SN2011dh 20110619

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SN2011dh today's magnitude. It is getting brighter everyday...

NGC6888 Crescent Nebula 201106 150min

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NGC6888, Astronomik Halpha 6nm, 150min (15x10min). FS102NSV F/8, ST-2000XM, autoguiding (SW70mm + PHD), SDMask, DDP, CS4, G-11.

Added more 90min (9x 600seg) to the previous Jun 15th 60min.
Still working on NGC6888, I intend to get more Ha integrations, as well as SII and OIII.

NGC6888 Crescent Nebula 20110615 new processing

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NGC6888 Crescent Nebula 20110615

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NGCC6888, 20110615, Astronomik Ha 6nm, 6x10min, FS102NSV F/8, autoguiding (SW70mm + PHD), SDMask, DDP, CS4.

SN2011dh 20110614

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SN2011dh is getting brighter and brighter, which is pretty cool for a first Supernova catch :-)
One to keep a close eye on...

Moon - 20110611

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Moon on saturday June 6th, 2011.
FS102NSV, ST-2000XM, Red Astronomik, 20 x 0.025 sec
Leiria, Portugal

SN2011dh 20110610

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SN2011dh's magnitude is coming down and it is getting brighter and brighter :-)

M33 - 20101018

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This M33 picture, lost in my hard disk since October, got finally my attention. This is by far the best M33 I have ever pulled out.
Luminance, 85min (7x10min + 1x15min), FS102NSV f/8 (824mm DF) ST-2000XM, self-guided, SDMask, DDP, Curves, Levels, Unsharp, Noise, G-11.

NGC4565

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Edge-on spiral galaxy, aka Needle Galaxy, located some 30 to 50 million ly away, in Coma Berenices, was first spotted in 1785 by sir William Herschel.

Some other DSO's can also be seen in this galaxy rich neighborhood.

FS102NS @f/8 (824mm FL) ST-2000XM
115min
MaxIm & CS4

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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The Pinwheel galaxy, also known as Messier 101 (M101) located in the Ursa Major constellation lies some 25 million light years away from us, was first discovered on March 25th, 1781 by Pierre Méchain, who later informed Charles Messier.

FS102NSV @f/8; SBIG ST-2000XM 25x 300"
June 3rd/4th, 2011.

M51 before and after SN2011 dh

M51 animation, before and after SN2011 dh.
Different exposure times between the two pictures make stars look brighter, though this is not true...

Supernova SN2011 dh in M51

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This is my first Supernova!
I used my Taka 4" at native f/8 focal length and SBIG's ST2000XM detector. Six 300" exposures aligned and combined in MaxIm, with DDP filter. Post processing in CS4.
Acknowledgement: Pedro Ré's magnitude determination.