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 - 25/9/2014 (Processed stack)
Imaged at Mt Augustus Outback Tourist Park.
DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4 Stacked 80% of 51 Images ISO 800 (17@ 5 Sec,17 @ 20 Sec, 17 @ 240 Sec), 284 DARK @ 120 Sec (99 @16C, 185 @ 20-21C), 32 BIAS, 16 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2014, and Noise Ninja
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 16-21C. 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.
MessierM42 Orion NebulaNGCNGC1976 M42 Orion NebulaNGC1977 Running Man NebulaGalactic Nebula
Geoff
on October 25, 2014I think it my best for detail on this, but need to spend more time on processing to get the colour balance better.
Kimbomac
on October 25, 2014I always love this one. Like cotton candy.