Coates Astrophotography

August 21st partial eclipse

August 21st partial eclipse from Livermore Falls, Maine. Canon T2i 1/400 sec f/7.1 at 270mm.

Sunrise through trees

Sun rising from Livermore Falls Maine.

Image taken with an iPhone 6, Pro HDR and Snapseed.

June 30, 2016

Town of Livermore Falls, Maine

Town of Livermore Falls, Maine.

Canon T2i and ProOptic 8mm fish eye lens f/3.5.

Bracketed exposures of 10 seconds, 5 seconds and 15 seconds.

Processed in PhotoShop CS5 HDR Pro

Backyard Moonscape

Imaged from my backyard using Canon T2i and ProOptic 8mm fish eye lens f/3.5.

Livermore Falls, Maine

Moon setting over Livermore Falls, Maine

Photo taken with Canon EOS REBEL T2i, f/7.1 @119 mm, 1/20, ISO 200

M101, the Pinwheel galaxy, is a face on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major measured at a distance of 21 million light years. The bright structure to the right of M101 is the peculiar galaxy NCG 5474. Peculiar galaxies are dwarf galaxies that form as a result of galaxies interacting. The gravitational pull from nearby galaxies causes the peculiar galaxy to be of unusual shape size or composition.

This was imaged from dark skies of Chiefland, Florida and light polluted skies of Ocala, Florida.

Luminance: combination of 8 minute, 15 minute and 30 minute subs totaling 11 hours and 8 minutes.

Red 6min x3 and 8min x3

Green 6min x3 and 8min x3

Blue 6min x3 and 8min x3

Imaging telescope: Orion 80mm EON

Imaging camera: QSI 683 wsg-8

Losmandy G11 with Gemini 2 German equatorial mount.

M81/M82 Bode's galaxy and Cigar galaxy

Constellation: Ursa Major

~11.8 million light years distant

The galaxy center is active with high rate of star formation caused by the gravitational effect from nearby spiral galaxy, M81.

Ocala, FL and Chiefland, Florida

RGB 6 min subs for a total of 1 hour each channel

Luminance (with IDAS LP filter) combination of 4 min, 6 min and 10 min subs totaling 6 hours and 16 min

Ha 15 min subs for a total of 1 hour

Additional 30, 15 and 6 minute subs in Luminance added from Chiefland, Florida totaling 4 hours

Photoshop CS5 CS5

Imaging telescope: Orion 80mm EON

Imaging camera: QSI 683 wsg-8

Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II