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;
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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;
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
http://www.webewebbiers.com/Astronomy%20images/M110.htm
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
M101 (the Pinwheel galaxy)
I did some 'clean up' of the blocking filter of my Canon 350d yesterday. This required the complete dis-assembly of the camera (again) to be able to remove and clean the filter. The flat frames I had been using were really bad (a lot of dust bunnies!). So this is my first attempt with the cleaned filter.
SW 254N, Atlas EQ-g, guided, 18 each 5 min. images. ISO 1600. Canon 350d modified, pre-processed in Nebulosity 3, post processed in Startools v1.2.
I did some 'clean up' of the blocking filter of my Canon 350d yesterday. This required the complete dis-assembly of the camera (again) to be able to remove and clean the filter. The flat frames I had been using were really bad (a lot of dust bunnies!). So this is my first attempt with the cleaned filter.
SW 254N, Atlas EQ-g, guided, 18 each 5 min. images. ISO 1600. Canon 350d modified, pre-processed in Nebulosity 3, post processed in Startools v1.2.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
IC405 Flaming Star Nebula
I captured this image during a full moon. Fortunately the moon was in the other side of the sky!
equipment used: SW254N, Atlas EQ-g, Canon 350d (modified), guided, 18 each 3 minute images.
from Wikipedia:
IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission/reflection nebula[1] in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. Its celestial coordinates are RA 05h 16.2m dec +34° 28′.[2] It surrounds the irregular variable star AE Aurigae and is located near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the naked-eye K-class star Hassaleh. The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0', and lies about 1,500 light-years away.[2] It is believed that the proper motion of the central star can be traced back to the Orion's Belt area.[2] The nebula is about 5 light-years across.[1]
equipment used: SW254N, Atlas EQ-g, Canon 350d (modified), guided, 18 each 3 minute images.
from Wikipedia:
IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission/reflection nebula[1] in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. Its celestial coordinates are RA 05h 16.2m dec +34° 28′.[2] It surrounds the irregular variable star AE Aurigae and is located near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the naked-eye K-class star Hassaleh. The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0', and lies about 1,500 light-years away.[2] It is believed that the proper motion of the central star can be traced back to the Orion's Belt area.[2] The nebula is about 5 light-years across.[1]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
IC410
A faint, dusty rose of the northern sky, emission nebula IC 410 lies about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. The cloud of glowing hydrogen gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, bright cluster stars are seen just below the prominent dark dust cloud near picture center.
SW254N / EQ-g / Canon 350d (mod) / 21exp 4mins / pre processed in Nebulosity 3, post processed in StarTools V1.2.
SW254N / EQ-g / Canon 350d (mod) / 21exp 4mins / pre processed in Nebulosity 3, post processed in StarTools V1.2.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Leo Trio
I was finally able to capture the Leo Trio last night. I used Startools v1.2 to do the post processing and Nebulosity 3 for the pre processing. I'm very happy with the results. 20 exposures, 2 minutes each. SW254N, Atlas EQ6g. Canon 350d (modified) guided.
(from Wikipedia:)
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away[5] in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, the M66, and the NGC 3628.
(from Wikipedia:)
The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away[5] in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, the M66, and the NGC 3628.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
StarTools v1.2
I've been playing with a new image post-processing program that I was introduced to on AstronomyForum.net. It's called StarTools http://startools.org/drupal/ and so far I have found it to be a great, fast to learn and very powerful image processing program. Since it has been raining here most of this week, I have gone back and played with a few of my images just to give it a test drive. (M20 Trifid Nebula)
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