Saturday, September 24, 2022

Messier 45 The Pleiades

 

Pleiades

Messier 45 an open cluster surrounded by nebulosity in the constellation Taurus. This is thirty nine 240s guided subs taken with an Optolong L-Pro filter from the Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY on September 23rd, 2022. FOV is  4.65˚ 2.86˚ An astro-modified Canon EOS6D camera at ISO1600, iOptron CEM40G mount, ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera, William Optics 50mm guide scope, ASIAir Plus, William Optics FLT 91 + Flat 6AIII 0.8 reducer FL 432mm f/4.9. Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PixInsight.

Messier 33 the Triangulum Galaxy

 



Messier 33 the Triangulum Galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. This is seven 300 guided subs taken with an Optolong L-eXtreme filter on August 12th 2022 and forty-one 240s guided subs taken with an Optolong L-Pro filter on September 23rd, 2022 from the Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY. FOV is 2.97˚x 1.99˚. An astro-modified Canon EOS6D camera at ISO1600, iOptron CEM40G mount, ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera, William Optics 50mm guide scope, ASIAir Plus, William Optics FLT 91 + Flat 6AIII 0.8 reducer FL 432mm f/4.9.

Friday, September 16, 2022

Collinder 399 Brocchi's Cluster (Coathanger)

 

Collinder 399 Bronchi’s cluster is a random grouping of stars that appear to form an asterism shaped like a coat hanger. This is two 240s guided subs taken with an Optolong L-Pro filter from the Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY on September 15th, 2022. FOV is 2.91˚ x 2.5˚. An astro-modified Canon EOS6D camera at ISO1600, iOptron CEM40G mount, ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera, William Optics 50mm guide scope, ASIAir Plus, William Optics FLT 91 + Flat 6AIII 0.8 reducer FL 432mm f/4.9.

Messier 13 the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

 


Messier 13 the great globular cluster in Hercules. This is twenty four 60s guided subs taken with an Optolong L-Pro filter from the Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY on September 15th, 2022. FOV is 1.95˚ x 1.21˚. An astro-modified Canon EOS6D camera at ISO1600, iOptron CEM40G mount, ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera, William Optics 50mm guide scope, ASIAir Plus, William Optics FLT 91 + Flat 6AIII 0.8 reducer FL 432mm f/4.9.

NGC7000 and IC5070 The North America and Pelican Nebula



NGC 7000 and IC 5070 the North America and Pelican nebula are emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. FOV is 4.73˚ X 2.98˚ This is twenty-five 300s guided subs taken with an Optolong L-eXtreme filter on June 11th, 2022 and twenty 240s guided subs taken on September 15th, 2022 taken from from the Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY. An astro-modified Canon EOS6D camera, iOptron CEM40G mount, ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera, William Optics 50mm guide scope, ASIAir Plus, William Optics FLT 91 + Flat 6AIII 0.8 reducer FL 432mm f/4.9.