IC1805

Three-Part Mosaic of the “Heart Nebula”.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon S2, Ha & O3
Dates: August 6 through August 30, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
Ha = 900 Minutes Total

NGC281

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon S2, Ha & O3
Dates: August 30 through September 8, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
S2 = 450 Minutes
Ha = 190 Minutes
O3 = 345 Minutes

IC 5070 Pelican Nebula

Two part Mosaic of the Pelican Nebula.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon S2, Ha & O3
Dates: July 14 through August 29, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
Ha = 780 Minutes Total

NGC7380

NGC 7380 is the open cluster entwined in the emission nebula SH2-142. The very dim nebula in the lower left portion of the photo is cataloged as SH2-143.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon S2, Ha & O3
Dates: July 12 through August 10, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
S2 = 480 Minutes
Ha = 420 Minutes
O3 = 555 Minutes

NGC6960

NGC6960 is a small part of the Veil Nebula, also known as the Witch's Broom Nebula, is a large, relatively faint supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon Ha & O3
Dates: August 6 through August 12, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
Ha = 465 Minutes
O3 = 270 Minutes
The Ha channel was assigned to red with the O3 used for both the blue and green.

M27

Revision#3 - Added a Shadow/Hightlight adjustment layer in PS to tone down the center and add more contrast.

The above photo was revised for color balance - hopefully to add a a greater blue teal contrast.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon Ha & O3
Dates: July 15 through July 28, 2008
Location: Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
Ha = 330 Minutes
O3 = 195 Minutes

The Ha channel was assigned to red with the O3 used for both the blue and green.

IC405 Flaming Star Nebula

Revised for color balance - Thanks for the great help John!

Technical Details

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.

Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.

Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.

Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.

Dates: February 2008.

Location: Roswell, Georgia.

Exposure Details:

Ha = 6.5 hours (15-minute individual exposures).

S2 = 4.5 hours (15-minute individual exposures).

O3 = 1.75 hours (15-minute individual exposures).