Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Sharpless SH2-227 & NGC1857



Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon R, G, B & Ha
Dates: Semptember4 through October 3, 2008
Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
Ha = 840 Minutes
RGB = 180 Minutes

IC 5070 Pelican Nebula

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST200XM
Filters Astrodon S2, Ha & O3
Dates: July 14 through October 3, 2008
Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia

Exposure Details
S2 = 720 Minutes
Ha = 405 Minutes
O3 = 675 Minutes

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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

Monday, September 8, 2008

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

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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

Monday, August 18, 2008

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

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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.