NGC206

NGC 206 is a bright star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy. Total exposure time was a little over 7 hours.

Optics: Deep Sky Instruments RC10C
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST2K XM
Filters Astrodon L, R, G, & B
Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village

Exposure Details
L = 315 Minutes
RGB = 150 Minutes Bin 2x2

Arcturus

Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes. Look to the west this month at sunset to see this beautiful star - Love those diffraction spikes!

SH2-239

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST2K XM
Filters Astrodon L, R, G, & B
Dates: November 11, 2010
Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village

Exposure Details
L = 240 Minutes
RGB = 150 Minutes

IC4603

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST2K XM
Filters Astrodon L, R, G, & B
Dates: April 12, 2010 through May 9, 2011
Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village

Exposure Details
L = 120 Minutes
RGB = 360 Minutes

Moon 5-6-11

Waxing Cresent Moon from the evening of 5-6-11 at Deerlick Astronomy Village in Sharon, Georgia.

M65, M66 & NGC3628

Galaxies M65 at the upper right, M66 at the lower right and NGC3628 at the lower left are often referred to as the Leo Triplet. The group of galaxies is approximately 35 million light years from our home planet in the constellation Leo.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST2K XM
Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B & Ha
Dates: February 29, 2009 through May 7, 2011
Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village

Exposure Details
Ha = 600 Minutes
L = 240 Minutes
RGB = 180 Minutes

NGC 2264, SH2-273

Located about 2,600 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, this 16+ hour photograph of NGC 2264 is sometimes referred to as the Christmas Tree cluster.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST2K XM
Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B & Ha
Dates: October 6, 2008 through November 10, 2010
Location: Roswell, Georgia and Deerlick Astronomy Village

Exposure Details
Ha = 360 Minutes
L = 285 Minutes
RGB = 370 Minutes