Category Archives: CCD Images

CCD Astrophotography Images

Composite Rosette nebula

This image is a composite of Sky90 and Hyperstar 4 data only.

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The Heart of the Rose

This is the central region of the Rosette nebula. This is a composite image created using RegiStar and comprises original Hyperstar, Sky90 and Hyperstar 4 data exceeding 15-hours of total exposure time.

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The Original Heart Nebula After Star Reduction

This is the original Parker/Carboni Heart nebula taken with a single Sky90 and M25C OSC CCD after star reduction has been applied.

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The Original M31 with Star Reduction

Well this is very interesting! Applying star reduction to the original Parker/Carboni M31 image, taken with a single Sky90 and M25C OSC CCD – brings out all the blue (hot young stars) which was not visible with all the stars … Continue reading →

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The Sadr Region in Cygnus

Nice clear night last night and I managed to grab 20 x 10-minute subs with the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras on the Sadr region. A bit perverse imaging Cygnus at the end of … Continue reading →

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Star Reduced Sadr Region With the 200mm Lenses

A bit of star reduction on the wide field Sadr region works wonders.

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The Witch’s Broom Region

Another oldie that benefits greatly from a bit of star reduction.

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The Belt Stars of Orion

Another star-reduced image of an oldie.

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Mu Cephei – the Garnet Star

  A reprocess of Mu Cephei.

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Star-Reduced North America and Pelican nebulae

A star-reduced version of the North America and Pelican nebulae processed by Noel Carboni.

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