February is the latest month I can still image the Orion region, and Orion’s Belt is very well-placed due South for me during February. The Belt region is full of faint emission and reflection nebulosity that favours dark skies and … Continue reading
Being January, Orion once again is the obvious choice for deep-sky imaging. But how about some deep-sky imaging with a difference? What about some infrared imaging? Silicon-based CCD detectors will detect photons up to 1um in wavelength, although the efficiency … Continue reading
Always a good one to image at this time of year as it doubles up as a nice picture to put on the front of a Christmas card. The Cone nebula and the associated Christmas Tree cluster [NGC2264] of stars make … Continue reading
This Month’s gems are a pair of beautiful emission nebulae in the constellation Auriga. Of the two, IC405 is the more famous as it is the well-known “Flaming Star” nebula, a region of H-alpha emission, but with an amazing reflection … Continue reading
This month I have chosen one of my all-time favourite objects, and one that I feel is a bit of an enigma. IC1396 is a huge emission nebula in Cepheus that doesn’t have a “popular” name. It contains the beautiful … Continue reading
The beautiful face-on galaxy M33 in Triangulum is quite a challenge for the deep-sky imager. For one, it’s low surface brightness is deceiving and it requires a lot more, lot longer subs than you might think. Secondly – it is … Continue reading
It’s still not great imaging during August due to the continuing light evenings and early mornings, and I see from my notes that it is still getting on for 11.00 p.m. before it is worth setting up for an imaging … Continue reading
It’s still not good with regards to dark skies or sociable hours to image during July. I see from my notes that it is not worth starting imaging much before 11.00 p.m. but after no imaging for the whole of … Continue reading
There is no imaging object of the month for June! Looking back over the years I see that it is not only far too late before it is dark enough to start imaging, but also that it gets light far … Continue reading
There are a superb pair of galaxies that are ideally positioned during May for imaging, and I find myself drawn back to them year after year. The galaxies are M81, also known as Bode’s galaxy and M82, also known as … Continue reading
