M 1: 12/10/04,
10" LX200 > AO-7 ~12 Hz > 0.63x > CFW-8A > ST-10XME, f/5.16, 7x1200
sec, 1x1 binning, -20C, clear filter only through fog that prevented
me from getting the other color channels, final image is
significantly cropped and resampled.
M 1:
2/15/02, 10” LX200, f/6.3, ST-7, 3x300 seconds, no filter, 2x2 binning, no
flat field.
M 3: 6/07/02, 16"
LX200,
f/10, from CSU Fresno Campus Observatory, ST-8, 2x2 binning 16x5
second = 1.33 minutes with no selfguiding. N is up and rotated
~ 45 degrees clockwise
by Greg Morgan, John Prigge and
Gabe Reyna.
M 4:
6/29/02,
10” LX200 ST-10XME, 1x60 second image,
1x1 binning, 22’ x 32’ field.
M 8: The Lagoon
Nebula, 9/9/02, 10" LX200 > 0.63x > CFW-8A > ST-10XME, RGB
11:9:10, 1x1 binning.
M 8 & M 20: Nikon
300mm f/2.8 lens at f/4, first multi-channel color image with the
Nikon 300mm.
M 13: 7/09/04, 10" LX200, ST-10XME, 2x90 second,
unfiltered, 1x1 binning.
M 16:
The Eagle Nebula, 7/25/03, 10" LX200, ST-10XME, from Courtright at
8200 feet, LRGB, L= 60x30
seconds 20 Hz 1x1, R&G=10x120 seconds 12 Hz 2x2, B=16x120 seconds 5
Hz 2x2. 102 minutes or 1.7
Hrs total exposure. The final image is cropped slightly at the
edges.
M 17:
The Omega Nebula, The Swan Nebula,
7/09/02, 10" LX200, ST-10XME, 13x60 second, 1x1 binning, unfiltered.
M 20: The Trifid
Nebula, two nights starting 8/4/02, 10" LX200 prime focus, CFW-8A,
ST-10XME, RGB R=20x120, G=20x120, B=23x180 seconds (2.5 hours), 1x1 binning
with each filter. The images were dark subtracted from an average of 5 dark frames for each
channel (-12.0 C). The images were co-registered in AIP4WIN. The RGB
combination was done in CCDOPS5 with RGB ratio of 1.2 0.9 and 1.7
respectively. This was my second RGB deep sky object.
M 27: The Dumbell Nebula,
7/28/02, this is my first LRGB
image, 10" LX200 prime focus, CFW-8A, ST-10XME, L=12x60 seconds from
Clovis and 12x60 seconds from Glacier Point on 7/2/02, R=16x60, G=16x60 and B=25x60 second inages, all 4 channels are at 1x1 binning.
M 31, M 32 and M 110:
Nikon 300mm f/2.8 lens set at f/4 from Courtright at 8,200 feet,
M 33: Nikon 300mm
f/2.8 lens at f/4, from Courtright at 8,200 feet,
M 42 & M43:
12/01/02,
10" LX200 > 0.63x > CFW-8A > ST-10XME,
LRGB L=20x10 sec, R=20x10 sec,
G=20x10 sec, B=30x10 sec (15 min total).
M 42: The Great
Nebula of Orion, Cropped image from 12/01/02 processed to show
detail in the inner nebulosity around the Trapezium.
M 51: The Whirlpool Galaxy and
companion NGC 5195, two nights starting 6/1/03, 6/x/03, 10" LX200 > A0-7 >
CFW-8A, ST-10XME, LRGB, *, L=1x1 binning, RGB=2x2 binning. The
Luminance channel image data,
AO-7
at 12 Hz 12x600 seconds, 2 hours. M51 was very near the zenith.
Calibration averaged 3x600 sec darks at -25C with ice water circulation, averaged 5x3 second flats with the
light box I (Kevin’s LBI), no bias or dark flats.
M 57
M 65
M 66
M 65 & M 66:
Nikon 300mm f/2.8 lens at f/4.
M74
M84 & M 86 chain:
M100:
5/19/03, 10" LX200, AO-7, LRGB
120:45:45:50 L=24x5min 12 Hz 1x1 5/18/03, R=9x5 4.8 Hz, G=9x5 4.8 Hz, B=10x5
4.8 Hz f/6.3 2x2, this is a 4 hour 20 minute exposure.
2x2’s were resampeled to 1x1’s. Calibration used averaged darks,
averaged flats and no dark flats or bias frames.
Total time 4 hrs 20 min.
M101
M104
NGC 2244: The Rosette Nebula: 2/7/05, Nikon 300mm at f/2.8,
ST-10XME, 7x300 seconds, clear filter, 1x1 binning. Clouds moved in
and made collecting color data impossible. No calibration images were
taken, i.e. no darks, no flats. North is to the left and East is down.
Self guiding was done on GSC 141:662, a very bright guide star at magnitude
4.5 two degrees West of the center of the nebula.
NGC 6992:
This section of the Veil Nebula
was taken 8/24/03 at -27C, 2x2 binning and no filter. This is a
single 60 second exposure with a field scale of 0.90 arc seconds /
pixel.
NGC 7000: North American
Nebula taken from Courtright at 8200 feet on 8/23/04. Nikon 300mm f/2.8
lens, CFW-8A, Custom Scientific 3nm Hydrogen-Alpha filter, ST-10XME.
NGC 7331:
10/5/04, Nikon
300mm f/2.8 lens, CFW-8A, ST-10XME,
RGB R=3x600, G=3x600, B=3x600 1x1 binning at -10C,
no flat fields taken, . the final image is cropped.
Horsehead Nebula:
3/14/03,
10" LX200, AO-7, 0.63x, ST-10XME. RGB, R=4x10min, G=4x10min and B=5x10min for a
total of 2 hour and 10 min exposure with
13 frames, 1x1 binning on all channels, full calibration with bias, dark, flat,
dark-flats, all frames are median combined.
Guiding was done at 22 Hz through each filter on the left star of Orion’s belt.
Rosette Narrow Field: 2/6/02,
10" LX200, ST-7, 10x300, no filter, -18C, 1x1 binning.
Rosette Wide Field:
IC 1848: The Embryo Nebula,
7/23/04, Nikon 300mm f/2.8 at f/4, ST-10XME, 3nm Ha filter, 6x1800 second (3
hours), 1x1 binning, from Courtright at 8,200 feet, full frame.
Cats Paw
Next to cats paw
NGC 3628: Located
near the “tail” of Leo. This image was
taken on 3/7/03 at ~11 PM PST. It was
shot with the 10” LX200 at f/6.3.
Guiding was done with the CSU Fresno SBIG AO-7 adaptive optics “high
speed guider”. This is a LRGB image,
L=7x5min at 10Hz, R=7x5min at 2.5 Hz, G=7x5min at 2.5 Hz and B=12x5min at 1 Hz on a magnitude 9.77 guide star.
The total exposure time was 2 hours and 45 minutes.
North is up and to the left at, East is up and to the right.
The L channel was shot at 1x1 binning, all others at 2x2.
In final color combining, the L was resized to equal the other 2x2
channels. Full calibration was done (for
both binning modes) with bias, darks, flats (for all four filters), flat darks,
sets of five frames were taken, the medians were used.
Helix Nebula
NGC 6027 Seyfert’s Sextet:
10” LX200 ST-10XME, 4x1 second,
1x1 binning cropped image. The wind
was blowing and preventing longer integrations!
Planet List:
Venus at 2.4%: 4/30/04
10" LX200 12.4mm eyepiece projection at 106mm from CCD for f/44, Nikon D-70
ISO 1600 4x1/250 second exposures. Images made several hours prior to
sunset. Venus is 55.8 arc seconds in diameter.
Venus Transit: Go to the Sun
/ Moon section below
Mars: Views from 6/15/01 to 7/16/01 at different
ES Longitudes, 10" LX200, eyepiece projection with the ST-7. The image
dated 7/1/01 is a RGB and was my first tri-color CCD RGB image.
Mars at Opposition
August 2003:
Jupiter First EP:
2/25/02 04:34 UT
10" LX200 12.4mm Plossil eyepiece projection f/49
Full Frame ST-7 1x1 binning
765x510 pixels, 6x0.5 seconds unfiltered exposures.
Jupiter with Europa & shadow:
3/04/02
04:07 UT 10" LX200 12.4mm Plossil eyepiece projection f/49
Full Frame ST-7 1x1 binning
765x510 pixels, 4x0.6 seconds unfiltered exposures with Europa’s disk
and shadow making a transit. The
Great Red
Spot has crossed behind the right limb and is 2:53 past its meridian transit.
North is up, Jupiter is rotating to the right.
Jupiter movie Frame: 3/25/03, 16”
LX200 at f/38 and the SBIG ST-10XME CCD camera by Greg Morgan and Fred Ringwald.
Click here for the 4.2 hour
animation. Click
here for more information.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot on Meridian: 2/22/03
10:13 PM PST, 16" LX200, f/38, ST-10XME, RGB 10x0.33, 14x0.33, 18x0.33,
it is a stack
of 42 images totaling 13.9 seconds, -22C, 2x2 binning.
Saturn at
Opposition 2002: 12/9/02 at midnight as Saturn was near the zenith
crossing the meridian, Fresno State Campus Observatory 16" LX200
eyepiece projection at f/59, ST-10XME 2x2 binning RGB, by Greg Morgan
and Fred Ringwald.
Saturn:
2/22/02 04:52 UT,
10” LX200, eyepiece
projection f/49, ST-7 on loan from the Kingsburg Observatory, 1x1 binning, 8x0.4
seconds unfiltered.
Saturn:
9/26/02 12:00 UT
Eastern pre-dawn sky, 10" LX200, eyepiece projection f/49, ST-10XME, LRGB L=1x0.2 sec, R=10x0.5 sec, G=8x0.2 sec and B=9x0.5 sec,
13.7 seconds total exposure.
Uranus and four of its moons:
This image was made with a 10 inch LX200
with eyepiece projection at f/44 and a ST-10XME CCD camera, clear
filter, 2x2 binning with only a single 10 second exposure on 9/12/03
22:59 PDT.
Asteroid List:
Atalante #36 Asteroid
Comet List:
Star-Trail looking Northeast from Courtright,
August 2004, 30 minuted with auto-dark mounted on the bogen tripod.
Comet
Machhloz and M45: 1/6/05
Comet
Machholz: 1/12/05 Nikon 300mm at f/2.8 with the ST-10XME and the
blue filter, stack of 60x60 second images registered on the comet, 1x1
binning, -15C.
Comet
Machholz: 1/12/05 Nikon 300mm at f/2.8 with the ST-10XME and the
blue filter, animation of 60x60 second images, 1x1 binning, -15C.
Comet
C/2004 Q2 Machholz: Imaged on 1/5/05 when it was closest to Earth at a distance of only 0.35
astronomical units (Au's). This is a single three minute exposure with
the Nikon 300mm at f/2.8 with the Nikon D-70, ISO 400. The camera and
lens were riding piggyback on the 10" LX200, guiding was done on the comet
with the SBIG ST-10XME through the LX200. No dark frame subtraction or
flat field calibrations were done, North is up and East is to the left in
this cropped image. Notice the fine detail in the small tail to the
East and the broad glow in a longer tail, more than 100 degrees different,
toward the South. Comet Machholz is my 14th observed comet.
1999 T1 McNaught-Hartley
3/29/01, very first CCD image, 10" LX200 ST-7 prime focus, "Track and
Stack", the small pair of galaxies in the lower right corner are at
magnitude 15.5.
C/2001 A2 Linear
7/12/01
C/2001 A2 Linear
7/12/01
stacked negative images are
registered on the stars showing "comer trail".
C/2000 WM 1
LINEAR 12/14/01. A
single unfiltered 40 second image with the ST-7 and the 10" LX200 at f/6.3 prime
focus.
C/2002 C1 Ikeya Zhang 2/28/02
in Pisces, 10" LX200 ST-7 prime focus 2x2 binning, 11x30 second
exposure 13 degrees above the West horizon.
C/2001
Q4 NEAT was imaged Sunday May 9, 2004 at 9:05 PM PDT.
This is a stack of three 30 second exposures with a Nikon D-70
DSLR and Nikon 300mm lens at f/2.8 riding piggyback on the 10" LX-200 that was self-guiding on the comet with the SBIG
ST-10XME. The field was cropped down from its original size to
1.88 x 1.25 degrees. Stars
are measured down to about magnitude 14 in this short 90 second
exposure.
C/2001 Q4 NEAT
5/9/04, 300mm f/2.8 and Nikon D-70, guiding done with
the LX200 and the ST-10XME
on the comet. Full frame at 4x3 degrees.
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