2016-03-05 Buford Mountain Images

Post date: Mar 11, 2016 5:59:16 AM

I was lucky with good seeing on the night of March 5 - 6 at the Buford Mountain conservation area.

NGC2392 the Eskimo Nebula

NGC2392 the Eskimo Nebula. Imaged through a 150 mm aperture F/5 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector and UHC filter with a Nikon D5200 full spectrum and baffled camera. Mounted on a Celestron Advanced VX mount and autoguided. Total exposure of 60 minutes with 12 light, 12 dark and 10 flats at ISO-200. Camera controlled with BackyardNIKON, images stacked in DeepSkyStaker and processing in Photoshop.

NGC3623 M65, NGC3627 M66 and NGC3628 the Leo Triplet

NGC3623 M65, NGC3627 M66 and NGC3628 the Leo Triplet with Asteroid 1518 Rovaniemi (at magnitude 15.0) seen northwest of M66. Imaged through a 150 mm aperture F/5 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector and UHC filter with a Nikon D5200 full spectrum and baffled camera. Mounted on a Celestron Advanced VX mount and autoguided. Total exposure of 60 minutes with 10 light, 10 dark, 19 bias and 10 flats at ISO-800. Camera controlled with BackyardNIKON, images stacked in DeepSkyStaker and processing in Photoshop.