COMET HOLMES P/17

NOVEMBER 8TH 2007

Imaged with Canon 10D, Sigma 100-300 APO zoom lens @ 300mm with 82mm IDAS LPR filter

18 x 1 minute and 10 x 5 minute exposures @ ISO800,, f/4, combined in ImagesPlus and processed in Photoshop

NORTH AMERICAN NEBULA WIDEFIELD

25TH MAY 2006

Imaged with Canon 10D, Sigma 100-300 APO zoom @100mm with 82mm IDAS LPR filter

21 x 90 second exposures @ ISO800, f/4 combined in ImagesPlus and processed in Photoshop

MESSIER 5 IN SERPENS CAPUT

Globular Cluster

(bright star is 5 Serpentis)

Imaged with Canon 10D, Orion 80ED, unguided

67x15sec exposures at ISO1600 stacked and processed in ImagesPlus

MESSIER 13

The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Imaged with Canon 10D, Meade 8"SCT @ f.6.3, mounted on a Losmandy G-11, unguided

1 x 10 minute and 1 x 4 minute exposures @ ISO200 stacked and processed in Imagesplus

MESSIER 27 IN VULPECULA

Dumbbell Nebula (Planetary Nebula)

Imaged with Canon 10D, Orion 80ED, unguided

65x30sec exposures at ISO1600 stacked and processed in ImagesPlus, cropped in Photoshop

MESSIER 31

The Andromeda Galaxy

Imaged with Canon 10D, Orion 80ED, unguided on LXD55 mount

16 x 2 minute exposures and 88 x 1 minute = 120 minutes, ISO 1600, stacked and processed in ImagesPlus. Image acquired over two nights.

*(The image is cropped like that as the camera was orientated differentely each night)*

MESSIER 33

The Triangulum Galaxy

Imaged with Canon 10D, Orion 80ED, unguided on Losmandy G-11

20 x 5 minute exposures = 1 hour and 40 minutes combined, ISO800, stacked and processed with Imagesplus

M42, M43, NGC1973-77 IN ORION

Imaged with Canon 10D, Orion 80ED, unguided on Losmandy G-11

12 x 5 minute exposures at ISO1600, combined and processed in ImagesPlus. colour balance and cropped in PS

M45 PLEIADES (SEVEN SISTERS) IN TAURUS

Imaged with Orion 80ED, Canon 10D, unguided on Losmandy G-11,

16 x 5 mins @ ISO800

6 x 15 mins @ ISO400

1 x 10 min @ ISO800

1 x 15 min @ ISO 1600

a total of 3 hours 15 mins exposure time combined and processed in ImagesPlus and tweaking in Photoshop

MESSIER 104 IN VIRGO

The Sombrero Galaxy

imaged with Canon 10D, prime focus with LXD55 8"SCT, unguided

14 x 1 minute exposures at ISO1600 stacked and processed in ImagesPlus and final tweaking in Photoshop

NGC891 IN ANDROMEDA

Imaged with Canon 10D, 8"SCT, unguided on the Losmandy G-11

10 x 4 mins & 12 x 3 mins @ ISO1600 , combined and processed in ImagesPlus

HORSEHEAD NEBULA(IC434), FLAME NEBULA(NGC2024)

Imaged with Canon 10D, Orion 80ED, unguided on Losmandy G-11.

11 x 10 minute exposures @ ISO800, combined and processed in ImagesPlus and PhotoShop

this is a re-process 100% crop of the wider HH image

HORSEHEAD NEBULA(IC434), FLAME NEBULA(NGC2024) AND SURROUNDING NEBULA - IC432, IC431, IC435 AND NGC2023 IN ORION

Imaged with Canon 10D, Orion 80ED, unguided on Losmandy G-11.

11 x 10 minute exposures @ ISO800, combined and processed in ImagesPlus

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