Thursday, 21 September 2017

Western Veil Nebula

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The Veil Nebula taken over 10 hrs and 3 nights. Its 1470 Light years away in Cygnus its a supernova super hot remnant glowing with doubly...
Thursday, 3 August 2017

Wizard nebula (Ha Nebula and Rgb Stars)

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The Wizard Nebula NGC 7380 is a star forming area 100 light years across in the constellation of Cepheus. Its 7,200 Light Years away and...
Monday, 19 June 2017

Crescent Nebula Ha+RGB

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And here it is. Blown away by the details in the hydrogen clouds. Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop CC by combining the red cha...
Friday, 16 June 2017

The Crescent Nebula NGC6888

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This amazing Nebula is about 4700 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus. The bright star inside the nebula is a massive Wolf-Ray...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017

America and Pelican Nebulae (Barn Door Test)

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After hundreds of hours of building and testing my Barn Door Mount, I am finally happy with the tracking accuracy. This image was shot wit...
Monday, 5 June 2017

How I made my DIY Barn Door Tracking Mount

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Thursday, 27 April 2017

The Whale barred spiral galaxy NGC 4631

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The Whale galaxy is about 30 mly away. Its 90,000 ly in diameter and contains about 50 billion stars. Its calf swimming along just above...
Tuesday, 4 April 2017

M13 : Great Cluster in Hercules

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Messier 13 is a Globular Cluster of 300,000 stars in the constellation of Hercules. Its 25,100 light years away, 145 light years in dia...
Saturday, 1 April 2017

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy Widefield

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M101 is a beautiful Face-on Galaxy about 21 million light years away and 170,000 light years across. Its also home to 1 trillion stars and...
Friday, 10 March 2017

My Widefield Imaging Setup and Wiring

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One of my goals this year was to remove the 240 volt AC supply and replace it with a single 12 volt DC supply. Its obviously safer with al...