Monday, April 1, 2019

Saturday Night 30th to Sunday Morning 31st March 2019 Timelapse Sequence at Font Hill












Timelapse images taken with Canon 1100D Camera. Over 500 30 second raw frames enhanced then converted to JPEGS  in Canon Digital Photo Professional software and then combined into an AVI file using Virtual Dub software.

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Friday NIght 29th to Saturday Morning 30th March 2019 Timelapse Sequence at Font Hill


Timelapse images taken with Canon 1100D Camera. Over 500 30 second raw frames enhanced then converted to JPEGS  in Canon Digital Photo Professional software and then combined into an AVI file using Virtual Dub software.

Leo Galaxy Triplets at Font Hill Sunday 31st March 2019

7 x 300 second exposures (35 minutes total) captured in Astrophotography Tool stacked and processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity software.  Taken with Modified Canon 450D Camera and Vixen ED80 Telescope, mount and tracking on a Skywatcher HEQ5 using CDC(Carte du Ciel) and EQMOD software , Guiding with modified(tube shortened) 50mm Findescope and ZWO 120 ASI Monochrome Camera using PHD2 software.

Friday, March 15, 2019

Wide Field Running Chicken Nebula IC2944

6000 Light Years Distant



Image capture with APT(Astrophotography Tool) software of mosaic of 2 separate images, each separately 6x5 minute (30 minutes) exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, merged in Photoshop, resulting combined image slightly enhanced in Nebulosity and then enhanced slightly again back in Photoshop.  Camera and Telescope is Canon 30D(Modified) and Skywatcher ED80 on EQ6 Mount, autoguiding with DSI C Camera and Orion Short Refractor with PHD(Push Here Dummy) Software, Telescope control with CDC(Cart du Ciel) Eqmod inteface with Ascom drivers

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Wide Field Eta Carina NGC 3376

Eta Carinae Nebulae 6000 Light Years Distant


Image capture with APT(Astrophotography Tool) software of mosaic of 4 separate images, each separately 6x3 minute (18 minutes) exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, merged in Photoshop, resulting combined image slightly enhanced in Nebulosity and then enhanced slightly again back in Photoshop.  Camera and Telescope is Canon 30D(Modified) and Skywatcher ED80 on EQ6 Mount, autoguiding with DSI C Camera and Orion Short Refractor with PHD(Push Here Dummy) Software, Telescope control with CDC(Cart du Ciel) Eqmod inteface with Ascom drivers.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Open Star Cluster Ngc3532 "The Pin Cushion Cluster"



1320 Light Years Distant


6 x 60sec (6 min) exposure, Modified Canon 550D, 6 Inch Matsukov and EQ6 Mount, Autoguiding with 50mm Prostar Guide Scope and DSI C, Software for telescope control, capture and processing, APT, PHD, CDC, Nebulosity.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Eta Carina and The Cone Nebula

 6x5Minute (30 Minutes) exposure SWED80 Telescope Modified Canon 30D DSLR Camera at 800iso, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 80mm Orion Short Refractor and G3 Colour Camera.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

 6x5Minute (30 Minutes) exposure SWED80 Telescope Modified Canon 30D DSLR Camera at 800iso, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 80mm Orion Short Refractor and G3 Colour Camera.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Monday 24th February Jewel Box, Centaurus A, Eta Carina, M42 and the Running Chicken


6x2 Minute Exposure at 800 ISO SW 6 Inch Matsukov Telescope Modified Canon 550D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 50mm Prostar Guidescope and Meade DSI C.  Processed in  Nebulosity.
6x10 Minute Exposure at 800 ISO SW 6 Inch Matsukov Telescope Modified Canon 550D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 50mm Prostar Guidescope and Meade DSI C.  Processed in  Nebulosity.
  6x5 Minute Exposure at 800 ISO SW 6 Inch Matsukov Telescope Modified Canon 550D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 50mm Prostar Guidescope and Meade DSI C.  Processed in  Nebulosity.
6x2 (12 Minute) exposure SWED80 Telescope Modified Canon 30D DSLR Camera at 800iso, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 80mm Orion Short Refractor and G3 Colour Camera.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

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 6x10 (1 Hour) exposure SWED80 Telescope Modified Canon 30D DSLR Camera at 800iso, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 80mm Orion Short Refractor and G3 Colour Camera.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.


Thursday, February 21, 2019

Centaurus A and Omega Centauri

 6x5 Minute Exposure at 3200iso at Full Moon SW 6 Inch Matsukov Telescope Modified Canon 550D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 50mm Prostar Guidescope and Meade DSI C.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.
 6x2 Minute Exposure at 800 iso at Full Moon SW 6 Inch Matsukov Telescope Modified Canon 550D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 50mm Prostar Guidescope and Meade DSI C.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Faint Globular Cluster M79 in Lepus (The Rabbit) 42000 Light Years Distant




M79 Globular Cluster 6x2 Minute(12 Minute) Exposure SW 6 Inch Matsukov Telescope Modified Canon 550D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 50mm Prostar Guidescope and Meade DSI C.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Nebulae Eta Carinae, Seagull and the Rosette

Eta Carinae Nebula (NGC 3372) 10000 light years distant in the Constellation of Carina (The Keel) 
Eta Carinae (The Keyhole) 6x5 Minute(30 Min) Exposure SW 6 Inch Matsukov Telescope Modified Canon 550D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 50mm Prostar Guidescope and Meade DSI C.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

 Wide Field Eta Carinae (The Keyhole) 6x2 (12 Minute) exposure SWED80 Telescope Modified Canon 30D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 80mm Orion Short Refractor and G3 Colour Camera.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.


Seagull Nebula (IC2177) 6000 light years distant in the Constellation of Monoceros(The Unicorn)
Seagull Nebula IC2177 6x5 Minute Exposure (30) minutes SWED80 Telescope Modified Canon 30D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 80mm Orion Short Refractor and G3 Colour Camera.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

Rosette Nebula (NGC's 2239 2246 2237 2238) 5500 light years distant in the Constellation of Monoceros (The Unicorn)
Rosette Nebula  NGC's 2239 2246 2237 2238 6x5 (30) Minute Exposures SWED80 Telescope Modified Canon 30D DSLR Camera, EQ6 Mount Autoguided with 80mm Orion Short Refractor and G3 Colour Camera.  Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity.

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Horsehead, M42 Orion and NGC2467( Canon 30D SWED80 6 X 120 Seconds DSS and Nebulosity)




Eta Carinae, Great Orion and Running Man Nebulae Canon 550D and 150mm SW Matsukov

 Eta Carinae 6 X 2Min exposures Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity
 M42 Great Orion Nebula 6 X 2Min exposures Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity
Running Man Nebula 6 X 5 Min exposures  stacked and processed in Nebulosity

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