IC 405

These images of the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga  were taken on 21.12.15 using an SX Trius 694 camera with a Baader 7nm Ha filter on a Takahashi FSQ 106 refractor.10x600s exposures were captured in Nebulosity, stacked and pre-processed in AstroArt then finished off in Photoshop for the monochrome version. Using7x600s exposures with an 0111 filter and 6x600s with a S11 filter some colour was added, again in Photoshop.

IC 434

This version of the Horsehead Nebula was taken with a SX Trius 694 camera on a Takahashi106 refractor using an Baader 7nm Ha filter. 10x600s exposures on 18.12.15.were captured in Nebulosity, stacked in AstroArt and processed in Photoshop.

M42 Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.

Photograph by Max Freier
Rossington 20th December 2015
30 x 300 sec, 15 x 30 sec and 15 x 10 sec all at ISO 800
100 mm APO telescope and Canon 600D Astromodified Camera
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Pix in Sight

IC 443

The Jellyfish Nebula is supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini. The bright star is Eta Geminorum. This is a narrowband image taken with a Starlight Xpress Trius 694 camera on a Takahashi 106 FSQ telescope. Exposures were with a Ha filter 12x600s allocated to the red channel, O111 and S11 filters 6x 600s each, allocated to the green and blue channels in Photoshop. Images were acquired in Nebulosity, stacked and aligned in AstroArt and further processed in Photoshop.

The Horsehead Nebula - Barnard 33

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 ) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion.
The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which bears some resemblance to a horse's head when viewed from Earth.





^{Photograph by Max Freier}
Rossington 3rd December 2015
^{34 x 150 sec at ISO 1600, no Darks.
100mm APO telescope, with 0.85 reducer/flattener and Canon 600D astromodified Camera.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Pix in Sight}

IC 410

The Tadpole Nebula is a dusty emission nebula shaped by stellar winds in the constellation Auriga, the "tails" being relatively dense streamers of material trailing away from the nebula's central regions.
Exposures were 12x600s Ha luminosity, 12x300R,6x300G, 6x300B using a Starlight Xpress Trius 694 camera. Images were acquired in Nebulosity, stacked in AstroArt and modified in Photoshop.

NGC2244

NGC 2244 is an open cluster closely associated with the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros, the stars of the cluster having been formed by the nebula's matter. This image was taken with a Starlight Xpress Trius 694 monochrome camera on a Takahashi FSQ 106 refractor.12x600s exposures in Ha as luminosity, 6x300s each for RGB were captured in Nebulosity, stacked in AstroArt with flats(no darks) and processed in Photoshop.

The Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635

NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is a H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, the 15 ± 5 M_☉ SAO 20575 (BD+60 2522).The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel. The star SAO 20575 or BD+602522 is thought to have a mass of 10-40 Solar masses.


Photograph by Max Freier
Rossington September 2015, from his new Observatory.
20 x 300 sec at ISO 800. 100mm APO telescope, with 0.85 reducer/flattener and Canon 600D astromodified Camera.
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Pix in Sight

Lunar Eclipse

Photograph taken by Bill Hughes who woke up at 2.30 am on the 28th Sep 2015 to a very misty and foggy Bessacarr.
Ever resourceful, Bill jumped in to his car and headed off to clearer skies over Wadworth to grab this amazing image of the Lunar Eclipse.
Details: 3:07am , 1/4 sec. ISO 800. with 72/432 F6 Apo refractor.

Cocoon Nebula

The Cocoon Nebula surrounded by the dark nebula Barnard 168 in Cygnus as photographed from Hatfield on 16.08.15 using a Canon600 dslr on a Takahashi 4" refractor.23x300s exposures iso800 acquired in Nebulosity, processed in AstroArt with flats and darks, were modified in Photoshop.