NGC246, NGC720 and NGC2023 area from Terrace

It's a real challenge to image from my third floor walk-up terrace with all the surrounding trees and light pollution which is why I rarely try and only during the winter (meteorological) when I make fewer trips to the town of Harvard. My main goal was to image NGC246 which at ~10.1 mag I saw as nice challenge. NGC720 and the NGC2023 area were just bonus targets. Imaging: 240 x 30s with Celestron 8, Starizona Night Owl, ASI294MC Pro, Orion Mini Auto-guider.  Post processing: Autostakkert 4, GraXpert and Paintshop Pro. Ninety seconds before completing the 240 sub-frame sequence for the NGC2023 area the Westinghouse iGen160 ran out of juice and shut down; a first. It was powering the scope, the laptop and the ASI294 cooling for 5 hours in temps between 29 and 26F.

NGC246

NGC720

NGC2023(center), NGC2024(flame nebula),
B33(Horsehead Nebula

NGC281, NGC7635

NGC281

NGC7635

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: 240x30s for both images. Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

11/01/2024: NGC7380, Sh2-155

 

NGC7380

Sharpless 155

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: 240x30s for both images . Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

10/24/2024: NGC7380, NGC7635

NGC7380

NGC7635

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Gain was set to 200, it's usually set to 120, as an experiment Exposures: NGC7380 (240x15s), NGC7635 (240x15s). Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

10/22/2024: NGC129, NGC225, NGC281, NGC7023, NGC7380,NGC7789

 

NGC129

NGC225

NGC281

NGC7023

NGC7380

NGC7789

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: NGC129(120x15s), NGC225(120x15s), NGC281(120x15s), NGC7023(120x15s), NGC7023(120x15s), NGC7789(120x15s) 

Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

10/21/2024: IC5146, M39, M52, NGC6910

IC5146

M39

M52

NGC6910

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: IC5146(120x15s), M39 (120x15s), M52(120x15s), NGC6910 (120x15s). Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

10/5/2024: M27, M76, NGC40, NGC6781

M27(Dumbbell Nebula)

M76(Little Dumbbell Nebula)

NGC40

NGC6781

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: M27 (60x15s), M76 (60x15s), NGC40 (120x2s), NGC6781 (60x15s) . Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with PaintShop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

09/03/2024: Comet 13P Olbers, M27, NGC6820, NGC7380, NGC7538, NGC7635, Sh2-155

Comet 13P Olbers

M27

NGC6820

NGC7380

NGC7538

NGC7635

Sharpless 155

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: Comet 13P Olbers(60x30s), M27(60x15s), NGC6820(30x60s), NGC7380 (30x60s), NGC7538 (30x60s), NGC7635 (60x30s), Sharpless 155 (30x60s). 

Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

08/29/2024: Comet 13P Olbers, NGC281, NGC6888, NGC7380, NGC7635

 

Comet 13P Olbers

NGC281(Pacman Nebula)

NGC6888

NGC7380

NGC7635

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: Comet 13P Olbers (30x30s), NGC281 (30x60s), NGC6888 (60x60s), NGC7380 (30x60s), NGC7635 (30x60s). Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

08/27/2024: IC5146, NGC6960, NGC6992, NGC7023

 

IC5146

NGC6960

NGC6992

NGC7023

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. Exposures: IC5146 (60x30s), NGC6960 (120x30s), NGC6992 (120x30s), NGC7023 (60x30s). Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

    

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

08/07/2024: M8, M13, M16, M17

M8

M13

M16 (Eagle Nebula)

M17 (Omega or Swan Nebula)

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro. Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. Exposures: M8   (30x30s), M13 (30x30s), M16(30x30s), M17(30x30s)

Note: Publication date is imaging date.

06/27/2024 Globular Clusters: M4, M5, M12, M80

M4

 

M5

M12

M80

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro. Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. All images are averages of 15x30s subframes.

Publication date is imaging date.

06/01/2024 Globular Clusters: M5, M10, M12, M13, M53, NGC5897

 

M5

M10

M12

M13

M53

NGC5897

Celestron 8 / AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR  Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro. Imaging: 20x30s or 30x30s subframes. Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro. 

Note: date of publication is actually imaging date.