Tuesday, September 26, 2006

IC434 Horsehead Nebula / NGC2024 Flame Nebula


©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/26/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 140mm Telephoto Lens at F/5.6 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, Ha Filter, 7 x 600 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight

Notes: The large star in the upper right corner is Alnitak (Mag. 2.0) which is part of the belt in the Orion Constellation.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

NGC6888 Crescent Nebula Widefield


©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/21/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 140mm Telephoto Lens at F/3.8 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, Ha Filter, 1 x 633 secs, 1 x 1200 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Neat Image

Notes: The Crescent Nebula is bottom right. The large star in the upper left corner is Sadr (Mag. 2.2).