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 #.
Messier M42 - NGC1976 Orion Nebula and NGC1977 Running Man Nebula - 26/08/2020 (Processed stack)
Imaged at Kirkalocka Station, near Mt Magnet, WA.
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.3 Stacked 11 Images each of ISO 1600 @ 5.5 Sec and 150 Sec, 26 DARK @ 120 Sec, 19 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 and AstroFlat
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with PowerNewt(ASA) f/2.84 Reducer/Coma Corrector, No filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 90' x 134' , Ambient 11C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6.3 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.1.18 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Open PHD Guiding PHD2 auto guiding software.
Galactic NebulaMessierM42 Orion NebulaNGCNGC1976 M42 Orion NebulaNGC1977 Running Man Nebula
Kimbomac
on September 1, 2020The softness in this one is always arresting