The Horsehead region of Orion

The Horsehead region . An Atik 383L mono CCD camera was used. The exposure times were six hours using an Astronomik H-Alpha filter and 30 minutes using green and blue filters, making a total exposure time of 7 hours. The telescope was an 80 mm f/7 refractor with a focal reducer and field-flattener making it f/6.3. I was using a Vixen Atlux mount with PHD auto-guiding. I captured 10 minute sub-frames with matching dark frames and combined them with flat field frames to reduce the effect of
vignetting in the final image.

A work in progress

Stars Eroded

M51 from two cameras

Here we have an image of M51, two images combined using two CCD cameras . The Atik mono 383L and the Atik mono 314  camera. This image reveals the ghost arms of the galaxies.

NGC4567 and NGC4568 and the Virgo Cluster

NGC4567 and NGC4568. These two galaxies are known as the Siamese twins and lie in the constellation of Virgo. I took this image using my ten inch f/4.8 reflector, a Vixen Atlux mount, PHD auto guiding and an Atik 383L mono CCD camera. I used Astronomik RGB filters with total exposure times of 40 minutes for each filter. The sub frames were five minutes long with matching dark frames combined with flat field frames to reduce the effect of vignetting in the final image.

The Virgo Cluster 2 panel mosaic

IC1848, the Soul nebula

Here we have another section of the Soul nebula in Cassiopia.
The clouds were moving in fast on this particular evening and I only had 30 minutes of imaging time using an Astronomik H-alpha filter. The colour data however were taken from an old wide angle narrowband image using an 80mm refractor. The luminance data were taken using my ten inch f/4.8 reflector an Atik 383L mono CCD camera with PHD auto guiding. I captured six, five minute subframes with matching dark frames and combined them with flat field frames to reduce the effect of vignetting in the final image.

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