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NGC 6781
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 29th August 2006 from Andalsnes Observatory, Amersham, Bucks, UK using a 14" SCT and a Meade DSI-Pro at f/5. 30x30 secs stacked images. NGC6781 is a planetary nebulae located in Aquila.It is approximately 108 arc secs in diameter and has a red outer ring which contrasts with its blue core. Visually it is a twelfth magnitude object with low surface brightness. The central star is mag 16.8.
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IC 434 - The Dumbell Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 13th July 2006 from Andalsnes Observatory, Amersham, Bucks, UK using a 14" SCT and a Meade DSI-Pro at f/5. 30 x 8.5 secs stacked images. LRGB image obtained on the night of 13 July 2006 - despite the full Moon.
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IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 4th March 2006 from Andalsnes Observatory, Amersham, Bucks, UK using a 14" SCT and a Meade DSI-Pro at f/5. 7 x 2 minutes stacked images. The Nebula consists of dark dust, in the shape of a horse's head, which protrudes into the bright emission nebula IC 434 in Orion.
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NGC2261 - Hubble's Variable Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 3rd March 2006 from Andalsnes Observatory, Amersham, Bucks, UK using a 14" SCT and a Meade DSI-Pro at f/5. 80 stacked images - total time 40 minutes. A gaseous nebula enveloping the variable star R Monocerotis. Discoverd by William Herschel in 1783. Comet like in form with the star located near its southern tip and the "tail" extending northward. The appearance of this nebula can change from month to month.
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M1 - The Crab Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 24th January 2006 from Andalsnes Observatory, Amersham, UK using a 14" SCT and a Meade DSI-C. 15 x 2min stacked images at f/5. The Crab Nebula (M1),in Taurus, is the gaseous remnant of a supernova that exploded in AD1054. This RGB image was captured on a cloudy evening of comparatively poor seeing but still shows the network of reddish filaments which are the outer layers of the star that were blown off in the explosion. The red, green and blue layers were combined in Astroart together with a luminance layer and final processing (levels and unsharpmasking) was performed in Photoshop.
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M57 - The Ring Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 8th May 2005 from Andalsnes Observatory, Amersham, UK using a 14" SCT and a Meade DSI-C. 40 x 20 secs stacked images at f/7. The Ring Nebula, M-57 must be one of the most observed of all the planetary nebulas. Image taken at 2am local time. Poor seeing was assisted by use of a Lumicon Deep Sky filter. Processed in Maxim DL and Adobe Photoshop.
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Cocoon Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson/Phil Hodgins/Trevor Searle
Taken: 18th September 2004 from Perruche du Buis, France using a Meade 14" LX200 and an Apogee AP6 CCD camera. 30 x 60 second exposures taken at f/10 during relatively poor seeing. Processed with Mira and Maxim DL. Note small inset of original unprocessed image.
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Eskimo Nebula
Credit: Chris Rowland
Taken: 8th Feb 2005 from High Wycombe using a NexStar11 and a Meade Deep Sky Imager. 30x11.3sec exposures. This was taken using the new Deep Sky Imager that the WAS purchased at AstroFest. The image was acquired using the standard deep sky acquisition and processing software supplied with the DSI camera and gives an idea of what we should be able to achieve. The Eskimo nebula is a planetary nebula that shows several shells of matter that have been ejected, leaving the central white dwarf star.
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The Cat's Eye Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 5th September 2004 from Andalsnes Observatory - Amersham using a 14-inch LX200 with a Starlight X-press MX516 CCD camera at f/6.6. 2 exposures of 7 minutes and 55 seconds respectively processed in Photoshop to reduce high surface brightness. |
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M57 - The Ring Nebula
Credit: Fred Stevenson
Taken: 4th July 2004, from Andalsnes observatory, Amersham, England using Meade 14" SCT at f/4 and Starlight Express MX516 CCD camera. Exposure time 1 minute. |
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M42 - The Orion Nebula and Horsehead Nebula
Credit: Paul Scott
Ektachrome 200 through a 200mm lens on a Super Polaris for
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M1 - The Crab Nebula
Credit: Phil Hodgins
& Trevor Searle
Apogee AP-6 CCD camera on 16" Newtonian, High Wycombe, Bucks,
England.
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M27 - Dumbell Nebula
Credit: Phil Hodgins
& Trevor Searle
Apogee AP-6 CCD camera on 16" Newtonian, High Wycombe, Bucks,
England.
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NGC 7293 - The Helix Nebula
Credit: Phil Hodgins
& Trevor Searle
Apogee AP-6 CCD camera on 1 metre, Puimichel, France.
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IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula
Credit: Phil Hodgins
& Trevor Searle
Apogee AP-6 CCD camera on 1 metre, Puimichel, France.
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M42 - Trapezium
Credit: Paul Millington
Meade 10" LX200 Phillips Toucam 1/250 exposure. |
