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.

ngc7000

The North America Nebula or Water Buffalo is an emission nebula in Cygnus. The Cygnus Wall is a term for the "Central America" part and exhibits the most concentrated star forming region.Taken 27.8.15 the camera was a Canon 600 DSLR with a clip-on Ha filter on a Takahashi FSQ 106 refractor, 12x600s exposure at iso800 captured in Nebulosity, stacked in AstroArt and processed in Photoshop.

The Eastern Veil

Taken on 16.8.15, 30x300s exposures, iso 800 acquired in Nebulosity, sigma average of  2 added groups in AstroArt and processed in Photoshop. The imaging camera was a modified Canon600 DSLR attached to a Takahashi 106 FSQ. The Eastern Veil is part of a large supernova remnant in Cygnus discovered in 1784 by William Herschel.

M16

The Eagle Nebula, taken from Hatfield on 21.7.15, with a modified Canon 600D DSLR on a Takahashi 106 refractor 13 x 300s at iso800 using Nebulosity, AstroArt cropped and modified in Photoshop. Situated in Serpens it is part of a diffuse emission nebula and contains several active star forming gas and dust regions.