Kemble’s Cascade in Camelopardalis. Image captured using the Canon 200mm prime lenses and the M26C OSC CCDs. 31 subs at 5-minutes per sub.
The Monkey head nebula. A composite image using data from the original Hyperstar I on a Clestron Nexstar C11 SCT, with a tiny H9C OSC CCD, and two lots of data from the 200mm lens and an M26C OSC CCD.
This very red star IS NOT a Carbon star! It is 119 Tauri (SAO94628) one of the brightest, reddest, stars in the sky. This image was captured using a Hyperstar version III on a Celestron Nexstar11 GPS SCT. Camera used was an SXV-M25C. 22 subs at 3-minutes per sub, and the frame was cropped to centralise 119 Tauri. 119 Tauri is a red supergiant of magnitude 4.32, so it is visible to the naked eye.
The open cluster in the centre is NGC1817 in the constellation Taurus. This is 12 x 20-minute subs using the 3 x Sky90s and 3 x M26C OSC CCDs on the MiniWASP array at the New Forest Observatory.
I just took a close look at the old Merak 4-framer taken with the Sky90/M26C OSC CCD array, and I couldn’t believe the number of satellite trails and colour blotches that I had left in there. So I got rid of them and this is the result.
This is a very deep image of the Pleiades (M45) in Taurus. This comprises 27 x 40-minute subs (18-hours) on the Sky90 array with M26C OSC CCDs.
I made a typo on the original, so here’s the typo fixed:
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This single-frame Sky90/M26C OSC CCD image contains a lot of interesting bits and pieces. The data comprises 8-hours and 10-minutes of 10-minute subs with a UV/IR cut filter.
The bright orange/yellow star lying on the centre line about 1/3rd of the way down from the top is 32 Cygni. 32 Cygni is magnitude 4.2 (visible to the naked eye) and is spectral type K31b-II comp.
Move to the left, and slightly above 32 Cygni, and you will come to the first of two Carbon stars in this image. This Carbon star which adds its beauty to the wispy emission nebula that surrounds it, is SAO49477 or U Cygni. U Cygni is a Carbon star of spectral type Cme and magnitude 8.25. U Cygni sits right next to star SAO49479 of spectral type G0 and magnitude 7.87.
Move to the right, and slightly above 32 Cygni, and you come to the second Carbon star in the image SV Cygni, spectral type R3v and magnitude 8.65. SV Cygni is also designated HIP99310 and also GSC 3563:462.
Another complete reprocess. This time it is the Heart nebula, captured on the Sky90/M26C MiniWASP array. A two frame mosaic totalling 39 x 20-minute subs (13 hours).
