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December 6, 2012, M1, the crab nebula. 8RC/f6, 383L, Ha filter, 4x300sec subs, 2x2 binning, autoguided.
September 14, 2012, NGC7635, the bubble nebula. 8RC/f6, 383L, Ha filter, 7x600sec subs, autoguided.
September 8, 2012, NGC6992, the eastern veil nebula. WO ZS80/f4.8, 383L, Ha filter, 5x600sec + 2x1200sec subs, autoguided.
August 11, 2012, M27 in Cygnus. Stack of 3x600s exposures with an 8RC/f6, 393L, 2x2 binning, Ha filter.
July 23, 2012, M16 (left) and M17 (right) in Serpens. Stack of 9x30s exposures with a Canon 550D and 250mm lense.
October 15, 2011, Crescent Nebula (NGC6888). WO Z80, ATK 16HRC, 10x10min Ha (2x2 binning) + 4x10min RGB, autoguided.
March 8, 2011, Eskimo Nebula (C39). Stack of 11 images, total exposure time 11 minutes (11x60s). 10"LX200, ATK 16HRC, autoguided.
This image of the "blinking nebula" NGC6826 in Cygnus, was taken on August 6, 2005 using a 10" LX200@f/6.3 with 2x barlow. I used the Canon EOS350D at prime focus and an exposure time of 30s. This nebula is also known as C15.
January 16, 2011, Orion Nebula (m42). Stack of 25 images, total exposure time 70 minutes (12x300s, 13x45s). William Optics Z80, ATK 16HRC (2x2 binning)+Ha filter, autoguided.
January 9, 2011. Crabnebula (M1) in Taurus. 10" LX200@f/6.3. In total 70 minutes exposure (14x300sec), autoguided. Processed in deepskystacker.
December 12, 2010. The Pleiades (M45) in Taurus. Canon 350D, 250mm telelens, piggyback on my LX200. In total 30 minutes exposure. Processed in deepskystacker.
October 31, 2010. First light for my Orion Autoguider. This is M27, stack of 6x300 second images with my LX200, f/6.3+ Atik 16HRC, autoguided with my WO Z80, Orion Autoguider and PHD. I did not apply any darks or flats, on some monitors you can see some artifacts like donuts, but this was intented as a test only.
August 18, 2010. North America nebula (NGC7000) in Cygnus. Stack of 7 images, total exposure time 35 minutes. Canon EOS 350D, 250mm telelens.
December 28, 2009, Blue snowball nebula (ngc 7662) in Andromeda. Stack of 40 images, total exposure time 20 minutes. 10" LX200GPS, ATK 16HRC+IR block filter.
March 4, 2010. Horsehead nebula in Orion. Stack of 14 images, total exposure time 28 minutes. William Optics Z80, Canon EOS 350D + IR block filter.
Planetary nebula M57 in Lyra. Stack of 4 60s exposures. 10" LX200GPS @ f/6.7, ATK 16HRC.