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

M16

ATWB Picture of the Day May 10, 2008

http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16636

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)

IC2177

ATWB Photo of the Day 4/20/08.

http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16441

IC2177 in Narrowband Color

IC2177 “Seagull Nebula” part one in Narrowband Color.

Technical Details

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.

Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.

Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.

Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.

Dates: February 18, 2008 through March 8, 2008

Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village, Sharon, Georgia and Roswell, Georgia.

Exposure Details:

S2 = 555 minutes (mapped to red)

Ha = 390 minutes (mapped to green)

O3 = 345 minutes (mapped to blue)

IC 2177

Two frame Mosaic of IC2177 “Seagull Nebula”

Technical Details
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.
Filter: Astrodon 5nm Ha.
Dates: February 18, 2008 through March 8, 2008
Locations: Deerlick Astronomy Village, Sharon, Georgia and Roswell, Georgia.
Exposure Details: Ha = 11.75 hours (15-minute individual exposures).

Lunar Eclipse

February 2008 Eclipse.

Technical Details:

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.
Filters: Astrodon RGB Filters.
Date: February 20, 2008.
Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village, Sharon, Georgia.
Exposure Details: 3s total exposure (1s through each filter)

M42

M42 in narrowband color - 255 min. total exposure.