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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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The dust clouds of Caph
This is a Hyperstar III 4-framer of the Caph region in Cassiopeia. Each frame is a 1-hour exposure (40 x 90-seconds) at f#2. I had no idea there was so much dust in the region, this area is in the … Continue reading
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The Pelican nebula and the Cygnus Wall get the Registar treatment
Once again several different datasets have been combined using Registar and slightly processed to give these rather deep results.
Comet Lulin animation
I took 78 x 4-minute subs of comet Lulin on 28th February 2009 and created a deep-sky image of the object back then. But it has taken me until 10th February 2012 to edit all the individual subs into a … Continue reading
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The Fireworks galaxy NGC6946 and open cluster NGC6939 in Cepheus
Here we have the Fireworks galaxy, Arp29, Caldwell 12, NGC6946 – and the open cluster NGC6939 lying close by (in the image, not by distance) in the constellation Cepheus. This is recently processed data from 20th August 2009 taken with … Continue reading
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The Running Man nebula – the full Monty
Managed to process the full width of this image which I didn’t think I’d manage to do when I started on this one earlier today.
Running Man – bigger crop
Managed to squeeze out a bigger crop which brought in the top of M42 at the bottom of the image.
The Running Man nebula in Orion – the complete dataset
I used Registar to add together all the data I had on the Running Man nebula in Orion. This amounted to well over 80 hours of total exposure time including some recent 5 x 1,000 second subs from the Hyperstar … Continue reading
Wide field image of M51, the Whirlpool galaxy in Canes Venatici
I used Registar to create this composite of Hyperstar I and Hyperstar III data taken of the Whirlpool galaxy, M51. Around 3 and a half hours of f#2 data taken with an 11″ SCT. Clearly worth getting even more data … Continue reading