Several years ago I renewed my interest in astronomy by purchasing a Meade LX90 telescope. I enjoy imaging deep sky objects and maintaining an ongoing journal about them and my processing methods. I hope my enthusiam for my hobby comes through to viewers of this blogsite.
Rick Murray
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).
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