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vdb142 in the Cepheus IC1396 nebula complex (in H-Alpha)
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M45 - The Pleiades
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M42 - The Orion Nebula (Orion's Sword)
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M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
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The North American Nebula in Cygnus
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The Veil Nebula in Cygnus
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The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) in Canes Venatici
Taken on 14th March 2007 with a Vixen 150mm APO refractor and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
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M81 - Bode's Galaxy in Ursa Major
Taken on 10th March 2007 with a Vixen 150mm APO refractor and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
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NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros
Taken on 30th November 2006 with ED80 + 0.63 FR and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
90 minutes of 2 and 3 minute exposures make up this image, all guided with ST-4 on AP1200 mount.
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vdB142 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula (in IC1396)
Taken on 29th August 2006 with ED80 and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
There are 70 x 180 sec images stacked together in this image. All unguided on the redoubtable AP1200 mount.
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M27 - The Dumbell Nebula
Taken on 23rd July 2006 with C-11 and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
200 minutes of 3 minute exposures make up this image, all unguided on AP1200 mount.
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula
Taken on 27th July 2006 with C-11 and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
Very low altitude from the UK. Here we also see the famous 'Pillars of Creation' made famous by the Hubble telescope.
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The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in Orion
Taken on 21st January 2006 with Orion ED80 and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
Three hours of 3min and 5min exposures make up this image, all autoguided with ST-4.
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Orion's Sword
Taken on 28th December 2006 with Orion ED80 and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
One and a half hours of 3min and 5min exposures make up this image, all autoguided with ST-4.
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M45 - The Pleiades in Taurus
Taken on 28th December 2006 with Orion ED80 and modified Canon 300D DSLR camera.
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M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
Taken on 29th August 2005. Images 10x3mins + 7x5mins + 4x2mins taken at the prime focus of the ED80 refractor, guided using the ST-4 autoguider. Possibly my best image to date, thanks to Noel Carboni for his expert help in Photoshop.
The elliptical companion galaxy M110 shows structure here and even the faint bridge between M31 and M110 is just visible.
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The 'Triplet' of Galaxies in Leo
M65 is bottom left, M66 bottom right and NGC3628 top.
Taken on 5th May 2005. A stack of images (5x60sec + 5x120sec + 2x180sec) taken at the prime focus of the Orion ED80 refractor with the
modified Canon 300D, all at ISO800. Autoguided with the ST-4. Images calibrated with dark and flat frames using ImagesPlus.
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M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
Taken on 7th May 2005. A stack of 10 images taken at the prime focus of the SN10 reflector, all unguided.
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M81 and M82 in Ursa Major
Taken on 10th April 2005. A stack of 15 images taken at the prime focus of the SN10 reflector (5x60secs + 5x120secs + 5x180secs all unguided).
My first imaging session with my new modified Canon 300D.
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