Sunday, August 12, 2012

NGC6960 Witches Broom

I took a bit of extra time the other night to attempt the Western Veil nebula (NGC6960 aka The Witches Broom). 15 images @ 5 minutes each ISO 1600 using the Canon 350d (modified). The processing was a little tough because of the star in the middle of the nebula. I pretty happy with the end results however.

From Wikipedia:
The Western Veil (also known as Caldwell 34), consisting of NGC 6960 (the "Witch's Broom", "Finger of God",[5] or "Filamentary Nebula"[5]) near the foreground star 52 Cygni;

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

I finally completed my Messier 110 photo project. All 110 are imaged and cataloged. Here's a link to the webpage with the information and images.

http://www.webewebbiers.com/Astronomy%20images/M110.htm