this was shot binned 2x2 over the past two evenings at the ranch under about 70% moon The Helium II (468nm) is faint but there. five hours exposure binned...

Arp 243, aka NGC 2623 is thought to be the result of a merger of two or maybe three galaxies. Arp however classes it under "Galaxies (not classifiable as S...

Here's an image of the Sword of Orion taken with an 8" f/4.5 newtonian. I stacked 3 exposures; 15, 15, & 25 minutes. Kodak Royal Gold 400. Taken from Mt....

Hi all, www.danilopivato.com Regards, Danilo Pivato

Last post (first image taken) from my time of lots of moon shooting in Cepheus; 8" f5 Newtonian Camera: ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera...

Arp 331 is another galaxy chain. Again they are ellipticals. The galaxies are all part of a larger group which is part of a still larger group. Arp 331...

24x5 minutes AT8RC and QHY8 half scale wide, http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/observatory/ngc253_half.jpg full scale...

Mighty image Martin. 68x10 minutes! Another one I have not imaged. Stefan "Martin C Germano" schrieb im Newsbeitrag...

see if this is better

12x4 minutes AT8RC and QHY8 -- John N. Gretchen III http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

Hi, one 2 minute exposure, at 800 ISO, with my EOS 350D, standard 55mm lense, piggyback on my lx200. regards martijn www.xs4all.nl/~martlian

9x5 minutes AT8RC and QHY8 -- John N. Gretchen III http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

Here's an image of the Sword of Orion taken with an 8" f/4.5 newtonian. I stacked 3 exposures; 15, 15, & 25 minutes. Kodak Royal Gold 400. Taken from Mt....

.. ....last 2yrs my scope has been in hibernation, work & conditions have conspired against me.. anyhow resently i ran accross a deal on an AO-8 i couldnt...

8" f5 Newtonian reflector Camera: ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 Image: Lumicon Red filter, 710 minutes (71 x 10...

Sorry Rick, this reply I sent yesterday was returned: The ST8 does the guiding (uses ST4 interface from when I imaged in the field). Yes, I figure the red...

Hi all, I have the pleasure of presenting a new image framing the northern part of the Great Andromeda Galaxy, M31. The shots are the result of 2 nights split...

4x4 minutes AT8RC and QHY8 half scale color, http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/observatory/ngc404_half.jpg -- John N. Gretchen III http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

NED considers Arp 219 a galaxy pair known as UGC 02812. The main distorted galaxy and the small reddish galaxy within the large large tidal arc. It is...

Sharpless 2-129 is in Cepheus just beside IC 1396. I needed the "big" chip of the QHY 8 plus the Skywatcher ED80 with focal reducer for f/5 to fit it into my...