Astrophotography

My first image where I put serious effort into processing. Thanks goes to Joe Pedit for talking his personal time to show me some of his tricks for making an image look great.

This is a wide field of the Crab Nebula taken with my Stellarview SV80 80mm APO Triplet & Hutec Modded Rebel XTi DSLR. 

This is an early attempt at Planetary Nebula imaging. More sub frames would make this image look better.

The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light years.

This object was the first planetary nebula to be discovered; by Charles Messier in 1764. At its brightness of visual magnitude 7.5 and its diameter of about 8 arcminutes, it is easily visible in binoculars, and a popular observing target in amateur telescopes.

One of my very first images I ever took. I used the Meade LX90 LNT 8" & Modded Rebel XT camera. 

It is known that the Planetary Nebula is not part of the star cluster designated m46. It has a different radial velocity from the stars in the group. One of the more interesting images I've taken

A second, longer set of exposures on the Helix nebula. This is a stack of 20-360 second sub exposures. The Moon caused a bright gradient in the bottom right corner which can be partially removed with processing. I will merge this data with my first session to improve the image

This shot is a wide field I did while checking out my equipment after some repairs. The most notable object is the Crescent nebula at bottom right. This nebula could stand for a bit more magnification. The shot is a stack of 5-300 second shots.

Is a well know Planetary nebula with a magnitude of 8.1. This image is a processed stack of 10-300 second sub exposures