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Category Archives: CCD Images
NGC1333 and dust clouds in Perseus
Another 4 hours of data was acquired on this object and Noel put the whole thing together which now totals some 9 hours of imaging time. Beautiful reflection nebula NGC1333 and the accompanying dust clouds lie in the constellation Perseus. … Continue reading
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Caldwell 10 – Noel Carboni process
Noel recently processed the Caldwell 10 dataset and managed to pull out that faint red cluster (IC116) over at the top left. There are in fact a total of 7 (yes – seven) open clusters in this frame.
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M15 in Pegasus
Another recent capture from the New Forest Observatory processed by Noel Carboni (I don’t “do” globulars 🙂 Here is a nice wide field view of globular cluster M15 in the constellation Pegasus caught using the Hyperstar III and SXVF-M25C one-shot … Continue reading
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Caldwell 10 in Cassiopeia
Managed to get some good data on this open cluster in Cassiopeia – and please sit down – actually processed this one myself 🙂 A very nice region in Cassiopeia with two other open clusters also in the field of … Continue reading
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The Iris nebula in Cepheus – reloaded
Noel has just added some more data I recently took of the Iris nebula to our original image. Second data set added 15 x 15-minute subs to the original 3 hours and 45 minutes worth of 200 second subs – … Continue reading
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Messier object number 1 – the Crab Nebula in Taurus – a supernova remnant
This data was collected on January 8th 2010 (I have not imaged since then due to bad weather) and I went for this region not to get the Crab nebula (which I knew would be very small in the field … Continue reading
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Not IC2169
This is the second image from a while back that I took in the wrong place because the finder scope was off. This should have been IC2169 but is instead a region centred on RA 96.82 degrees DEC -12.99 degrees … Continue reading
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IC405 the Flaming Star nebula – reloaded
Noel Carboni has just re-processed an earlier image of ours – IC405 & IC410, the Flaming Star nebula and companion in the constellation Auriga. Auriga is sitting overhead right now during our crisp winter evenings and it is in a … Continue reading
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Do I make imaging mistakes? Yes – here’s a really good example!
A couple of nights ago conditions were perfect for imaging – freezing cold, crystal clear, and no Moon to worry about. Excellent! I am going to get a ton of data on little NGC1333 in Perseus. I do a two-star … Continue reading
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A Festive deep-sky image for IYA2009
With Christmas rapidly approaching, and the International Year of Astronomy rapidly drawing to an end, I thought it appropriate to post a Festive deep-sky image. This is the Christmas Tree cluster (NGC 2264, 2,500 light years away in the constellation … Continue reading
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