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. 

05/02/2024: M3, M51, M53, M101, M106, M13

 

M3

M51

M53

M101

M106

M13

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: M3(30x30s), M51(60x60s), M53(30x30s), M101(60x60s), M106(30x60s), M13(60x30s)

Note: publication date is actually imaging date.

05/01/2024: M3, M51, M63, M94, NGC4631

M3

M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)

M63

M94

NGC4631 (Whale Galaxy)

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 FR Corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro.  M3:30x30s subframes, Galaxies: 30x60s subframes. Post processing: Stretching and gradient removal via GraXpert app. Adjustments with Paintshop Pro.

Note: publication date is actually imaging date.

4/29/2024: M3, M49, M51, M85, M13

Celestron 8/AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 reducer / corrector, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, Orion Mini Autoguider. 

M3 (globular cluster)

M49 (elliptical galaxy)

    

M51(The Whirlpool Galaxy)

M13 (globular cluster)

M85 (Elliptical galaxy)

All images averaged from subframes, corrected for gradients with GraXpert then processed with Paintshop Pro.  M3, M13  averaged from 60x15s subframes. Galaxies averaged from 30 to 60 30s subframes. 

4/7/2024: M67, M85, M86, NGC2903, M3

 Celestron 8 AVX mount, Starizona Night Owl F/4.0 Focal reducer corrector, ZWO ASI294 MC Pro. Unfortunately imaging settings were not saved.

M67 Open Cluster

M85 (center) Galaxy

M86 (center)

NGC2903

M3 Globular Cluster

IC405, IC410, IC447, NGC2174, NGC2264, M3

IC405

    

IC410

IC447

NGC2174

NGC2264

M3

Recent Winter Images (12/22/2023 through 2/9/2024)

Below are some of the better DSO images acquired between the title dates. The usual setup Celestron 8, Starizona Night Owl(F/4) focal reducer corrector, ASI294 MC Pro guided by Celestron AVX and Orion Magnificent Mini Auto-guider.  

Messier 46 (Open Cluster),
NGC2438 (Planetary Nebula)

NGC2301 (Open Cluster)

NGC2353 (Open Cluster)

Messier 34 (Open Cluster)

Messier 103 (Open Cluster)

NGC129 (Open Cluster)

NGC281 (Pacman Nebula)

NGC1528 (Open Cluster)

NGC1545 (Open Cluster)

IC410 (Star Forming Region)

Barnard 33 (Horsehead Nebula), NGC2023 (Reflection Nebula)
NGC2024(Flame Nebula), Star Alnitak

NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula)