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.

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).

IC410 The Tadpole Nebula/IC405 The Flaming Star Nebula

©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, 3 x 1200 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight

Notes: The Tadpole Nebula is on the left and the Flaming Star Nebula is on the right. IC417 Emission Nebula is at the top left.

NGC7000 - The American Nebula / IC5070 The Pelican Nebula

Halpha Image


False Color Image
©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/20/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 140mm Telephoto Lens at F/3.8 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, Ha Filter, 3 x 1200 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight

Notes: The American Nebula is on the left and the Pelican Nebula is on the right.

Orion Widefield

©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/21/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 58mm Lens at F/4 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, Ha Filter, 3 x 1200 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, Pixinsight.

Notes: This image includes the Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula on the right and part of Barnards Loop (a supernova remnant) on the left. At the bottom right is a small part of M42, the Orion Nebula.

M31 Andromeda Galaxy

©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/17/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 140mm Telephoto Lens at F/3.8 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, IR Filter, 25 x 360 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 2x2, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, Neat Image.

Notes: Mag 3.4, Size 189' x 61', Focus & Reference Star: Mirach

IC1805 The Heart Nebula

©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/15/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 140mm Telephoto Lens at F/3.8 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, HA Filter, 10 x 360 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 2x2, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Neat Image.

Notes: Mag 6.5, Size 60', Focus Star: Cas SAO11482 Reference Star: Segin SAO12031

NGC7479 Galaxy

©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/3/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 7 x 360 secs autoguided, 6 x 900 secs manually guided, darks & flats applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Neat Image. Notes: Mag 10.9, Size 4' x 3.1', Focus Star & Reference Star: Markab

IC1805 Heart Nebula

©2006 Richard Murray


NASA Image

The top image shows the portion of the nebula I imaged and the image at bottom shows the full Heart Nebula with a box indicating the approximate area that was imaged.

Techno Stuff: 9/3/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 26 x 360 secs autoguided, no darks, Binning 1x1, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Neat Image. Notes: Mag 6.5, Size 60', Focus Star: CAS SAO 11482, Reference Star: Segin SAO 12031

IC434 Horsehead Nebula

©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/4/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 1 x 60,120,180,240,300,360 secs autoguided, Darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Neat Image. Notes: Mag 11, Size 90' x 30' Focus and Reference Star: Alnitak SAO 132444

IC410 The Tadpole Nebula

SPECIAL EFFECTS


©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 8/31/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 1 x 600 secs manually guided, No Darks or Flats applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight. Notes: Mag 7.5, Size 11' Focus Star: Capella Reference Star: Iota SAO 57522

IC5146 Cocoon Nebula LLRGB

©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 8/20/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 2 x 360 secs autoguided and 4 x 360 manually guided, Darks and Flats applied, Binning 2x2, R,G each 3 x 180secs B 4 x 180secs (for 10 total) Binning 2x2 all RGBs manually guided, Darks applied, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight.

NGC7293 Helix Nebula

In Halpha


In False Color
©2006 Richard Murray


Techno Stuff: 8/22/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 8 x 360 secs autoguided and 2 x 360 manually guided, Darks and Flats applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight.

IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula

©2006 Richard Murray


Techno Stuff: 8/16/06 LX90 8" SCT, ATK-16hr, Taurus Mini Tracker, HA Filter, Taurus .50 focal reducer for about F5, 6 x 300 secs manually guided, Darks and Flats applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in ImageViewca, Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Neatimage.