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CCD Astrophotography 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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