The Seven Sisters

Nikon D50/ISO 1600/ 30 second RGB exposure/20mm Plossl eyepiece/114×375mm Telescope/Flintstone, GA

Camera: Meade DSI Color II

Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB

Focus Method: Prime focus

Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm

Mount: LXD75

Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian

Guided: No

Stacked: Autostar Envisage

Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop

Location: Flintstone, GA

Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008.

Sony alpha 7ii astro mod

Canon 400mm f5.6 stop down to 6.3

Meade DSI Color/ 411 second RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 390 second (26 x 15second) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Stacked in DeepSkyStacker/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

The image is taken using -

SW HEQ5pro

Orion ED80

Orion 50mm Guidescope

Canon 70D imaging camera

ASI120mm mini guide camera

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Software Used -

Sharpcap for polar alignment

PHD2 for guiding

DSS for stacking

Photoshop and Lightroom for Post processing.

Meade DSI Color/ 5 minutes (20 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited in DeepSkyStacke/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Sony alpha 7ii astro mod

Canon 400mm f5.6 stop down to f6.3

STC Astro MS filter

Total integration time around 9 hours

Camera: Meade DSI Color II

Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB

Focus Method: Prime focus

Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm

Mount: LXD75

Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian

Guided: No

Stacked: Autostar Envisage

Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop

Location: Flintstone, GA

Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008.

Meade DSI Color/ 5 minutes (20 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited in DeepSkyStacke/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

M8, M20

Sony alpha 7ii astro mod

Canon 400mm f5.6 stop down to 6.3

Multisessions 1-Aug-22, STC Astro DB filter

and 22-Aug-22, STC Astro MS filter

Total integration time 132min.

M8:

astronomy.com/magazine/news/2022/09/101-must-see-cosmic-o...

M20:

astronomy.com/magazine/news/2022/09/101-must-see-cosmic-o...

Sony alpha 7ii astro mod

Canon 400mm f5.6 stop down to f6.3

STC Astro MS filter

1x 30" sub

Meade DSI Color/ 480 second RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 12 minutes (24 30sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited in DeepSkyStacke/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Camera: Meade DSI Color II

Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB

Focus Method: Prime focus

Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm

Mount: LXD75

Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian

Guided: No

Stacked: Autostar Envisage

Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop

Location: Flintstone, GA

Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008.

Meade DSI Color/ 225 second (15 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 1500 second (100 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Stacked in DeepSkyStacker/Leveled and cropped in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Nikon D50/ISO 1600/90 second RGB exposure (3*30sec, RegiStax 4)/25mm Plossl eyepiece/114×375mm Telescope/Flintstone, GA/Cropped and smoothed in Photoshop

While taking 15 second exposures of M9 on9/28/07, 45 seconds after 1 plane flew through my picture, another plane flew through.

Meade DSI Color/ 705 second (47 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

M 51 "Whirlpool Galaxy"

Olympus E 420,

Stacked with "DeepSky Stacker" from 27 frames, each 30 second exp., ISO 1600. This means total exposure is just under 15 minutes. Minimally cropped.

Telescope: GSO 6 inch Newton on Vixen GP2, SBS, w/o guiding. Baader MPCC coma corrector

Meade DSI Color/ 375 second (25 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Taken with a Meade DSI Pro

M42 and Horsehead

Sony alpha 7ii astro mod

Canon EF 300mm f2.8 stop down to f4

STC DB filter

Multisessions

Sony alpha 7ii astro-mod

Canon 400mm f5.6 at f6.3

STC Astro-MS filter

from Dec 22 to Feb 23

total integration time around 13 hours or more

101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: The Andromeda Galaxy

astronomy.com/magazine/news/2022/11/101-must-see-cosmic-o...

Meade DSI Color/ 240 second (80 4sec exposures) RGB exposure * 8/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 200 second (50 8sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Stacked in Registax/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 405 second (27 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Nikon D50/120 second RGB exposure (4*30sec, RegiStax 4)/25mm Plossl eyepiece/114×375mm Telescope/Flintstone, GA/Cropped and edited in Photoshop

Meade DSI Color/ 660 second (44 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Stacked in DeepSkyStacker/Cropped and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Camera: Meade DSI Color II

Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB

Focus Method: Prime focus

Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm

Mount: LXD75

Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian

Guided: No

Stacked: Autostar Envisage

Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop

Location: Flintstone, GA

Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008.

Meade DSI Color/ 225 second (15 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Taken with a Meade DSI Pro

Meade DSI Color/ 225 second (15 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 360 second (24 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 664 second (83 8sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31, NGC 224) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth. It is approximately 220,000 light years across, and it is the largest galaxy of the Local Group.

Olympus 150mm 5.6 (40-150mm f/4-5.6)

Sky-Watcher HEQ5

Olympus E-PM2

25x60s @ ISO800 (25min)

Calibrated, registered, stacked in DeepSkyStacker.

Postprocessing in PS5.

Meade DSI Color/ 225 second (15 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Meade DSI Color/ 225 second (15 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

our satellite galaxy