September 24, 2019

Flame Nebula (Winter 2019)


This is data from Australia taken with a 17" Planewave CDK and SBIG 11000 monochrome camera.  The total data is relatively short, about an hour on each color and 3 hours of H-alpha.  After mixing the starless H-alpha and red, I combined as HaR-G-B.  The image is shrunk enough to fit on my laptop in its complete form. Of course, the blue glow to the right is from the star Alnitak, the most eastern of Orion's three belt stars.

September 17, 2019

SH2-132 (Sept. 2019)


Honestly, I did not know this existed till I went looking for a target.  I noticed  some nebulosity on some pictures here: https://www.mdwskysurvey.org/.  I found the spot in SkySafari, determined there was something bright enough to catch in a night, and aimed the camera there.  There is quite a lot to see!  This is 11x1800" in H-alpha with the SXVF-H9 through the Synta-ONTC 203mm f/4.95 Newtonian.

IC 63 (Sept. 2019)


This is 11x1800" in H-alpha with the SXVF-H9 and the Synta-ONTC 203mm f/4.95.

September 9, 2019

The Elephant Trunk (Sept. 2019)


This is 13x1800" through an Astronomik h-alpha filter and Synta-ONTC Newtonian imaging scope, with Baader Mk II MPCC, taken with the SXVF-H9.