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LUNAR X & V
Date: May '19
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
WALL NEBULA
Object Designations: Part of The North America Nebula: NGC 7000, Caldwell 20
Constellation: Cygnus.
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 2,590 ly
Magnitude: 4
Discovered in: 1786 by William Herschel
Date: June ‘19
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Filter: Ha
Capture Details: Lights x 10 + 2 x darks (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
ELEPHANT’S TRUNK NEBULA
Object Designation: IC1396
Constellation: Cepheus
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 2,400 ly
Magnitude: 5.6
Discovered in: 1893
Date: Aug '19
Camera: ATIK One 6 (borrowed from Mel Gigg)
Filters: Ha & OIII
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Ha x 5 & OIII x 3
Processed with DSS & Photoshop
VENUS
Date: Mar '20
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC + TAL 3X Barlow
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
ANDROMEDA GALAXY
Object Designation: M31
Constellation: Andromeda
Object Type: Galaxy
Distance: 2.45 million ly
Magnitude: 3.44
Discovered in: 964 (first known report)
Date: Apr '20
Camera: Canon 600D modified
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 20 at 303s + Darks x 15
ISO 1600
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
COMET NEOWISE
Date: July '20
Details tba
COMET NEOWISE
Date: July '20
Details tba
WESTERN VEIL NEBULA
(Witch's Broom)
Object Designation: NGC 6960 - part of the Cygnus Loop
Constellation: Cygnus
Object Type: Supernova Remnant
Distance: 2,400 ly
Magnitude: 7
Discovered in: 1784 by William Herschel
Date: Sept ‘20
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights X 17 (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
MARS
Date: Sept '20
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC + TAL 3X Barlow
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Processed with Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop
NGC 7822
Object Other Designations: The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, & the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59
Constellation: Cepheus
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 2,935 ly
Magnitude: 6.5
Discovered by: John Herschel
Date: Dec ‘20
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Filter: Ha
Capture Details: Lights x 5 (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
SOUL NEBULA
Object Designations: IC 1848, Sharpless 2-199
Constellation: Cassiopeia.
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 7,500 ly
Magnitude: 6.5
Discovered in: 1910 by Edward Emerson Barnard
Date: Jan ‘21
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 11 at 15 Mins
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
CALIFORNIA NEB
Object Designations: NGC 1499, Sh2-220
Constellation: Perseus
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 1,000 ly
Magnitude: 6
Discovered in: 1884 by Edward Emerson Barnard
Date: Feb '21
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Ha
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Cature Details: Lights x 6 at 10 mins + 5 x darks
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
HEART NEBULA
Object Designations: IC1805, Sharpless 2-190
Constellation: Cassiopeia
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 7,500 ly
Magnitude: 18.3
Discovered in: November 3 1787 by William Herschel
Date: Feb '21
Camera: ATIK 314+L + Canon 200mm lens
Filter: Ha
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 12 at 10 mins
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
WHIRLPOOL GALAXY
Object Designations: M51a, NGC 5194
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Object Type: interacting grand-design spiral galaxy
Distance: 6.95 million ly
Magnitude: 8.4
Discovered in: 1773 by Charles Messier
Date: Apr '21
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: Luminance
Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 8 + 1 x 3min for core
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
HORSEHEAD NEBULA
Object Designation: Barnard 33
Constellation: Orion
Object Type: Horsehead: Dark Nebula - part of the Orion molecular cloud complex
Distance: 1,375 ly
Magnitude: 6.8
Discovered in: 1888 by Williamina Fleming
Date: Nov ‘21
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
FLAMING STAR NEBULA
Object Designations: IC 405, SH 2-229, Caldwell 31
Constellation: Auriga
Object Type: Emission Nebula
Distance: 1,500 ly
Magnitude: 6
Discovered in: 1892 by John Martin Schaeberle
Date: Dec '21
Camera: ATIK 314+L
Filter: L-eXtreme (oops!)
Scope: WO Megrez 72mm doublet refractor
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Capture Details: Lights x 7 (Exposure?)
Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop
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