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 M33 - NGC598 - Triangulum or Pinwheel Galaxy - 8/9/2012 (Processed cropped stack)
Image taken at Perth Observatory, ~30km East of Perth City centre.
3rd Quarter Moon rising during this sequence - separation approx 50 degrees. Not much depther or detail achieved, nevertheless, a better outcome than from my suburban home location 18/8/2012.
DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 90% of 8 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 71 DARK, 0 BIAS, 32 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5
Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 12C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
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