NGC7635 Bubble Nebula Widefield

©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/24/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 58mm Lens at F/4 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, Ha Filter, 1 x 1200 secs, 1 x 1500 secs, 1 x 1800 secs, autoguided, darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight

Notes: There's a lot going on in this image with 11 objects identified and several unidentified. See labeled image below.


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SH2-240 (Simeis 147) Supernova Remnant

©2006 Richard Murray
My best attempt at processing this faint DSO.


©2006 Richard Murray
Best image from the QCUIAG Group Sh2-240 Processing Challenge.


©2006 Richard Murray
My first processing sttempt.


©2006 Richard Murray
My second processing attempt.

Techno Stuff: 10/1/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 58mm Lens at F/4 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, Ha Filter, 6 x 1200 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 2x2, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, Pixinsight, Neat Image, Image Analyzer .

Notes: This is a very old (100 to 200,000 years) and very faint supernova remnant that is dispersing back into the interstellar medium. At the top left is M37 an open cluster and the object to the bottom left of Sh2-240 is LBN826 a nebula which is 7' x 7' in size. Sh2-240 is approximately 150 light years across.

This supernova is so faint that it is a real challenge to bring out any details. At the beginning of the processing session you are faced with a massive amount of stars and almost no detail showing of the supernova itself. That's why the original image frames were provided to QCUIAG (QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group) to provide a processing challenge for the group as a whole. The result of that challenge is the second image from the top.

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

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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.