Deep Sky Objects

18/11/13 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 32 exposures @60 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats, guided. This is a planetary nebula and is the death of a star, a white dwarf just visible at it's centre.

18/11/13 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 3 exposures @60 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats, guided. This is an open cluster of stars.

15/11/12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 48 exposures @60 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats, unguided. The bright spot in the lower centre is M32, a dwarf galaxy, thought to be a spiral galaxy that became eaten by M31. The bright patch in the upper middle is M110 a dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
8/11/12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 42 exposures @120 secs, 5 darks, 5 flats, 5 bias images
5/11-12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 36 exposures @90 secs, 6 darks.
Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 14 exposures @60 secs, 5 darks.
3/3/12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Atik16HRC, 20 exposures @90 secs, 5 darks.

14/11/13 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 21 exposures @35 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats, guided. Test shot from my new obs
6/4/13 Celestron C11EdgeHD, Hyperstar (F/2), Canon 600D, 60 exposures @20 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats. The Orion Nebular.
23/1/12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Atik16HRC, 13 exposures @90 secs, 5 darks.
23/1/12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Atik16HRC, 13 exposures @90 secs, 5 darks.

6/4/13 Celestron C11EdgeHD, Hyperstar (F/2), Canon 600D, 60 exposures @30 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats. The Beehive cluster.

3/4/13 Celestron C11EdgeHD with Hyperstar F/2, EQ6, Canon 600D, 60 exposures @30 secs, 20 darks, 10 flats. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker

27/5/12 Celestron C11 HD, EQ6, Canon 600D, 60 exposures @120 secs, 5 darks, 20 frames. PHD guiding through my homebrew finder/guider. M51 is 24 million light years away.
22/5/12 Celestron C11 HD, EQ6, Canon 600D, 18 exposures @120 secs, 3 darks, 10 stacked. Unguided. More frames and/or longer exposure required.

18/11/13 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Canon 600D, 24 exposures @30 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats, guided. This is a planetary nebula and is the final stage of a star, a red giant at it's centre.

11/5/13 M81, M82 and NGC 3077. Skywatcher 8" Quattro, Coma corrector and Canon 600D. M81 12 million light years away and is a spiral galaxy similar to our own. M82 has had the it's core blown out.
6/5/13 Celestron C11Edge, EQ6, Canon 600D, 13 exposures @300 secs (16 taken), 4 darks, 5 flats. M81 is 12 million light years away and is a spiral galaxy similar to our own.
27/4/13 Celestron C11Edge, EQ6, Canon 600D, 4 exposures @300 secs (11 taken), 4 darks, 5 flats.

25/2/12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Atik16HRC, 9 exposures @120 secs, 3 darks. M101 is 21 million light years away.
25/2/12 Skywatcher Quattro Carbon 8, EQ6, Atik16HRC, 9 exposures @120 secs, 3 darks.
29/9/11 Skywatcher 10" Dob Synscan, Atik16HRC, 1 exposure @90 secs.

6/4/13 Celestron C11EdgeHD, Canon 600D, 60 exposures @45 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats. The Cone and Christmas Nebulars
'My God it is full of Star' - Quote from 2001. 6/4/13 Celestron C11EdgeHD, Canon 600D, 60 exposures @45 secs, 10 darks, 10 flats. The Cone and Christmas Nebulars, full field.