2022-PRESENT

MINERAL MOON

Date: Jan '22

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Scope: WO Megrez 72mm refractor

Capture Details: RGB single Lights x 200

Processed with Photoshop

PLEIADES

Object Designation: M45

Constellation: Taurus

Object Type: Open Cluster

Distance: 2,900 ly

Magnitude:

Discovered in:

Date: Jan '22

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Scope: WO Megrez 72mm refractor

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Capture Details: Lights x 15 at 5 mins + 5 at 60s (no darks)

Processed with Photoshop

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: Aug '22

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Scope: WO Megrez 72mm refractor

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Capture Details: Lights x 3 at 180s + 10 at 300s

Processed in DSS, PixInsight & Photoshop

MARS-MOON OCCULTATION

Date: Dec '22

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Processed in Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop

MARS-MOON OCCULTATION

(GIF)

Date: Dec '22

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Processed in Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & Photoshop

COMET C2022 E3

Date: Jan '23

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Scope: WO Megrez 72mm refractor

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Capture Details: Lights x 31 at 30s

Captured via ASIAir

Processed in ASTAP, PixInsight & Photoshop

SUN IN Ha

Date: Feb '23

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Scope: Coronado PST

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Processed in Autostakkert!2, Registax Wavelets & 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 '23

Scope: WO Megrez 72mm refractor

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Filter: L-eXtreme Ha + OIII

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Capture Details: Lights x 29 at 420s + Darks x 11

Captured via an ASIAir

Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop

BUBBLE NEBULA

Object Designation (Bubble): NGC 7635

Constellation: Cassiopeia

Object Type: Emission Nebula

Distance: 10,000 ly

Magnitude: 10

Discovered in: 1787 by William Herschel

Date: Sept '23

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Filter: L-eXtreme (Ha & OIII)

Scope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Capture Details: tba

Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop

STAR TRAILS AT THE ROLLRIGHT STONES

Taken on Aug '22

Kit: Canon EOS 600D (modded) on tripod

Capture: 1,139 x 6s, ISO 1600

Stacked in StarStaX

Processed in Photoshop

PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

Taken on Mar ‘25

Scope: Seestar S50

Stacked in AstroSurface

Processed in Photoshop & Registax Wavelets

M81 & M82

Object Designation: M81 (NGC 3031) & M82

Common Name: Bode's Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy respectively

Constellation: Ursa Major

Object Type: Spiral Galaxies

Distance: Both approx. 12 million ly

Magnitude: 6.9 & 8.4 respectively

Discovered on: December 31 1774 by Johann Elert Bode

Taken on Apr ‘25

Scope: WO Megrez 72mm refractor

Filter: First set: UV/IR cut filter. Second set: L-eXtreme Ha + OIII

Camera: ZWO ASI533MC

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Capture Details:

First set: Lights x 38 at 300s, Darks x 34, Flats x 76

Second set: Lights x 25, Darks x 34, Flats x 32

Captured via an ASIAir

Processed in PixInsight & Photoshop – Ha layer in Colour Mode in Photoshop

SUNSPOTS

Taken on Apr ‘25

Scope: Seestar S50

Stacked in AstroSurface

Processed in Photoshop & Registax Wavelets

MARS & COMET C2022 E3

Taken on Feb ‘23

Kit: Canon 60D

Lens: Forgotten!

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

Capture Details: 149s, ISO 800

Processed in Photoshop & PixInsight

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