The California nebula, NGC1499 in Perseus. December 11th and 18th 2006
Luminance 15 x 15 minutes H-alpha. RGB each 3 x 15 minute Ha, S2, O3. Art 285 and 135 mm camera lens at f5.6.
This image was published in the March 2007 issue of Astronomy Now
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The California nebula, NGC1499 in Perseus. December 11th and 18th 2006 Luminance 15 x 15 minutes H-alpha. RGB each 3 x 15 minute Ha, S2, O3. Art 285 and 135 mm camera lens at f5.6. This image was published in the March 2007 issue of Astronomy Now |
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21/22 November 2006. Emission front IC5067, in the Pelican nebula in Cygnus, showing the Herbig-Haro jets at the tip of the 'trunk'. Art285, Mirage8 at f6.3, Lum 10 x 10 min Ha, RGB each 5 x 4 min binned 2x2 Ha, O3, S2. This image was featured as Image of the Month in the January 2007 issue of Practical Astronomer |
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NGC752 open cluster in Andromeda. 23rd October 2006. Artemis 285 at 460 mm focal length on TMB 105. Luminance 6 x 3 minutes, RGB each 3 x 1 minute binned 2x2. There's a handful of tiny distant galaxies lurking in there - see if you can spot them! |
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Messier 74, spiral galaxy in Pisces. 23rd. September 2006. Artemis 285 and Mirage 8 at f6.3 Luminance 22 x 5 minutes, RGB each 3 x 3 minute binned 2x2 This image is the Astronomy Now M74 Messier Challenge winner, and was featured in the November 2006 issue . It appeared again in the May 2010 issue. |
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NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula in Cepheus. 14th and 15th. July 2006. Artemis and Mirage at f6.3. The cluster just to the right of centre is Collinder 427. Luminance 10 x 4 minutes, RGB each 4 x 4 minutes. |
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Solar prominence, 23rd. April 2006. Artemis 285 camera and Solarview 50 Hydrogen alpha solar telescope with 2x Barlow. |
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Messier 51 spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. 4th and 6th April 2006 Art285, Mirage at f 6.3, Luminance 9 frames x 5 minutes, RGB each 3 frames x 3 minutes binned 2x2, plus Hydrogen Alpha 6 x 5 minutes binned 2x2 |
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March 29th 2006 saw a Total Solar Eclipse, with the path crossing through Turkey. I was fortunate in being able to travel to Side on the Turkish coast, and experienced a good eclipse, only slightly marred by some high thin cloud at totality. This image appeared in the July 2006 Sky at Night Magazine cover disc 'Hotshots' section. |
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Messier 82, disturbed galaxy in Ursa Major. January 29th 2006. Artemis with Mirage at f6.3. Luminance 12 x 4 minute, RGB each 3 x 2 min binned 2x2 plus extra red from 12 x 4 minute H-alpha |
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Messier 45 - the Pleiades in Taurus. 21st. January 2006. Canon 350D , TMB 105 refractor |
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Messier 42 - the Orion nebula. January 14th 2006. Artemis 285, TMB105 refractor. Luminance from Ha, colours using Ha, O3, S2. Ha 4 min and 2 min. frames (to get the core), O3 and S2 3 min. frames. |
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