NGC4567 and NGC4568

NGC4567 and NGC4568 . These to galaxies are situated in the constellation of Virgo and are commonly named the Siamese twins. This pair of galaxies shine at magnitudes 11 and 12 and lies at a distance of about 80 million light years. A ten inch f/4.8 reflector was used with PHD auto guiding and an Atik 383L mono CCD camera. Five minute sub frames and dark frames were captured with total exposure times of 40 minutes for each colour filter ( RGB filters):

Comet Panstarrs with the Andromeda galaxy and the Cone Nebula

This image of Comet Panstars 4 was taken from Angle on the Pembrockshire coast using a Canon 50D with a 70 mm lens. The camera was set on ISO 400 with an exposure time of 3 minutes. An Astrotrac mount was  used, mounted on a Manfrotto tripod:

NGC2264, the Cone nebula .This faint emission nebula lies at a distance of about 2,700 light years in the constellation of Monoceros . Five minute sub frames and matching dark frames were captured making total exposure times of 90 minutes using a hydrogen alpha filter and ten minutes for each colour filter. A ten inch F4.8 reflector was used, PHD auto guiding software and an Atik 383L mono CCD camera:

NGC3628

NGC3628. This galaxy lies at a distance of about 35 million light years in the constellation of Leo. Five minute sub frames were captured with matching dark frames, making total exposure times of 60 minutes using a red filter, 30 minutes using a green filter and 20 minutes using a blue filte. An Atik 383 L mono CCD camera was used with a ten inch f/4.8 reflector, using PHD auto guiding.

The Bubble Nebula

The Bubble nebula. This image is a reprocessed image revealing its surrounding nebuosity. Five minute sub frames and matching dark frames were captured making total exposure times of sixty minutes using a H-alpha filter, sixty minutes using an O111 filter and twenty minutes for each colour filter. Taken using a ten inch F 4.8 reflector, PHD auto-guiding and an Atik 383L mono CCD camera..

The Rosette nebula

NGC2244 . The Rosette Nebula . This image is a composition taken using an Atik 383L CCD
mono camera, a ten inch F4.8 reflector with PHD auto-guiding. The total exposure time was
ten minutes for each colour filter, 90 minutes using a H-alpha filter and 30 minutes
using an O111 filter. Five minute sub frames were captured with matching dark frames.

Here is a cropped section of the image using false colours revealing the structure.

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 .

Nick Hart

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: