2015-12-16 Orion and C/2013 US10 Catalina Images from Beauford Mountain

Post date: Dec 19, 2015 7:29:44 PM

IC0434 and B33 the Horsehead Nebula with NGC2023, NGC2024

IC0434 and B33 the Horsehead Nebula with NGC2023, NGC2024 imaged with an f=480 mm apochromatic refractor at F/4.8 through a Baader UVIR cut filter and using a modified and baffled Nikon D5200 camera. Mounted on a Celestron AVX mount and autoguided. Total exposure of 66 minutes in 11 light and 10 dark frames at ISO-800. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop with a red luminance layer.

This region of the sky is populated by earth orbiting satellites because of the nearness to the equator. The left image, below, shows one bright and several dimmer video images. The one on the right is with the brighter streak removed using blending options in Photoshop.

NGC2064 M78

NGC2064 M78 imaged with an f=480 mm apochromatic refractor at F/4.8 through a Baader UVIR cut filter and using a modified and baffled Nikon D5200 camera. Mounted on a Celestron AVX mount and autoguided. Total exposure of 60 minutes in 10 light and 10 dark frames at ISO-800. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop. A section of Barnard's Loop is visible at the top.

C/2013 US10 Catalina

Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina imaged with an f=480 mm apochromatic refractor at F/4.8 through a Baader UVIR cut filter and using a modified and baffled Nikon D5200 camera. Mounted on a Celestron AVX mount and autoguided. Total exposure of 19 minutes in 15 light and 10 dark frames at ISO-1600. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop.