Messier Objects
I highly recommend a book on Charles Messier and the creation of this catalogue - Atlas of Messier Objects, 2008 by Ronald Stoyan.
Note: This gallery should be automatically sorted by Messier #.
The magnificent region around M8 and M20 - 13/7/2022 (Processed RGB Stack)
Imaged at iTelescope dark sky site (T10 - Siding Springs site)
Telescope - Takahashi TOA 130mm f/5.9 F=762mm, Astrodon Filter Wheel with Astrodon Gen 2 E-Series LRGB, HA3, OIII3, SII3 (all 3 nm) filters, SBIG STX-16803 Anti-Blooming Gate CCD camera 4096x4096 9µ pixels with field 166' x 166', CCD at -20C. Mount - Paramount ME, QHY Miniguidescope with Loadstar SX2
AstroPixelProcessor 2.00 (Beta 2) Stacked 100% (9) of 9 Images (3R, 3G, 3B) @ 180 Sec, Calibrated by iTelescope, Post-processed with APP for sky background and colour gradient and for star colour balance. Further processed in Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Dark NebulaGalactic ClusterGalactic NebulaGumGum72 M8 Lagoon Nebula and ClusterGum74a Nebula in SagittariusGum74b NGC6526 Nebula in SagittariusGum75 IC12745 Nebula in SagittariusGum76 M20 Trifid NebulaICIC12745 Gum75 Nebula in SagittariusIC4685 Dark Nebula in SagittariusM8 Lagoon Nebula and ClusterM20 Trifid NebulaMessierNGCNGC6514 M20 Trifid Nebula NGCNGC6523 NGC6530 M8 Lagoon Nebula and ClusterNGC6526 Gum74b Nebula in SagittariusNGC6559 Nebula in SagittariusOpen Cluster
From 2022 Remote Control
