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PANSTARRS COMET
Date: Apr '13
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Capture details lost in time!
PINWHEEL GALAXY
Object Designations: M101, NGC 5457
Constellation: Ursa Major
Object Type: Spiral Galaxy
Distance: 20.9 million ly
Magnitude: 7.9
Discovery: Pierre Méchain in1781
Date: Apr '13
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 10 at 422s
Darks x 19
ISO 1600
Processed in SS, PixInsight & Photoshop
COMET ISON
(with ISS pass)
Date: Nov '13
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 20 at 303s + Darks x 15
ISO 1600
Processed with DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
BODE'S GALAXIES WITH SUPERNOVA IN CIGAR GALAXY
Object Designations (Cigar): M82, NGC 3034
Constellation: Ursa Major
Object type: Starburst Galaxy (edge-on)
Distance: 12 million ly
Apparent Magnitude: 8.41
Discovered in: 1774 by Johann Elert Bode
Object Designations (Spiral): M81, NGC 3031
Constellation: Ursa Major
Object type: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
Distance: 96,000 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 6.94
Discovered in: 1774 by Johann Elert Bode
Date: Jan ‘14
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights at 30 x 45s (guiding issues) + Darks at 20 x 45s
ISO 1600 & 3200
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
CYGNUS REGION - MILKY WAY
Date: Aug '14
Camera: Canon 600D modified with a 18mm (zoom) lens
Mount: Astrotrac
Capture Details: Lights x 29 at 121s (No darks)
Processed with DSS & Photoshop
TRIANGULUM GALAXY
Object Designation: M33
Constellation: Triangulum
Object type: Spiral Galaxy
Distance: 2,300,000 ly
Magnitude: 5.7
Discovered in: 1764
Date: Aug '14
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 17 at 303s + Darks x 30
ISO 1600
Processed with DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
COMET JAQUES IN HEART NEBULA
Date: Aug '14
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COMET JAQUES IN HEART NEBULA
Date: Aug '14
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BUBBLE NEB & OPEN CLUSTER
Object Designation (Bubble): NGC 7635
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 10,000 ly
Magnitude: 10
Discovered in: 1787 by William Herschel
Object Designations (Cluster): M52, NGC 7654
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Object Type: Open Cluster
Distance: 5,000 light-years
Magnitude: 7.3
Discovered in: 1774 by Charles Messier
Date: Sept '14
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 7 at 303s + Darks x 13
ISO 1600
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
DUMBBELL NEBULA
Object Designations: M27, NGC 6853
Constellation: Vulpecula
Object type: Planetary Nebula
Distance: 1,360
Apparent Magnitude: 7.4
Discovered in: 1764 by Charles Messier
Date: Sept '14
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 17 at 242s + Darks x 15
ISO 800
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
GLOBULAR CLUSTER
Object Designations: M13, NGC 6205
Constellation: Hercules
Object type: Globular Cluster
Distance: 25,000 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 5.8
Discovered in: 1714 by Edmond Halley
Date: Sept '14
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 9 at 242s + Darks x 15
ISO 800
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
COMET LOVEJOY C-2014 D2
Date: Jan '15
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 107 at 30s & 45s + Darks x 40
ISO 1600
Processed with DSS & Photoshop
JUPITER AND IO + IO's SHADOW
Date: Feb '15
Camera: ZWO ASI120MC + TAL 3X Barlow
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
Date: Mar '15
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
SATURN
Date: May '15
Camera: ZWO ASI120MC + TAL 3X Barlow
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
ELEPHANT’S TRUNK NEB
Object Designation: Trunk: IC 1396A within IC 1396
Constellation: Cepheus
Object type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 2,400 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 3.5
Discovered in: 1893 by Edward Barnard
Date: July '15
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 12 at 5 + 8 mins
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
WIZARD NEBULA
Object Designation: NGC 7380
Constellation: Cepheus
Object type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 8,500 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 7.2
Discovered in: 1787 by Caroline Herschel
Date: Aug ‘15
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Detais: Lights x 20 (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
LARGE SUNSPOT CLUSTER
Date: Aug '15
Camera: ZWO ASI120MC + TAL 3X Barlow
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
SUPERMOON ECIPSE
Date: Sept '15
Canon 600D modified
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed in DSS & Photoshop
FIREWORKS GALAXY & OPEN CLUSTER
Object Designation (Galaxy): NGC 6946
Constellation: boundary between Cepheus and Cygnus
Object type: intermediate spiral galaxy
Distance: 25.2 million ly
Apparent Magnitude:
Discovered in: 1798 by William Herschel
Object Designation (Cluster): NGC 6939
Constellation: boundary between Cepheus and Cygnus
Object type: Open Cluster
Distance: 3,860 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 7.8
Discovered in: 1798 by William Herschel
Date: Sept ‘15
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 12 at 123s + Darks x 4
ISO 1600
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
ROSETTE NEBULA
Object Designation: Caldwell 49
Constellation: Monoceros
Object type: Emission Nebula containing an open cluster
Distance: 5,200 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 9
Discovered in: 1690 by John Flamsteed (cluster) - Nebula by John Herschel
Date: Dec ‘15
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 11 at 5 + 7 mins
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
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