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

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

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/ 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

Meade DSI Color/ 3 minutes (6 30sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

While taking 15 second exposures of M9 on9/28/07, a plane flew through the picture.

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

M42

200mm f4 stop down to f8

Duo NB filter

multi-sessions

Meade DSI Color/ 600 second (40 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Nikon D50/ISO 800/90 second (3*30 seconds using RegiStax 4) RGB exposure/25mm Plossl eyepiece/114×375mm Telescope/Flintstone, GA/Cropped and leveled in Photoshop

Canon 450D astro mod

Pentax 200mm f4 stop down to f5.6

Optolong L-Pro filter

30" subs

Meade DSI Color/ 424 second (53 8sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA

Orion Belt and Sword

Sony alpha 7ii astro mod

135mm F2.8 Sonnar

35s subs

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

An attempt at an hour of exposure of reflection nebula #messier78 through intermittently cloudy skies. This fuzzy patch is just to the upper left of Orion's belt. This one is proving tricky. I think I need about 3 hours to really bring our detail and color for this one. #astrophotography #deepskyphotography #messierobjects #reflectionnebula

Taken with a Meade DSI Pro

Nikon D50/120 second RGB exposure (4*30sec, RegiStax 4)/25mm Plossl eyepiece/114x375mm Telescope/Flintstone, GA