Nebulea

July 25 2014

Objects: Sharpless 2-188 in (Ha)RGB
Location: "My-Spot" Observatory, West Bloomfield, Michigan (4.1 ZLM)
Date: October 29, 2011
Exposure(s): 101x120s Ha (used as Lum), 32x60s Red, 32x60s Green, 32x60s Blue (Total: 4 Hours 58 Mins)
Camera: QHY9M w/Filter Wheel (LRGB & Ha)
Guiding: ST80 OTA w/FR (200mm f.l. @ f2.5), QHY5, w/PHD Guiding
Scope: Astro-Tech AT8RC
Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Sidereal Technology Servo Control GOTO System

Stacking and Processing: Nebulosity, Fitswork4, Stacked in DSS and final processing with PWP 5.0.

Objects: IC1795 (The Heart)
Location: "My-Spot" Observatory, West Bloomfield, Michigan (≈4.1 ZLM)
Date: November 11, 2009
Exposure(s): 86x 360 seconds (8 Hours 36 Mins) @ ISO400, 102 Darks, 130 Flats, 130 Bias Frames
Camera: Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D)
Scope: Vixen VC200L w/FR
Guiding: ST-4 thru Modified Meade ETX-90 OTA

Stacking and Processing: Deep Sky Stacker and Picture Window Pro. Heavy (≈4.0ZLM) Light pollution was removed, heavy stretching and slight amount of star size reduction applied.

Objects: IC1848 (The Soul Nebula)
Location: "My-Spot" Observatory, West Bloomfield, Michigan (≈4.1 ZLM)
Date: November 11, 2009
Exposure(s): 58x 360 seconds (5 Hours 48 Mins) @ ISO400, 20 Darks, ?? Flats, 0 Bias Frames
Camera: Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D)
Scope: Vixen VC200L w/FR
Guiding: ST-4 thru Modified Meade ETX-90 OTA

Stacking and Processing: Deep Sky Stacker and Picture Window Pro. Heavy (≈4.0ZLM) Light pollution was removed, heavy stretching and slight amount of star size reduction applied.

Object: M1 - The Crab Nebula, 22 Kalliope, 566 Stereoskopia
Date: September 16, 2001
Exposure: 60 Min
Film: Kodak Ektachrome E200
Equipment: 10" f/10 Meade OTA w/Lumicon GEG at f/7.5, Losmandy G-11, Nikon F 35mm camera body.
Guiding: ST-4 (A2).

Hardware & Software: HP S20xi film scanner, Hamrick Software's VueScan (7.1.16), The images were processed with curves and cropped using Picture Window. The E200 was supposed to be push processed 2 stops but was was not at all. This made the processing if the image a problem.

Info: M1, also known as the Crab Nebula is the most famous known supernova remnant. First noted on July 4, 1054 A.D. by Chinese astronomers. It is some 6300 light yeras away. A surprise in the image was that asteriods 22 Kalliope and 566 Stereoskopia are also visible as two streaks near M1, one at "3 o'clock" and the other at "4 o'clock". 22 Kalliope made news recently when a "tiny" asteriod was found orbiting it.