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JELLYFISH NEBULA
Object Designations: IC 443, Sharpless 248
Constellation: Gemini
Object type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 5,000 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 12
Discovered in: 1892 by Max Wolf
Date: Jan '16
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 6 (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
ISS MOON PASS
Date: Feb '16
Camera: ZWO ASI120MC
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
One frame from video
BUBBLE NEB & NGC 7538
Object Designation (Bubble): NGC 7635
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 10,000 ly
Magnitude: 10
Discovered in: 1787 by William Herschel
Date: Aug '16
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: 15 subs (exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
IRIS NEBULA
Object Designations: NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4 - within the larger reflection nebula LBN 487
Constellation: Cepheus
Object type: Reflection Nebula
Distance: 1,300 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 6.8
Discovered in: 1794 by William Herschel
Date: Nov ‘16
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Luminance
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 5 (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
CONE & CHRISTMAS TREE NEBULAE
Object Designation (Both): NGC 2264
Constellation: Monoceros
Object Type: Emission Nebulae
Distance: Cone: 2,700 ly & CT: 2,600 ly
Magnitude (CT): 3.9
Discovered in: 1784 by William Herschel
Date: Dec '16
Camera: TIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 7 (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
ORION NEBULA
Object Designation: M42
Constellation: Orion
Object Type: Reflection & Emission Nebula
Distance: 1,350 ly
Magnitude: 4.0
Discovered in: Pre-historic times
Date: Jan 17
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Filter: Ha
Capture Details: Lights x 13 at 5, 8 & 10 Mins
Processed with DSS, StarTools & Photoshop
PLANETARY CONJUNCTION
Taken on Jan '17
Camera: Canon 600D modified (lens?)
Processed in Photoshoop
VENUS
Date: Apr '17
Camera: ZWO ASI120MC + TAL 3X Barlow
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
LEO TRIPLET
Object Designations: M65 (right top), M66 (right bottom), NGC 3628 (left). North is to the left
Constellation: Leo
Object type: Galaxies: M65: SAB(rs)a, M66: SAB(s)b, NGC 3628: SAb
Distance: 35 million ly
Apparent Magnitude: M65: 9.3, M66: 8.9, NGC 3628: 9.5
Discovered in: 1780 by Charles Messier
Date: Apr ‘18
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 9 at 10 mins x 1 & 5 mins x 8 + Darks x 14
ISO 6400 (oops!)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
CRESCENT NEBULA
Object Designations: NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105
Constellation: Cygnus
Object type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 5,000 ly
Magnitude: 7.4
Discovered in: 1792 by William Herschel
Date: May ‘18
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 9 at 10 + 20 mins
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
NEEDLE GALAXY
Object Designations: NGC 4565, Caldwell 38
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Object type: edge-on spiral galaxy
Distance: 30-50 million ly
Apparent Magnitude: 10.42
Discovered in: 1785 by William Herschel
Date: May ‘18
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Captre Details Lights x 10 at 15mins + Darks x 8
ISO 800
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
ISS SOLAR TRANSIT
Date: June '18
Camera: ZWO ASI120MC
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
Series of frames from video
EAGLE NEBULA
Object Designations: M16, NGC 6611
Constellation: Serpens
Object type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 5,700 ly
Apparent Magnitude: 6.4
Discovered in: 1745 by Jean-Philippe Loys de Chéseaux
Date: July '18
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 9
(Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
GEMINIDS & COMET 46P WIRTANEN
(Directed towards the Orion Constellation)
Date: Dec '18
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 172 at 303s + Darks x 50
ISO 1600
Processed with DSS & Photoshop
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