GALAXIES
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Messier 51 the Whirlpool Nebula in Ursa Major. Picture Captured on April 22, 2007 at Robert Moses State Park, NY. 41 stacked Images at 3 minutes each, ISO 1600, prime focus, unguided on 1600mm SCT with Canon 300D. Images stacked and processed in Images Plus, .cropped and resized in Adobe Photoshop. |
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NGC 891 An edge on galaxy in the constellation Andromeda.
Image captured on October 26, 2006 in Babylon, NY. Images 24x5 minutes at ISO 800 at prime focus on a 1600mm SCT. Guided, raw conversion, dark, flat, bias frames, graded, aligned, averaged, stacked, 3x3 bin, and cropped in Images Plus. |
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Messier 33, the Triangulum Galaxy. Captured on
9/21/2006 at Robert Moses State Park. This is a combination of 20
images at ISO 800 for 5 minutes each. Each image was taken with a
Digital Rebel on a 1600mm SCT at Prime Focus. Stacking and processing
with Images Plus. Levels and cropping with Photoshop.
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The Virgo Super Cluster. This is a collection of
galaxies located in the constellation Virgo. Image taken on March 28,
2006. Canon 300D, Prime Focus on a Stellavue 78mm refractor, 24 images x 5
minutes each,. Dark, flat, bias subtracted, stacked and processed in
Images Plus,
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M82 - The Cigar Galaxy, an irregular galaxy in the
constellation Ursa Major. Captured on 1/27/2006 at RMSP. Seven
5 minute pictures were aligned and stacked with a total integration time of
35 minutes. Flat and Dark subtraction was also used. Taken at1600mm
prime focus with a Canon 300D, ISO 800.
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Here is an image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Also seen are two other galaxies M32 and M110. This picture was taken on 9/28/05 at RMSP. It is a composite of 20 images at 3 minutes each at 1600 speed. |
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M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy located in the constellation Ursa
Major.
Date: 5/9/05 11:30pm Focal Length: 1600mm, f/stop: 6.3, Exposure Time: 3x10 minutes, ISO 1600 Canon 300D at Prime Focus. |
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M104, The Sombrero Galaxy. Captured March 2005 at Fire
Island, NY
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