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 #.
IC1274-5 Gum75 & NGC6429 Nebula with IC4685 Dark Nebula in Sagittarius (near M8 Lagoon Nebula) - 24-26/9/2014 (3 x Processed cropped stacks)
1 Triptych of 3 images captured 24, 25 and 26/9/2014 at Mount Augustus. Created for Worth 1000 contest 'Triptych 2015' and with the aim of showing successive detail in this rich field for gaseous nebula, dark nebula and stars.
TOP LEFT 26/9/2014: DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 100% of 3 Images ISO 800 @ 280 Sec, 146 DARK @ 120 Sec, 32 BIAS, 16 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
BOT LEFT 25/9/2014: DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 100% of 10 Images ISO 800 @ 300 Sec, 370 DARK @ 120 Sec, 32 BIAS, 16 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
RIGHT 24/9/2014: DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 80% of 10 Images ISO 800 @ 300 Sec, 99 DARK @ 120 Sec, 32 BIAS, 16 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
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 16-23C over 3 nights. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
ICIC12745 Gum75 Nebula in SagittariusGumGum75 IC12745 Nebula in SagittariusIC4685 Dark Nebula in SagittariusNGCNGC6559 Nebula in SagittariusGalactic NebulaDark NebulaMessierM8 Lagoon NebulaWorth1000Triptych 2015
