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IC434 - Flame Nebula &
Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Captured on 1/17/2007 at Robert
Moses State Park. This is a combination of 27 images at ISO 1600 for 5
minutes each. Each image was taken with a Digital Rebel on a 78mm
Stellavue refractor at Prime Focus. Un-Guided, raw conversion, dark,
flat, bias frames. Graded, aligned, averaged, stacked and 3x3 bin.
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NGC 2244, The Rosette Nebula. This large nebula is located
just to the left of Orion. Image captured on 12/17/2006 at Fire
Island, NY. Images 24x5 minutes at ISO 800 prime focus on a 78mm Stellavue
Refractor.
Guided, raw conversion, dark, flat, bias frames. Graded, aligned, averaged,
stacked, 3x3 bin. Color adjustment and cropped in PhotoShop.
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NGC 1977, the Running Man Nebula. This nebula is
located in the Constellation Orion. Image captured on 11/25/2006
at Fire Island, NY with a Canon Digital Rebel on a 10" reflector.
Images 29x5 minutes at
ISO 800 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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NGC 7635 / Caldwell 11, The Bubble Nebula captured on
October 21, 2006.
Images 37x5 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 45, The Pleiades Star Cluster. The Pleiades
nebulae are blue-colored, which indicates that they are a reflection
nebulae, reflecting the light of the bright stars situated near them.
Captured on 10/14/2006. Images 23x5min @ ISO 800 at prime focus 78mm
Stelavue, raw conversion, dark
and flat frames, aligned and stacked in Images Plus. Averaged, cropped and
3x3 binned. |
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Caldwell 19, the Cocoon Nebula, Captured on 9/20/06 at
Robert Moses State Park. This is a combination of 20 images for
5 minutes each. Taken with a Digital Rebel on a Schmidt Cassgrain
Telescope.
Images 20x5min @ ISO 800 at prime focus SCT 1600, raw conversion, dark
and flat frames, aligned and stacked in Images Plus. Averaged, cropped and
3x3 binned.
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NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula. Captured on 9/27/06 at
Robert Moses State Park. This is a combination of 25 images at ISO 800 for 5
minutes each. The 120 minutes of exposure was taken with a Digital
Rebel on a 1600mm Schmidt Cassgrain Telescope at Prime Focus. Stacking and processing
with Images Plus. Levels and cropping with Photoshop.
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Messier 20 the Trifid Nebula. Captured May 28th, 2006
at Cherry Springs State Park, PA. One hour exposure time at
6x10minutes at 400 speed on a Canon 300D and Stellavue 76mm refractor. Dark,
flat, stacking , and processing done with Images Plus.
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Messier 8 the Lagoon Nebula. Captured May 28th,
2006 at Cherry Springs State Park, PA. One hour exposure time at
6x10minutes at 400 speed on a Canon 300D and Stellavue 76mm refractor. Dark,
flat ,stacking , and processing done with Images Plus. |
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Two nebulas in the constellation Sagittarius. M8
and M20 wide field mosaic of the previous two images. Photostitch used for
the mosaic. |
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The Witch Head Nebula - IC2118, captured on
12/27/2005. This is a fairly dim reflection nebula located off
the bright star Rigel (off the picture in the upper right) in the
Constellation Orion. I used a Stellavue 78mm refractor at prime focus.
Five pictures at ISO 800 were stacked and processed in Images Plus.
Dark and Flat fields were also used. Some slight color enhancement as
well to bring out the blue nebula. |
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This is NGC 6960. Its called the Veil Nebula.
This is the western region of the
Veil Nebula complex.
DIgital Rebel at Prime Focus on an 80 mm
refractor. 22 images at iso800 for 3 minutes. Taken on 10/4/05
at RMSP. Images Plus used for dark subtraction, alignment,
stacking and cropping. |
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The Horsehead Nebula located in the constellation Orion the
hunter. The horsehead is a dark nebula located in front of a red/pink
emission nebula IC434. Image taken on November 14, 2004. This is
a composite of 20 images taken at ISO 1600 for 2 minutes. DSLR Focus
and Images Plus used for focusing, image stacking and processing.
The bright red area to the right is due to extreme processing to bring out
this dim nebula. |
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Messier 42 on 11/3/04. The Great Orion Nebula. This is a
composite of 25 pictures. Each picture was 2 minutes at ISO 1600, for
a total image time of 50 minutes manually guided. Taken at RMSP.
Dark subtraction, stacked and processed in Images Plus. Image taken on
a 25.4 cm SCT. |
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Messier 42 on 10/31/01. This is a composite of 6
images. Each image was 30 seconds at ISO3200. Stacked and
processed in Images Plus. Image taken on an Orion 80/ED refractor. |
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Messier 17 the Omega Nebula.
Image taken on August 16th,
2004. Image is a composite of 8 individual 2 minute unguided frames for a total of
16
minutes integration time. Photo taken with a Canon 300D DSLR, ISO
3200, at Robert
Moses State Park. Image stacked and processed with Images
Plus. |
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Messier 16 the Eagle Nebula.
Image taken on July 9th,
2004. Image is composite of 10 individual 3 minute frames for a total of 30
minutes integration time. Photo taken with a Canon 300D DSLR at Robert
Moses State Park. Image stacked, processed, and cropped with Images
Plus. |
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Messier 27 the Dumbell Nebula. -
Image taken on July 6, 2004. Image is a composite of
10 shots, each 2 minutes in length at ISO 800 with a Canon 300D DSLR.
Image focused with DSLR focus, processed with Images Plus, dark
frame subtracted, and cropped. |
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Messier 20 the Trifid Nebula.
Taken at 1:00 am
EST June 12, 2004. Image is a composite of 8 x 3 minute shots taken
prime focus at ISO 800 with a Canon 300D DSLR. No Dark frame used. Image
focused with DSLR Focus and processed with Images Plus. |
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Messier 1 - The Crab Nebula in Taurus. This picture
was taken at 4 am on 9/12/2004 at RMSP. This is a composite of 6
images taken at 1600 ISO for 3 minutes. Images stacked and processed
in Images Plus. |
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Messier 57 the Ring Nebula.
Image taken on July 6,
2004. Image is a composite of 4 shots, Each 2 minutes at ISO 400 with
a Canon 300D DSLR. Image focused with DSLR focus, processed with
Images Plus, dark frame subtracted, and cropped
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Messier 8 the Lagoon Nebula.
Taken at 12:30 am, June
12, 2004. Image is a composite of 2 x 2 minute frames taken prime
focus with a Canon 300D DSLR. No Dark frame used.
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Orion Nebula - M42 & M43 The Great Orion Nebula is the
brightest Nebula in the Northern Hemisphere. . It is located in the constellation Orion,
just below the 3 beautiful stars in the Belt. It's located in the location
of Orions Sword.
Object Info: Fall 2003, Messier 42 - Orion Nebula; Exposure time -
40 minutes prime focus and 35 mm Canon AE1; manually guided; Film - Kodak Gold
200; 1600mm SCT @ f/6.3
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Orion Nebula Complex The previous two images are located
next to each other in Orion.
Date: 11/12/01 at 1:10am, Focal Length: 1600mm, f/stop:
6.3, Exposure Time: 30 minutes, Film: Fuji Super HQ 1600, Telescope Setup:
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