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 M78 - NGC2068 - Reflection Nebula in Orion - 28/12/2021 (Processed Stack)
Further Astroberry testing from suburban Leeming. FLAT from prior session likely not oriented correctly.
Diffraction rings on the right from star Alnitak 2 degrees out of field.
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked 78% (43) of 55 Images Gain 100 @ 30 Sec, 35 DARK Gain 100 @ 60 Sec, 35 BIAS Gain 100 @ 1/1000 Sec, 19 FLATS GAIN 100 @ 1/1429 Sec, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector (at 55mm backfocus) for F=800mm f/4.0, IDAS LPS-P2 filter, QHY 268C CMOS camera field 68' x 101' , Ambient ~26C, Camera 0C.
Astroberry on RP-4B with Kstars/Ekos for EQMOD mount control, auto-focusing, plate solving and image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Ekos auto guiding software.
Galactic NebulaMessierM78 Reflection Nebula in OrionNGCNGC2068 M78 Reflection Nebula in Orion
