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Category Archives: CCD Images
Star reduced Orion nebula region
A star reduced version of the old Sword of Orion data.
Posted in Sky 90 and SXVF-M25C
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Star reduced Veil nebula
Here is another reprocess using the star reducer – this time the Veil nebula in Cygnus. I have only just noticed that it is this object that Russ Croman has used to demo his StarXTerminator program. I can see why … Continue reading
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A Less Busy M31 – Andromeda Galaxy
Russ Croman’s StarXterminator can be used to create a separate “stars only” layer in Photoshop. You can then process the stars only layer to greatly reduce the impact of the stars, and then reintroduce this layer back into the original … Continue reading
Posted in Hyperstar 4 and ASI2600MC-Pro, Projects
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Messier 100
Here’s one from 2018. This is one of only a few images taken on the Hyperstar III/SX 814C OSC CCD combo. This is galaxy M100 and friends which lies north of the Markarian Chain of galaxies.
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Collimating the Hyperstar V4 on a Celestron Nexstar GPS 11.
The biggest pain involved in getting the best out of a Hyperstar is getting the collimation sorted. As it was a full Moon last night I thought I would start from scratch (deliberately way out of collimation) and then see … Continue reading
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M45 – The Pleiades – Reload Winter 2022
This is only 27 x 3-minute subs on the Hyperstar 4 (on a C11) with an ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera – image taken last year. So what am I going to do this year? Well the image shows that … Continue reading
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Composite IC2087
This is a composite image of the IC2087 region combining 17 x 20-minute subs from the 200mm lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs, and 26 x 15-minute subs from the 200mm lenses and the ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS cameras. … Continue reading
M31 Reprocess
I did a quick reprocess of the composite Hyperstar 4 M31 image. This is 85 x 3-minute subs from 2 imaging sessions using the Hyperstar 4 and the ASI 2600MC Pro CMOS camera.
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The Sadr Region in Cygnus
A clear Moonless night last night so I returned to the Sadr image that was ruined by thin high cloud last outing. This time it remained clear and I managed to grab 28 x 15-minute subs with the 200mm lenses … Continue reading