d lost a few with M89, M90, M91 🙁 I will have to retake those again. This massive field of view is precisely what I … Continue reading
Hyperstar III image of the Perseus Double Cluster
Data from 21st September 2009 just processed. 57 subs at 2-minutes per sub.
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Schedar and the Pac Man nebula in Cassiopeia
This is a 4-framer mosaic from the Hyperstar III taken on 31st December 2008. Each frame was 1 hour exposure time using 40 x 90-second subs at f#2 on an 11″ Celestron SCT.
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