M106 reprocess

Here is a reprocess of M106 that I worked on over the weekend. ..

M106 is a Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici ~23.7 million light years from Earth.

Imaged from Ocala, FL using a combination of 6 min and 10 min exposures stacked in DeepSkyStacker for a total of 6 hours 40 min.

1 hours each RGB

3 hours and 40 min Luminance

Photoshop CS5

Imaging telescope: Orion 80mm EON

Orion 50mm guidescope with SSAG

Imaging camera: QSI 683 ws

Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II

Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

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Barnard 33, the Horsehead nebula

Barnard 33 the Horsehead nebula

12/17, 12/18 and 12/22, 2011 and 1/2, 1/3 2012

Emission, reflection and dark nebula ~1,344 light years from Earth located in the Orion constellation.

Ocala, FL

RGB data: combination of 2 minute and 4 minute exposure stacked in DSS for a total of 5 hours and 2 min

PS CS5

RegiStar

Orion 80mm EON

Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG

Canon T1i

Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II

Atronomik 6nm Ha clip filter for Canon EOS

Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

Portions of this image has data from the Astro-Tech 8" Ritchey-Chrétien which was used to add more detail to the Horsehead.

M82 the Cigar galaxy

M82, with supernova SN 2014J, the Cigar galaxy in Ursa Major is 11.8 million light years from Earth.

The galaxy center of M82 is active with high rate of star formation caused by the gravitational effect from nearby spiral galaxy, M81.

This is a composite image taken from two different telescopes and two different cameras. The color is from a Canon T1i that was collected in 2011. The QSI 683wsg-8 was used to collect Luminance and Hydrogen-alpha data.

RGB data: Combination of 120 sec and 180 sec exposures stacked in DSS for a total integration time of 6 hours and 32 min. using Canon T1i.

Luminance data: 360 second exposures totaling 2.2 hours of integration using QSI 683wsg-8.

Hydrogen-alpha data: 20 minute exposures totaling 2 hours and 40 minutes of integration using the QSI CCD camera

Astro-Tech 6" Richey-Chretien (RGB)

Astro-Tech 8" Richey-Chretien (Luminance)

Celestron CG-5 German equatorial mount (2011)

Losmandy G11 with Gemini 2 (2014)

M81 Bode's galaxy

M81, Bode's galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major approximately 11.8 million light years from Earth.

This is a composite of luminance data imaged from the QSI 683 (2014) and RGB data from a Canon T1i (2011).

Imaged from Ocala, FL

RGB data: Combination of 120 sec and 180 sec exposures stacked in DSS for a total integration time of 6 hours and 32 min. using Canon T1i.

Luminance data: 360 second exposures totaling 1.6 hours of integration using QSI 683wsg-8.

Astro-Tech 6" Richey-Chretien (RGB)

Astro-Tech 8" Richey-Chretien (Luminance)

Celestron CG-5 German equatorial mount (2011)

Losmandy G11 with Gemini 2  

the Rosette nebula

Rosette nebula (aka NGC 2237, NGC 2238, NGC 2239, NGC 2244, NGC 2246) is an emission nebula associated with open clusters of stars located in the constellation of Monoceros, 5,200 light years away.

Imaged from Ocala, Florida through Ha, OIII and SII filters and processed using Hubble palette, assigning SII to RED, OIII to BLUE and Ha to GREEN.

20 minute exposures combined to a total of:

3 hours Ha (binned 1x1)

3 hours OIII (binned 1x1)

3 hours SII (binned 1x1)

Processed in Photoshop using Hubble palette

Imaging telescope: Orion 80mm EON (Focal length 480mm)

Imaging camera: QSI 683 wsg-8

Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II german equatorial mount

Barnard 33 the Horsehead nebula

Barnard 33, the Horsehead nebula, is a dark nebula located in IC 434, an emission nebula in Orion located about 1,500 light years from Earth. Dark nebula is an area of dense, thick dust, and from Earth, has the appearance of a horse's head. The pink nebula is IC 434, an emission nebula. The pinkish glow originates from hydrogen gas behind the nebula, which is ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis.

RGB data: 50 minute Red, Green and Blue (binned 2x2)

Ha: 5 hours (binned 1x1) using the 8 inch RCT.

Processedd in Photoshop CS5

Imaging telescope: Astro-Tech 8" Ritchey-Chrétien (FL 1625mm).

Imaging camera: QSI 683 wsg-8

Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II

Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB filters

Astrodon 5nm Ha filter

M74 a Grand Design Galaxy in Pisces

M74 is a Grand Design Spiral, face-on, galaxy in the constellation of Pisces located about 32 million light years from Earth. A grand design galaxy has arms of the galaxy that are well defined and extends clearly around the galaxy.

This was imaged using a combination of cameras and telescopes. I imaged the luminance with the QSI 683 wsg-8 and the color data was imaged with a modified Canon T1i in 2011.

Imaged from Ocala, FL

Six min exposures stacked in DeepSkyStacker for a total of 5 hours 43 min using a modified Canon Ti1 (RGB data).

Six minute exposures totaling 1 hour and 30 min in Luminance using a QSI 683 wsg-8 CCD camera.

Processed in Photoshop CS5

Imaging telescopes: Astro-Tech 6" Ritchey-Chrétien (RGB from 2011) and Astro-Tech 8" Ritchey-Chrétien (Luminance from 2013)

Imaging cameras: Modified Canon T1i (RGB data from 2011) and the QSI 683 wsg-8 (Luminance from 2013)

Losmandy G 11 with Gemini II