The Horsehead and the Flame nebulae

B33, The Horsehead nebula . This is a section of a vast star forming region in the constellation of Orion . Five minute sub frames and dark frames were captured using an Atik 383L CCD camera, a ten inch f/4.8 reflector and PHD auto guiding software. The total exposure time was 90 minutes using a H-alpha filter and 15 minutes using RGB filters.

NGC2024. This hydrogen emission nebula lies in the star forming complex of Orion the hunter at a distance of about 1,500 light years. Five minute sub frames were captured and combined with matching dark frames. The total exposure time was ninety minutes using a H-alpha filter and twenty minutes using RGB filters. This image was taken using a ten inch f/4.8 reflector, PHD auto guiding and an Atik 383L mono CCD camera.

Mosaic of the two images

The Flaming Star Nebula

IC405 The Flaming star nebula . This emission and reflection nebula lies at a distance of about 1,500 light years in the constellation of Auriga . This guided image was taken using a ten inch, f/4.8 reflector with an Atik 383L CCD camera . The exposure times were forty minutes for each RGB colour filter and sixty minutes in H-alpha . Five minute sub frames were captured and corrected with matching dark frames .

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The Running Man Nebula and a Polar Ring Galaxy

NGC1977. This bright reflection nebula lies in the constellation of Orion at a distance of
about 1,500 light years . It is commonly named the Running Man nebula.This image was
captured using an Atik 383L ccd camera, a ten inch f/4.8 reflector with PHD auto guiding.
The total exposure times were 30 minutes using RGB filters and 60 minutes using a H-alpha
filter .Five minute sub-frames and dark-frames were captured making a total exposure time
of 180 minutes:

NGC660. This galaxy lies in the constellation of Pises at a distance of about 20 million
light years. It is classified as a polar ring galaxy. Five minute sub-frames and dark-
frames were captured making total exposure times of 20 minutes using RGB filters and 60
minutes using a H-alpha filter for luminance. An Atik 383L CCD camera was used with a ten
inch f/4.8 reflector using PHD auto guiding.

IC 63

IC 63. This emission nebula lies in the constellation Cassiopeia surrounding the bright
star gamma Cassiopeia. This image was taken under very clear sky conditions with bright
moonlight. Five minute sub frames and dark frames were captured making total exposure
times of ten minutes using RGB filters and sixty minutes using a H-alpha filter. The image
was captured using a ten inch f/4.8 reflector with an Atik 383L CCD camera:

NGC6820, NGC6823 and NGC1514

NGC6820, emission nebula, NGC6823  open star cluster. Lying at a distance of about 6,000
light years in the constellation of Vulpecula is this emission nebula surrounded by an
open star cluster. Notice the pillars of gas that probably contains embryonic stars about
to come to life. Five minute sub frames were captured with matching dark frames using an
Atik 383L CCD camera with a ten inch f/4.8 reflector. The total exposure times were sixty
minutes using a H-alpha filter, thirty minutes using an Olll filter and twenty minutes
using RGB filters:

NGC1514. This planetary nebula is commonly named the Crystal Ball nebula. It lies in the
constellation of Taurus at a distance of about 600 light years. Five minute sub frames and
matching dark frames were captured using a ten inch f/4.8 reflector with an Atik 383L CCD
camera. The total exposure times were five minutes for each colour channel and ten minutes
using an Olll filter:

The Tadpole and Flaming star nebulae

IC410, The Tadpole nebula. This hydrogen emission nebula lies in the constellation of Aurga at a distance of about 1,200 light years. The total exposure times were one hour using a H=alpha filer and five minutes using RGB filters using PHD auto guiding. Five minute sub-frames were captured with matching dark frames.

IC 405, The Flaming Star nebula. This emission nebula lies at a distance of about 1,500 light years in the constellation of Auriga. Ten minute sub frames were captured with matching dark frames. The total exposure times were sixty minutes using a Lumicon Night Sky  H-alpha filter and twenty minutes using each RGB filter.This guided exposure was taken using a four inch f/7 refractor with PHD auto-guiding.

NGC6914 and the Butterfly Nebula

NGC6914. This diffused reflection nabula is a very colourful region of the milky way lying
at a distance of about 6,000 light years in the constellation of Cygnus.This PHD guided
exposure was taken using ten minute sub frames with matching dark frames.The total
exposure times was twenty minutes for each colour channel and one hour using a Lumicon H-
alpha filter. Taken using a four inch f/7 refractor with a field flattener making it
f/6.3. The camera was an Atik 383L:

IC 1318, The Butterfly nebula. The nebula lies in the constellation of Cygnus near the

bright star Gamma Cygni. Five minute sub frames were captured with matching dark frames of

the luminance channel, H-alpha with a total exposure time of twenty minutes. The colour

channels had exposure times sixty seconds. The image was taken using a ten inch reflector

with PHD guiding:

 

 



The Cocoon nebula and the Andromeda galaxy

NGC5146, The Cocoon Nebula. This unguided image was taken using a ten inch, f/4.8 reflector with an Atik 314L CCD camera. Sixty second sub-frames were captured and with matching dark frames. The total exposure times were ten minutes for each colour channel and 120 minutes for the luminance channel, H-alpha:

This unguided image of M31 reveals the dust lines of our nearest neighbouring galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy. Sixty second sub frames was captured with matching dark frames. The total exposure time was 15 minutes for each colour channel using a  ten inch, f/4.8 reflector and an Atik 314L CCD camera:

M1 and NGC7000

This unguided image of the Crab Nebula M1, was taken using an Atik 314L CCD camera, a ten
inch f/4.8 reflector. The total exposure times were twenty minutes for each colour filter
and thirty minutes using a H-alpha filter. One minute sub-frames were captured with
matching dark frames:

This image is a small section of NGC7000, A section of the south westen limb commonly named the wall of the North America Nebula in Cygnus the Swan. This unguided image was made by capturing sixty second sub-frames and matching dark frames. The total exposure times were 15 minutes for each colour filter and 40 minutes using an H-alpha filter:

The Crescent and Veil nebulae

NGC6888, The Crescent nebula. This image was taken using exposure times of 15 minutes for
each colour filter and one hour using a H-alpha luminance filter. Unguided, 60 seconds
sub-frames with matching dark frames were captured. A ten inch f/4.8 reflector and an Atik
314L CCD camera were used:

This unguided image of the Veil nebula NGC6960 was taken using an Atik 314L CCD camera
using a ten inch reflector. 60 second subframes were captured with matching dark frames.
The total exposure times were five minutes for each colour filter and 120 minutes for the
luminance H-alpha channel: