Category Archives: CCD Images

CCD Astrophotography Images

Running Man – bigger crop

Managed to squeeze out a bigger crop which brought in the top of M42 at the bottom of the image.

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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 →

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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 →

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Abell 2151 the Hercules galaxy cluster

Hyperstar III data taken on 30th May 2009 – 20 subs at 5-minutes per sub, f#2, 11″ SCT.

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Leo Trio – a bit brighter

The version below – but a little brighter 🙂 Looking at this image with fresh eyes this morning rather than towards midnight last night – it looked to dark overall, so brightened it up a bit.

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Leo Trio composite using Registar

This is a composite image showing the Leo Trio region.  Hyperstar III data taken on 21st March 2010 has been combined with older Hyperstar 1/H9C (2-frames) data from much earlier.  The composite was created using the powerful registering program Registar.

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IC 1831 region in Cassiopeia – Milky Way star field

North is to the right in this Sky 90/M25C image comprising 33-subs at 590 seconds per sub.  I went very deep with the Sky 90 for this one under almost perfect sky conditions.  To the left of the image the … Continue reading →

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The Gamma Cassiopeia region

A 4-frame Hyperstar III mosaic of the Gamma Cassiopeia region taken a long while ago.

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Rosette nebula reprocess using Registar

The Rosette nebula reprocessed using the proper procedure in Registar.

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Proper dataset this time!

Although this image probably only looks a little brighter – it also uses the proper (dual) dataset as well, so there’s a couple more hour’s worth of RGB data from the Hyperstar III in this one.

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