Category Archives: Deep Sky

Objects that are outside our Solar system

The Andromeda Galaxy M31

Posted on October 5, 2021 by paul

This is the result of 3hrs and 50 minutes of 5min subs @ ISO800 using my resurrected Canon 550d, Optolong L-pro, Altair 70mm EDT-F on my trusty HEQ5pro. I’m pretty happy with picking up the star bridge between M31 and … Continue reading →

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Now take my Soul, IC1848 the Soul nebula in SHO

Posted on September 28, 2021 by paul

Right next to the Heart ( IC1805 The Heart Nebula – SHO) you will find the Soul. This was trickier for me to process than the Heart nebula. Although it was clear, conditions were not great and I had few … Continue reading →

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IC1805 The Heart Nebula – SHO

Posted on September 25, 2021 by paul

This is my first imaging season using narrow band filters on a mono camera. I’m enjoying the freedom to image and not fight moonlight or light pollution from the city. The Heart nebula (IC1805) is in the constellation of Cassiopeia. … Continue reading →

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The NorthAmerican Nebula NGC7000 in SHO

Posted on September 25, 2021 by paul

This image is the result of 13 hrs of imaging. I still have much to learn about image processing but I am quite happy with this result. The S1, Ha and Oiii subs were 120s @gain 200 to avoid burning … Continue reading →

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SH2-101 The Tulip Nebula

Posted on September 15, 2021 by paul

I imaged this nebula over 2 nights, several weeks ago in August but I had a terrible time processing the data. I was convinced I had some issues with my flats and then my subs. Then I was sure I … Continue reading →

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IC 1396 The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

Posted on September 8, 2021 by paul

This is a narrow band S2, Ha, O3 image taken over 6 hours (2hrs each) in one night. Imaged with my Altair Astro 70mm ED-Triplet and my ASI1600mm pro camera. This image is a reprocess of the same data with … Continue reading →

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Caldwell 33, The Eastern Veil

Posted on September 7, 2021 by paul

This is the result of 4 hrs each of S2, Ha and O3 subs taken over three nights, I was lucky to have excellent conditions. I have been able to pull out the gas from the background with very little … Continue reading →

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Caldwell 34 – The Witch’s Broom and Pickering’s Triangle in HOO

Posted on August 30, 2021 by paul

Rare are nights of clear skies and then two in a row allowed me to capture over 7 hours of data of the Western Veil or Filamentary nebula – it has many names. The imaging was done on my “portable” … Continue reading →

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Messier 51 and first light for my Orion Optics 250mm rebuild

Posted on August 22, 2021 by paul

This LRGB image is the result of 3 hrs of imaging with many lost subs due to cloud and some RA imbalance issues. Probably only 1.5hrs with most of those softened by clouds. This results in a noisy and more … Continue reading →

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Messier 63 – LRGB

Posted on August 22, 2021 by paul

I had a few things to crack like the differential flexure and misting up of the camera that trashed a lot of the subs I took in a 3hr session. As a result, at first when I processed the image … Continue reading →

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