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Moon at 95% in Vic Fezensac
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik L filter
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 0.001 second x12
Processing. Registered with registax V5 , wavelets, no further processing |
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IC 5070 June 12, 2009
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 150 minutes (5 min subs)
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3, GradientXteminator |
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IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula August 12, 2009
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik L filter
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 65 minutes (5 min subs)
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3 |
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IC1396 aout 12, 2009
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha 13nm filter
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 100 minutes (5 min subs)
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3 |
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M64 June 12, 2009
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik L filter
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 140 minutes (5 min subs)
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3, GradientXteminator |
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Moon May 28, 2009
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik L filter,
Guiding: non
Exposure: 59 x 0.07s frames
Processing. Registered Registax V5, a little wavelet sharpening. |
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Leo Triplet May 21, 2009
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik L filter, CLS filter
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 120 minutes (10 min subs)
Seeing 7/10, Tranparency 7/10
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3, pix insight DBE |
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NGC 1499 California Nebula (part) September 27, 2008 processing revision 1
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter 13nm
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 148 minutes (6min subs)
Seeing 6/10, Tranparency 7/10
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3 |
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NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula September 26, 2008 processing revision 1
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter 13nm
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 45 minutes (5min subs)
Seeing 6/10, Tranparency 6/10
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3 |
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IC1805 Heart Nebula September 19th, 2008 processing revision 1
WO 90 FD @F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter 13nm
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 110 minutes (10min subs)
Seeing 5/10, Tranparency 5/10
Processing. Registered with Deep Sky Stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction in Photoshop CS3 |
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula August 30, 2008 processing revision 1
WO 90 FD
@F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter 13nm
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 72 minutes (9x8min subs)
Seeing 7/10, Tranparency 6/10
Processing. curves, levels and noise reduction in PS CS3 |
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NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula July 23, 2008 processing revision 1.1
WO 90 FD
@F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter 13nm
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD and Atik16IC
Exposure: 55minutes (11x5min subs)
Seeing 7/10, Tranparency 4/10
Processing. Zone system curves, levels and noise reduction in
PS CS3, color image is here |
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IC 59 & IC 63 in Cas July 23, 2008 processing revision 1.3
WO 90 FD
@ F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD
Exposure: 95min (Ha 19x5min); Artemis
Capture.
Seeing 6/10
Processing: Deepsky Stacker, curves, levels CS3 |
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Veil Nebula III July 14, 2008
WO 90 FD
@ F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD
Exposure: 25 min (Ha 5x5min); Artemis
Capture.
Seeing 6/10, it doesn't get very dark at night this time of year
Processing: Deepsky Stacker, curves, levels CS3, Noise reduction |
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Veil Nebula II July 14, 2008
WO 90 FD
@ F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Ha (rotated and combined with Luminance in PS below)
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD
Exposure: 45 min (Ha 5x5min +
L 20min); Artemis Capture.
Seeing 6/10
Processing: Deepsky Stacker, curves, levels CS3 |
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Veil Nebula I July 4, 2008, One of three 314L first light images
WO 90 FD
@ F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik IR/UV block filter
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD
Exposure: 20 minutes (4x5min Luminance)
Artemis Capture.
Seeing 7/10, Tranparency 5/10
Processing: Deepsky Stacker, curves, levels CS3 |
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Pelican Nebula July 4, 2008 One of three 314L first light test images
WO 90 FD
@F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter 13nm
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD
Exposure: 10minutes (2x5min)) Binned 2x2, Artemis Capture.
Seeing 7/10, Tranparency 5/10
Processing: Deepsky Stacker. Curves, levels, re-processed. |
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NGC 7822 (part) July 4, 2008. One of three 314L first light images
WO 90 FD
@F5.5
Atik 314L camera
Vixen GPDX
Astronomik Ha filter 13nm
Guiding: PHD with WO66SD
Exposure: 24 minuten (4x6min) Artemis Capture. Binned 2x2
Seeing 7/10, Tranparency 5/10
Processing: Deepsky Stacker, curves levels, nois reduction in
PS CS3, color image is here |
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M57 Ring Nebula (testimage) 18 May 2008
Celestron
C8 @ F6.3 (my
last C8 image, this scope was sold)
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
IR/UV block filter
Guiding: unguided
Exposure: 4minutes (8x 40s) Artemis Capture. Moon was almost full.
Seeing 6/10,
Processing: Deepsky Stacker, curves levels and noise reduction
in PS CS3. |
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M27 Dumbbell Nebula (testimage) 18 May 2008 (02:30)
Celestron
C8 @ F6.3
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
IR/UV block filter
Guiding: unguided
Exposure: 10 minutes (10x 30s) Artemis Capture; Moon was almost
full. M27 was still low above the horizon.
Seeing 6/10
Processing: Deepsky Stacker, curves levels and noise reduction
in PS CS3, but still very noisy. |
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M101 Galaxy 10 May 2008
William Optics
90mm FD F6.9
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
IR/UV block filter and Astronomik CLS filter
Guiding: PHD with SC3 and WO 66sd at F5.9
Exposure: 35min (5 x 420s) Artemis Capture
Seeing 6/10
Processing: Deepsky stacker, curves levels and noise reduction
in PS CS3, an ealier image can be found below. It is tempting
to push this one too far but there is just not enough data in
35 min. |
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M109 Galaxy 8 May 2008
William Optics
90mm FD F6.9
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
IR/UV block filter
Guiding: PHD with SC3 and WO 66sd at F5.9
Exposure: 35min (7x 300s) Artemis Capture
Seeing 7/10
Processing: Deepsky stacker, curves levels and noise reduction
in PS CS3. |
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M97 Owl Nebula, 9 May 2008
William Optics
90 FD
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
IR/UV block filter
Guiding: PHD with SC3 and WO 66sd at F5.9
Exposure: 60min (6 x 600s) Artemis Capture
Seeing 8/10
Processing: Deepsky stacker, curves levels and noise reduction
in PS CS3 |
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M51 Whirlpool galaxy , 5 May 2008
William Optics
90 FD
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
IR/UV block filter
Guiding: PHD with SC3 and WO 66sd at F5.9
Exposure: 50min L (10 x 300s) in Artemis Capture
Seeing 8/10
Processing: Deepsky stacker, curves, levels and noise reduction
in PS CS3 |
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M63 Sunflower galaxy, 8 May 2008
William Optics
90 mm FD at f6.9
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
IR/UV block filter
Guiding: SC3, PHD with WO 66sd at F5.9
Exposure: 1hr40min (20 x 300s) Artemis Capture
Seeing 8/10
Processing: Deepsky stacker, curves levels and noise reduction
in PS CS3 |
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IC434 / B33 Horsehead Nebula, 16 November 2007
William optics
66 SD
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
No filters
No guiding
Exposure: 10 x 90s Artemis Capture
Seeing 6/10
Processing: registax, curves and levels in PS CS. Amazing what
comes out with only 15 minutes. I will visit this object again
in Ha and LRGB (and the 90mm scope) |
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NGC 2024 Flame nebula, 16 November 2007
William optics
66 SD
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
No filters
No guiding
Exposure: 8 x 120s Artemis Capture
Seeing 6/10
Processing: registax, curves and levels in PS CS |
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M31 Andromeda detail, 16 November 2007
William optics
90 APO @F6.9
Atik 16IC camera
Vixen GPDX
No filters
No guiding
Exposure: 2x 200s Artemis Capture
Seeing 7/10
Processing/Notes: Registax, curves and levels in PS; |
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M81, 14 April 2007
Celestron
C8 @F6.3
SC3 modified webcam
Vixen GPDX
IR block filter
No guiding
Exposure: 20x 60s with k3ccdtools
Seeing 8/10
Processing/Notes: Registax, curves and levels in PS |
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M104, 14 March 2007
Celestron
C8 @F6.3
SC3 modified webcam
Vixen GPDX
IR block filter
No guiding
Exposure: 20x 30s with k3ccdtools
Seeing 7/10
Processing/Notes: Stacking in Registax with darkframes, curves,
levels and layer masking in PS, |
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M101, 14 March 2007
William Optics
Megrez 90ED@F6.9
SC3 modified webcam
Vixen GPDX
IR block filter
No guiding
Exposure: 18x 30s with k3ccdtools
Seeing 7/10
Processing/Notes: Stacking in Registax with darkframes, curves,
levels and unsharp masking in PS, |
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NGC 891, 14 March 2007
Celestron
C8 at F6.3
SC3 modified webcam
Vixen GPDX
IR block filter
No guiding
Exposure: 18x 30s with k3ccdtools
Seeing 7/10
Processing/Notes: Stacking in Registax with darkframes, curves,
levels and unsharp masking in PS, |
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M51, 18 February 2007
Celestron
C8 @ 6.3
SC3 modified webcam
Vixen GPDX
IR block filter
No guiding
Exposure: 22x 35s with k3ccdtools
Seeing 8/10
Processing/Notes: Stacking in Registax with darkframes, curves,
levels and unsharp masking in PS, |
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M81, 17 February 2007
William optics
Megrez 90 ED @ 6.9
SC3 modified webcam
Vixen GPDX
IR block filter
No guiding
Exposure: 40x 60s with k3ccdtools
Seeing 7/10
Processing/Notes: Stacking in Registax with darkframes, curves,
levels and unsharp masking in PS, |