IC1396 - The Elephant Trunk in Ha

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IC1396 aka The Elephant Trunk Nebula.

Takahashi 102NSV f/8

ST2000xm

Astronomik 6nm Ha

5x900"

20120921

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.

NGC281, Sep 12. 2010

Reprocessed my previous image.
This time I have dark subtracted the frames and have also removed one Ha and one SII frames that were not good.
5x 600" Ha & SII
5x 700" OIII

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NGC281, Sep 12. 2010

Fisrt time Ha, SII, OIII imaging.
Image: FS102NSV + ST2000XM + Astronomik filters
Guiding: SW 70mm + DMK + PHD
6x 600" Ha
6x 700" OIII
5x 600" SII
No Darks nor Flats.

M16 in Bicolor NB

Pillars of Creation in Bicolor Narrowband Imaging.

7x 900" Astronomik 6nm Ha
5x 900" Astronomik OIII
FS102NSV @f/6 + ST2000xm

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IC5070

IC5070, the Pelican Nebula, Jun 22nd, 2010
10x 900"
Astronomik 6nm Ha
Imaging: FS102NSV f/6 + ST2000XM
Guiding: SW 70mm + PHD + DMK21AF

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M97 and M51

Another try with AO8 unit under a still somewhat hazy skies, though not as wet as the night before.
Main goal was to check how the AO8 would handle and not so much about the picture itself.
It seems I still have to work on the setup since the stars are not perfectly round. Reasons for this could be decollimated optics, misalignment of imaging train on the visual back...

This time I aimed at M97 and M51.
Setup:
C11 + 0.63x FR + AO8 + ST2kXM/CFW10
Losmandy G-11

M51
1x 1200" @-20ºC
Darks, Flats and Bias

MaxIm & CS4

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M97
6x 600" @-20ºC
Darks, Flats and Bias
MaxIm & CS4

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OAG & Robofocus 1st Light

We finally got a break from the long lasting cloudy nights over here, which made it possible to give it a go and try the new equipment.
Boy, does it look promising!

FS102NSV + G-11 + OAG + DMK21AF + ST2kXM (H-alpha filter)
Dec, 14th/15th, 2009 (23h28/00h57 UTC)
Guiding with PHD on a different laptop (still waiting for the Firewire Express Card for my new laptop...)
1x 1800" @-30ºC
2x 90"" @-30ºC

No other processing other than:
- Align, Stack & kernel filter in MaxIm DL
- Levels, Curves & High Pass Filter in CS4
No Darks, no Flats.

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Now in H-alpha

A few days (should I say nights) later, I targeted the Bride's Veil again, only this time in H-apha (6nm).
Image: FS102NSV @f/6.3 + ST2000XM + Astronomik Ha 6nm
Guide: SW 70mm + DMK21AF + PHD
Aug 31, 2009

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NGC6960 - The Veil Nebula

The beautiful NGC6960 sight I had last weekend through my C11 amazed me to the the point of nailing the Veil.
So I did, just after the Eagle Nebula went out of sight on the night of the Aug. 26th.
FS102NSV @f/6 and ST2000XM autoguided on a Losmandy G-11.
24x 300" @-20ºC/-4ºF
Dark and Flat frames registered and calibrated in MaxIm DL, processed in CS4 (Astronomy Action Tools (r)).
Aug. 26th, 0h16/2h39 UT
Leiria, Portugal

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M16, 25 Ago 09

The Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation.
This is my first M16 image.
The picture was taken with my Takahashi FS102NSV and SBIG ST2000XM, autoguided on a Losmandy G-11. Stack of 7 x 300" frames shot at -20ºC/-4F. Calibrated in MaxIm DL and CS4.
Used Flat and Dark frames from other shots.
Couldn't shoot more frames due to a haze that rolled in and there were no more guiding stars...
Luckily I'll be able to add more frames some time soon.

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