Taken at a dark sky site near Wagin, Western Australia. The western part of a widely spread and difuse supernova remnant about 1470 LY away in the constellation Cygnus. Single test shot to locate the object and I was surprised to pick it up in the 80mm APO. Processing has pushed this image beyond bearable limits to do so. It looks like this will be worth a stack attempt in dark skies. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 100% of 1 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS, 31 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, no filters, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 8C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
NGC2261 Hubble's Variable Nebula - 19/5/2012 (Processed and cropped stack) Taken at a dark sky site near Wagin, Western Australia. A cropped image showing the small (2 arcmin) Hubble's Variable Nebula which surrounds a star about 2500LY away. The nebula varies in brightness by a mechanism not currently fully understood. Also see uncropped image this date for its relation to the Christmas Tree cluster and nebula. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 6 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS, 31 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener,No filters, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 14C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
NGC2264 Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula - 19/5/2012 (Processed and cropped stack) Taken at a dark sky site near Wagin, Western Australia. A cropped image of my poor, but best, image of the Christmas Tree cluster and related nebulosity in which the Cone Nebula is NOT visible. Also see uncropped image this date for its relation to Hubble's Variable Nebula. The Christmas Tree cluster and associated nebula are ~2600 LY away in the constellation Monoceros and cover ~20 arcmins (2/3 Moon). DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 6 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS, 31 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener,No filters, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 14C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
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