Deep Space Objects
NGC 1499 (the California nebula) LHaRGB and pure Ha
- Date
- February 15 2023
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Moravian C1x61000 Pro mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters, Astrodon Ha 5nm filter
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 15x60s bin 1x1, Ha: 15x200s bin 1x1, R: 15x60s bin 1x1, G: 15x60s bin 1x1, B: 15x60s bin 1x1
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
IC1805 (the heart nebula) LHaRGB and pure Ha
- Date
- January 20 2023
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Moravian C1x61000 Pro mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters, Astrodon Ha 5nm filter
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 25x30 bin 1x1, Ha: 25x200s bin 1x1, R: 25x30s bin 1x1, G: 25x30s bin 1x1, B: 25x30s bin 1x1
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
IC410 (Tadpoles), IC417 and IC405 (Flaming star nebula) HaRGB and pure Ha
- Date
- January 20 2023
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Moravian C1x61000 Pro mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters, Astrodon Ha 5nm filter
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- Ha: 13x200s bin 1x1, R: 13x30s bin 1x1, G: 13x30s bin 1x1, B: 13x30s bin 1x1
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M81 and M82
- Date
- December 23rd 2022
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Moravian C1x61000 Pro mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 11x5min bin 1x1, R: 8x5min bin 1x1, G: 8x5min bin 1x1, B: 8x5min bin 1x1
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
NGC2239 The Rosette Nebula
- Date
- Frebuary 6th, 7th and 8th 2022
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Astrodon Ha 5nm and Chroma RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- Ha: 12x10min bin 1x1, R: 10x5min bin 2x2, G: 10x5min bin 2x2, B: 10x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M52 and the bubble Nebula
- Date
- November 11th and 12th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 10x10min bin 1x1, R: 9x5min bin 2x2, G: 9x5min bin 2x2, B: 9x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
IC 1848 The Soul Nebula
- Date
- November 11th and 12th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Astrodon Ha 5nm filter
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- Ha: 20x10min bin 1x1
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M33 The Triangulum Galaxy
- Date
- October 10th and 11th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 17x10min bin 1x1, R: 16x5min bin 2x2, G: 16x5min bin 2x2, B: 16x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M101 The Pinwheel galaxy and other small galaxies
- Date
- April 10th and 16th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 8x10min bin 1x1, R: 8x5min bin 2x2, G: 8x5min bin 2x2, B: 8x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M106 spiral galaxy and other small galaxies
- Date
- March 6th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 11x10min bin 1x1, R: 11x5min bin 2x2, G: 10x5min bin 2x2, B: 10x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M1 - The Crab Nebula
- Date
- December 20th 2020
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 9x10min bin 1x1, R: 9x5min bin 2x2, G: 8x5min bin 2x2, B: 8x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M45 - The Pleiades
- Date
- December 8th to 11th 2020
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 22x10min bin 1x1, R: 19x5min bin 2x2, G: 19x5min bin 2x2, B: 19x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M42 / M43 - The Orion nebula and the Running Man nebula
- Date
- November 23rd to 26th 2020
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 6x10min + 6x60 seconds + 10x30 seconds at bin 1x1, R, G and B : 5x5min + 6x30 seconds + 10x15 seconds at bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy with M32 and M110
- Date
- November 23rd to 25th 2020
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- FLI ML-16200 mono at -15°C
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SVQ100 F/5.8 APO quadruplet
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Chroma LoGlow and RGB filters
- Guiding
- TheSkyX, Stellarvue SV80
- NB Frames
- L: 16x10min bin 1x1, R: 15x5min bin 2x2, G: 15x5min bin 2x2, B: 15x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula
- Date
- September 23rd 2017
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Atik 16200 mono at -10°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- Software Bisque Paramount MX+
- Filters
- Astrodon Gen II LRGB
- Corrector
- TS Optics Universal APO Flattener TSFLAT2
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV80 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- L: 10x10min bin 1x1, R: 4x5min bin 2x2, G: 4x5min bin 2x2, B: 4x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
M15
- Date
- September 24th 2016
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- CFF RC250
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Astrodon Gen II LRGB
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- L: 7x10min bin 1x1, R: 6x5min bin 2x2, G: 6x5min bin 2x2, B: 6x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
M5
- Date
- June 25th 2016
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- CFF RC250
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Astrodon Gen II LRGB
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- L: 4x5min bin 1x1, R: 4x2min bin 3x3, G: 2x2min bin 3x3, B: 3x2min bin 3x3
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
M3
- Date
- April 17th 2016
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- CFF RC250
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Astrodon Gen II LRGB
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- L: 1x5min bin 1x1, R: 1x2min bin 3x3, G: 1x2min bin 3x3, B: 1x2min bin 3x3
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
IC434 The horsehead Nebula and NGC 2024 the Flame nebula
- Date
- December 26th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter, Astrodon Gen II LRGB, Astrodon Ha 5nm
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- L: 10x10min bin 1x1, Ha: 5x10min bin 1x1, R: 8x5min bin 2x2, G: 8x5min bin 2x2, B: 8x5min bin 2x2
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight, Ha combined with Red, then LRGB combining
M33 The Triangulum Galaxy
- Date
- October 18th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 7 x 10 minutes
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
M2 globular cluster
- Date
- October 18th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 6 x 5 minutes
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
M52 and the Bubble Nebula
- Date
- October 4th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 6 x 10 minutes
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
M81
- Date
- March 15th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -10°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD2, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 3 x 10 minutes
- Capture
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
- Processing
- PixInsight
M81, M82 and SN2014J
,
- Date
- February 1st 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -15°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 1 x 5 minutes
- Capture
- Equinox Image
- Processing
- Equinox Image and PixInsight
- Note
- The second image is the same but with the new super nova SN2014J in M82. The imaging conditions were very bad as cloud were comming in and this was taken through some clouds.
M74
- Date
- November 23rd 2013
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -15°C
- Telescope
- Astro-Tech AT12RC
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Guiding
- PHD, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 11 x 10 minutes
- Capture
- Equinox Image
- Processing
- PixInsight and Photoshop CS4
M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy with M32 and M110
- Date
- September 28th 2013
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -15°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 12 x 5 minutes
- Capture
- Equinox Image
- Processing
- PixInsight and Photoshop CS4
M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula
- Date
- September 28th 2013
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M at -15°C
- Telescope
- Meade 102ED Triplet APO
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Hotech 2" Field Flattener
- Guiding
- PHD, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 12 x 5 minutes
- Capture
- Equinox Image
- Processing
- Equinox Image and PixInsight
M3
- Date
- June 29th 2013
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M
- Telescope
- Meade SN8
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Filters
- Lumicon Deep-Sky filter
- Corrector
- Baader MPCC Mark III
- Guiding
- PHD, Stellarvue SV50 with DMK 21AF04.AS
- NB Frames
- 1 x 5 minutes
- Capture
- Equinox Image
- Processing
- PixInsight and Photoshop CS4
M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy (and M32)
- Date
- October 6th 2012
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M
- Telescope
- Meade SN8
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- 10 x 1 minutes
- Capture
- Equinox Image
- Processing
- PixInsight and Photoshop CS4
M42 / M43 - The Orion nebula
- Date
- December 30th 2012
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- SBIG STF-8300M
- Filter
- Lumicon Deep Sky Filter (2")
- Telescope
- Meade SN8
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- 8 x 1mn for main nebula, 10 x 15 seconds + 10 x 2 seconds for the core
- Capture
- Equinox Image
- Processing
- PixInsight and Photoshop CS4
M42 / M43 - The Orion nebula
- Date
- December 14th 2003
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Camera
- Canon D60
- Telescope
- Meade SN8
- Mount
- LXD-55
- NB Frames
- 6 x 1 minutes
- Capture
- On camera with TC-80N3
- Processing
- Photoshop CS2
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