Monday, May 26, 2008

NGC7000


Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird Photo Gallery
Picture of the Day 6-5-08

NGC7000 Narrowband “The Great Rift”
Technical Details
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.
Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.
Dates: May 12, 2008 through May 26, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia.
Exposure Details:
S2 = 435 minutes (mapped to red)
Ha = 165 minutes (mapped to green)
O3 = 360 minutes (mapped to blue)

SH2-112

Sharpless SH2-112 located in Cygnus.

Technical Details Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.
Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha.
Dates: May 20, 2008 through May 26, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia.
Exposure Details: Ha = 300 minutes

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

M16


ATWB Picture of the Day May 10, 2008
M16 “Eagle Nebula” in Narrowband Color.
A work in progress

Technical Details:

Optics:Takahashi FSQ-106N.
Mount:Astro-Physics AP900GTO.

Camera:SBIG ST2000XM.

Filters:Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.

Dates:April 18, 2008 through May 6, 2008.

Location:Roswell, Georgia.

Exposure Details:
S2 = 300 minutes (mapped to red)
Ha = 285 minutes (mapped to green)
O3 = 240 minutes (mapped to blue)