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M13, the Hercules Globular Cluster is in the constellation Hercules and consists of around 300,000 stars. M13 is around 25kly from Earth. 30x300sec fits exposures captured and combined in Nebulosity v2.4.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Mead DSI Color 16bit camera with Peltier cooler modification. Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2011:06:05 17:10:13 · Resolution 800 x 608 - M20091202 060943 Sebring FL
Another sprite captured on Dec 02, 09 from the same mesoscale convective system over the Gulf of Mexico. This is looking West/North-West and the storm was 360+ miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 16mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None · Date/Time 2009:12:03 20:52:01 · Resolution 768 x 494 - Sun 140-images Barlow01 060407
Sunspot 960 taken on 06/04/2007. Very active sunspot which produced a number of M-Class flares. Registax4 was used to align, stack, adjust wavelets, and do histogram stretching. Telescope: - Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 at prime foucs with x2 Barlow lens. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter, and AstroZap Solar filter (Baader AstroSolar Material). - m42 60sec Raw 032407
The Great Orion Nebula M42/M43. 15x60sec avi, aligned and stacked in K3CCDTools. Dynamic background extraction done in PixInsight LE 1.0, and finishing touches done in Photoshop. Telescope: - Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 with long exposure modification, and raw mode modification. 135mm 1:2.8 camera lens attached for wide field of view. Atop Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. · Date/Time 2007:04:01 19:51:31 · Resolution 423 x 444 - IMG 6171
2017 solar eclipse totality, Liberty TN. Telescope: - NA Camera: Cannon T3i. Filtration used: NA. · Original Date 8/21/17 2:54 PM · Model Canon EOS REBEL T3i · Canon Makernote.Unknown tag (0x0095) EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II · Focal Length 235.0 mm · Metering Mode Multi-segment · ISO Equivalent 200 · Exposure Time 1/20s · Aperture Value f/5.7 · Exposure Bias Value 0 EV · Exposure Program Manual control · White Balance Manual white balance · Flash No · Resolution 5184 x 3456 - IC434 15sec 041307
The Horsehead Nebula, IC434. 50x15sec fits exposures captured and combined in Meade's Autostar Envisage V5.85 software. Histogram stretching, Curves, Wavelets, and SBGNR done in PixInsight LE 1.0. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Mead DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Camera in prime focus with an Atik x.5 focal length reducer. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter - Pleiades Raw 091907
The Pleiades M45. 20x30sec avi, aligned and stacked in K3CCDTools. Dynamic background extraction done in PixInsight LE 1.0, and finishing touches done in Photoshop. Telescope: - Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 with long exposure modification, and raw mode modification. 55mm 1:1.8 camera lens attached for wide field of view. Atop Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. · Date/Time 2007:03:20 19:55:40 · Resolution 631 x 465 - 081109-03
I took this one a few weeks prior to the previous two cloud to ground lightning. This storm produced a lot of cloud to cloud discharges. 5 sec exposures at f2.8. Work down in PhotoShop. Telescope: - Camera: Kodak DCS330 Professional. Filtration used: - · Date/Time 2009:08:11 23:53:21 · Resolution 800 x 250 - M1 04032011
M1, the Crab Nebula. 12x300sec fits exposures captured and combined in Nebulosity v2.4.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Mead DSI Color 16bit camera. Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2011:04:04 20:39:06 · Resolution 800 x 605 - M8 10182014
M8, the Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. 11x300sec fits exposures captured and combined in Nebulosity v3.2.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Orion StarShoot Pro Color with Baader MPCC Mark III Coma Corrector Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: IR · Date/Time 2014:10:18 12:30:39 · Resolution 1000 x 658 - M20100807 014005 Sebring FL
Distant sprite imaged over South Carolina. The storm which generated this and a number of other sprites on August 07, 2010 was around 450 miles away. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None - M20091105 071250
A large set of column sprites in a circular pattern. This one occurred about 140 miles away near the Bahamas. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.2 lens. Filtration used: None - 081109-05
I took this one a few weeks prior to the previous two cloud to ground lightning. This storm produced a lot of cloud to cloud discharges. 5 sec exposures at f2.8. Work down in PhotoShop. Telescope: - Camera: Kodak DCS330 Professional. Filtration used: - · Date/Time 2009:08:11 23:53:45 · Resolution 800 x 290 - IC1318 15sec 110407
Gamma Cygni and the Crescent Nebula. 27/15 second FIT. The Gamma Cygni Nebula consists of the various patches which can be seen surrounding Gamma Cygni - the bright star in the middle-left of this photograph. Gamma Cygni is actually not part of this nebula, it is a foreground star located half way between us and the nebula. We are looking deep into the Orion Arm of our Galaxy in this direction and the nebula is more than 3000 light years from us. The Crescent Nebula is a shell of gas that is being energized by the strong stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136, the bright star at the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars are very hot, massive stars that are blowing off their outer layers. Histogram and curves done in PhotoShop. Telescope: - Camera: Meade DSI Pro. 55mm 1:1.8 camera lens stopped down to 2.0 attached for wide field of view. Atop Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter - Jupiter zoom 031807
Jupiter. 200 avi images captured with K3CCDTools and processed in RegiStax4. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Logitech QC Pro 5000 Webcam in prime focus. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. · Date/Time 2007:03:18 08:54:29 · Resolution 640 x 480