Friday, May 18, 2007

NGC5985 Galaxy Triplet

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Techno Stuff: 4/20/07 ATK-16hr, Megrez 80mm APO at F/6 mounted on LX90 8" SCT, Luminance IR 8x600secs, , RGB 5x300secs, Binning 1x1, Autoguided with Atik-2HS and Guidedog from LX90, Darks Applied, Photoshop CS2, PixInsight, Image Analyzer

Notes: Here's a galaxy triplet in the constellation Draco with a face on spiral (NGC5985), a dwarf elliptical (NGC5982) and an edge on spiral (NGC5981).

Monday, May 14, 2007

NGC7635 Bubble Nebula

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Techno Stuff: 5/12/07 ATK-16hr, Megrez 80mm APO at F/6 mounted on LX90 8" SCT, Ha6nm 2x1200secs, Binning 1x1, Autoguided with Atik-2HS and Guidedog from LX90, No Darks, Photoshop CS2, PixInsight, Image Analyzer, Silkypix

Notes: It's a little early in the season for this one in the Northern hemisphere but I was at the end of an imaging sessions and saw that the Bubble Nebula was up so I went for it. :>))