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 | M31
is located in the constellation Andromeda and is best observed in
November. Boasting an apparent magnitude of 3.1, the galaxy can be seen
with the naked eye, even in areas with moderate light pollution.
Because it is such an easily observed feature in the night sky, it is
impossible to say who discovered the Andromeda galaxy. However, Persian
astronomer Abd al-rahman al-Sufi’s The Book of Fixed Stars from the
year 964 contains the first known report of the object. Seestar S50, 114 min (10s) Bortle ~3/4 GraXpert - remove gradient Siril - color correction, stretch, star processing GIMP - light curve adjust CosmicClarity - sharpen, denoise | Rick Grieser |
 | The Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101, NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries. Telescope: PlaneWave 12.5”,Camera: ASI2600MC Pro, 20 subs, 30 flats, 20 darks. | Gregg Bellman |
 | The Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101, NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries. Telescope: EdgeHD 8”, Flattener/Reducer: 0.7 Focal Length: 1478m Camera: ASI2600MC Pro, 165 exposures of 300s, 4-15/16-2023. | Gregg Bellman |
 | Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million
light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus.
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille discovered M83 on 23 February 1752 at the
Cape of Good Hope. Telescope: PlaneWave 12.5", Focal Length: 2032
Camera: ASI2600MC Pro, 250 exposures of 120s on 4/11/2023. | Gregg Bellman |
 | M104, known as the Sombrero Galaxy (NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs from the Milky Way galaxy. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. Telescope: PlaneWave 12.5", Focal Length: 2032 Camera: ASI2600MC Pro, 150 exposures of 180s on 4/22/2023. | Gregg Bellman |
 | The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter. Telescope: ED127 Flattener/Reducer: .7 Focal Length: 678 Camera: ASI2600MC Pro, 75 exposures of 300s on 2/20/2023. | Gregg Bellman |
 | Southern portion of the Milky Way galaxy photographed with a Google Pixel 6 Pro Phone with no other equipment. The Pixel's "night-sight" mode was used with the "astrophotography" setting that automatically stacks images taken over the course of four minutes (!). The Lagoon and Triffid nebulae are visible along with Ptolemy's cluster, etc. Stars as faint as magnitude 8.5 appears in the photograph | Steuart Dewar |
 | Messier 33 (Triangulum Galaxy) in the constellation Triangulum.11 hours through LRGB filters with a 7" Astro-Physics refractor. This version is slightly cropped and reduced to 50% of the original. | Mark Ward |
 | Heart and Soul Nebulas ( IC1805 and IC1848), a fine pair of nebula in Cassiopeia. A two frame stitch taken with a Canon 200mm lens, two hours of integration, 40% of the full data. | Mark Ward |
 | NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula), a fine emission nebula in Cygnus. 180mm, f9 AstroPhysics Refractor, STT8300 camera operating at -15C, 10 hours through LRGB filters. | Mark Ward |
 | NGC 4565 (Needle Galaxy) a spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices with smaller NGC 4562 at top left. 16” RCOS and SBIG ST11000M camera with adaptive optics, 5hrs of luminance and 1 hour each of RGB. Processed in Pixinsight. Also note IC 3571 (Mag. 17.52 irregular galaxy very close on the right) and UGC 7778 (Mag. 13.65 Spiral Galaxy) off to right (at right-angle from bottom of galaxy in image). | Ken Kattner |
 | M 63 (Sunflower Galaxy) in the constellation Canes Venatici, using an Astro-Tech 12RCT @ F8.0 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera, 1 red (2x2bin) 800 Sec, 1 Green (2x2bin) 1200 Sec, 2 Blue (2x2bin) totalling 2400 Sec, and 1 Luminance (2x2bin) @1200 Sec. Taken near KerrVille, TX on 5/21/2019. | Dick Bobick |
 | 3
sec exposure at prime focus through Astro-Physics 160mm scope using a
Nikon D7000 DSLR camera. Photograph taken at totality +/- 2 minutes on
January 20, 2019. | Dick Bobick |
 | NGC 6992 (Eastern Veil Nebula) in the constellation Cygnus, using an AP Starfire @ F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera, 1 red totalling 800 Sec, 1 Green at 1200 Sec, 2 Blue totalling 2400 Sec, and Luminance @1200 Sec. Taken near KerrVille, TX on 10/11/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | EdgeHD 11 at F10, TV 2.5x Powermate, AP Mach1/GTO, ASI-1600mc, 500 of 5,000 frames stacked in AutoStakkert, Deconvolution in Fitswork, and final adjustments in Photoshop.Taken at Alamo Springs, TX September 24, 2018. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | EdgeHD
11 at F10, TV 2.5x Powermate, AP Mach1/GTO, ASI-1600mc, 1,250 of 5,000
frames stacked in AutoStakkert, wavelets in Registax and final
adjustments in Photoshop.Taken at Alamo Springs, TX August 24, 2018. The planetary-wide dust storm that obscured most of the planet's details during this recent opposition appear to be slowly dissipating. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | M 17 (Swan, aka Omega, Nebula) in the constellation Sagittarius, using an AP Starfire @ F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera, 1 red totalling 800 Sec, 1 Green at 1200 Sec, 2 Blue totalling 2400 Sec, and Luminance @1200 Sec. Taken near KerrVille, TX on 8/1/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy with NGC 5195) in the constellation Canes Venatici, using an Astro-Tech 12RCT @ F8.0 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera, 2 red totalling 1200 Sec, 2 Green totalling 1800 Sec, 2 Blue totalling 3600 Sec, and Luminance @1200 Sec. Taken near KerrVille, TX on 7/11/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | Saturn just a few days after opposition. EdgeHD 11 at F10, TV 2.5x Powermate, AP Mach1/GTO, ASI-1600mc, 1,250 of 5,000 frames stacked in AutoStakkert, wavelets in Registax and final adjustments in Photoshop, July 3, 2018. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | Jupiter with Europa about to Transit. EdgeHD 11 at F10, TV 2.5x Powermate, AP Mach1/GTO, ASI-1600mc, 500 of 5,000 frames stacked in AutoStakkert, wavelets in Registax and final adjustments in Photoshop, June 27, 2018. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | M 13 (Globular Cluster) in the Constellation Hercules). Using an AP Starfire 160@F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green @1200s, 2 Blue, totalling 2400s, and 1 Luminance @1200s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 8/18/2017. | Dick Bobick |
 | NGC 5128 (Centaurus A in the Constellation Centaurus). Using an AP Starfire 160@F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @600s, 1 Green @900s, 2 Blue, totalling 1500s, and 1 Luminance @900s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 6/13/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | M42 (Orion Nebula) and M43 (De Mairan's Nebula). EdgeHD 11 at F7 (0.7x Reducer),AP Mach1/GTO, ASI-1600mc, stack of ten 90 second exposures, processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop, January 13, 2018. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | M64 (Black Eye Galaxy) in the Constellation Coma Berenices. Using an Astro-Tech 12 RCT @ F8.0 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green #1200s, 2 Blue totalling 2400s, and 1 Luminance Totalling 1200s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 5/10/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | M83 (Southern Pinwheel Galaxy) in the Constellation Hydra. Using an Astro-Tech 12 RCT @ F8.0 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green #1200s, 2 Blue totalling 2400s, and 1 Luminance Totalling 1200s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 5/7/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | M97 (Owl Nebula) in the Constellation Ursa Major. Using an Astro-Tech 12 RCT @ F8.0 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green @1200s, 2 Blue totalling 2400s, and 1 Luminance Totalling 1200s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 4/10/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | M104 (Sombrero Galaxy) in the Constellation Virgo. Using an Astro-Tech 12 RCT @ F8.0 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green #1200s, 2 Blue totalling 2400s, and 1 Luminance Totalling 1200s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 4/16/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | M46 (open Cluster) W/NGC 2438 (Planetary Nebula)in Constellation Puppis. Using an AP Starfire 160 @ f7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. R-800s, G-1200s, 3 B-1800s, L-1200s, near Kerrville, TX, 3/18/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | C-434 or B-33 (The Horsehead Nebula) with NGC 2023 in the Constellation Orion. Using an AP Starfire 160 @ f7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. R-800s, G-1200s, 2 B-2400s, L-1200s, near Kerrville, TX, 3/18/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | M52 (open Cluster) in the Constellation Cassiopeia. Using an AP Starfire 160@F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @600s, 1 Green @900s, 2 Blue, totalling 1800s, and 1 Luminance @600s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 1/08/2018. | Dick Bobick |
 | NGC 253 (Sculptor Galaxy) in the Constellation Sculptor. Using an AP Starfire 160@F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green @1200s, 2 Blue, totalling 2400s, and 1 Luminance @1200s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 10/17/2017. | Dick Bobick |
 | NGC 7023 (Iris Nebula) in the Constellation Cepheus. Using an AP Starfire 160@F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green @1200s, 2 Blue, totalling 2400s, and 2 Luminance totalling 2400s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 10/17/2017. | Dick Bobick |
 | M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) in the Constellation Ursa Major. Using an AP Starfire 160@F7.5 with an SBIG STT-8300 Camera. 1 Red @800s, 1 Green @1200s, 2 Blue, totalling 2400s, and 2 Luminance totalling 2400s. Taken near Kerrville, TX on 8/18/2017. | Dick Bobick |
 | Total Eclipse from Alliance, Nebraska: Egress with "Diamond Ring" effect. Equipment: Unmodified Canon 60D DSLR, Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler telescope at f/6.3 with a field flattener on an Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO equatorial mount. This was a single shot processed in Photoshop. | Bruce Barton |
 | Total Eclipse from Alliance, Nebraska: Egress with Baily's Beads, Chromosphere and prominences displaying. Equipment: Unmodified Canon 60D DSLR, Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler telescope at f/6.3 with a field flattener on an Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO equatorial mount. This was a composite of two shots blended together in Photoshop. | Bruce Barton |
 | Total Eclipse from Alliance, Nebraska: Ingress with Baily's Beads displaying. Equipment: Unmodified Canon 60D DSLR, Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler telescope at f/6.3 with a field flattener on an Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO equatorial mount. This was a composite of two shots blended together in Photoshop. | Bruce Barton |
 | Total Eclipse from Alliance, Nebraska. Equipment: Unmodified Canon 60D DSLR, Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler telescope at f/6.3 with a field flattener on an Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO equatorial mount. This was a High Dynamic Range composite of 1/1600 second, 1/25 second, and 1/3 second exposures, three in all, that were combined using layer masks in Photoshop. | Bruce Barton |
 | Total Solar Eclipse Montage, August 21, 2017 from Alliance, Nebraska. Equipment: Sony RX100M3 Digital Camera with Telephoto Zoom set at 600mm. Exposures 1/1000 to 1/4000 at F5.6 with Baader solar film (Except totality shot with film removed, 1/1000 at F5.6, ISO-6400). | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | End of Total Solar Eclipse with Diamond Ring effect. August 21, 2017 from Alliance, Nebraska. Equipment: Sony RX100M3 Digital Camera with Telephoto Zoom set at 600mm. Exposure 1/1000 at F5.6, ISO-6400. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | Total Solar Eclipse with nearby Star, Regulus. August 21, 2017 from Alliance, Nebraska. Equipment: Sony RX100M3 Digital Camera with Telephoto Zoom set at 600mm. Exposure 1/1000 at F5.6, ISO-6400 | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | Equipment: C 9.25 Edge, Baader 2X barlow, ZWO asi120mc-s camera | Ryan Behrends |
 | Taken moments before Europa starts its transit. The Great Red Spot is just turning into view on the lower band, and just to the right of center a little lower is Red Spot Junior (Aka "Oval BA") - which was first seen in 2006 and is still visible some 11 years later (there's a white, oval just below it) . Several large bluish festoons can be seen looping down from the upper band in this photo. Edge-11HD, AP Mach1/GTO, ASI-1600mc, 400 of 2,000 frames, April 23, 2017. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | Europa Transit of Jupiter with IO on left and GRS visible. Edge-11HD, AP Mach1/GTO, ASI-1600mc, 400 of 2,000 frames, April 23, 2017. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | Wide-field image of the Veil Nebula complex, NGC6992, NGC6960, NGC6979, etc. in Cygnus. Date & Location: Nov. 29 & 30, 2016 at Comanche Point Observatory, Ingram, TX. Instrument: William Optics WO STAR71, 71mm f/4.9 five element refractor, focal length 350mm Camera: SBIG STT8300M monochrome camera with AstroDon Red, Green, Blue, and Luminance filters. Exposure: 310 minutes total, 10 minute subframe exposures, cooled to -20 deg. C. Combined and processed using MaxIm D/L v. 6.0 and Photoshop v. 7 | Bruce Barton |
 | Images of the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) were taken over a two year period (2015-2016) and required a total of 16.25 hours of exposure. Specifically, 390 minutes of luminance and 195 minutes of RGB each. | Kenric Kattner |
 | NGC2024 (Flame Nebula) - 4x120s, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, DeepSky Stacker, processed in Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | M1 (Crab Nebula) - 7x120s, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, DeepSky Stacker, processed in Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | M17 (Swan Nebula) - 10x120s, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, DeepSky Stacker, processed in Photoshop (from 28-sep-2016). | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | M27 (Dumbell Nebula) - 10x120s, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, DeepSky Stacker, processed in Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | Moon past first quarter, 350 of 1,000, seeing=3/5, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, processed in Registax and Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
 | Plato and Vallis Alpes, 200 of 2,000, seeing=3/5, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, processed in Registax and Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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M20 (Trifid Nebula) - 5x60s, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, DeepSky Stacker, processed in PixInsight and Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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M17 (the Swan Nebula) - 5x120s, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, DeepSky Stacker, processed in Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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M11 (Wild Duck Cluster) = 5x60s, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO, DeepSky Stacker, processed in Photoshop. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Moon and Venus before Occultation, ZWO 120mc-s camera | Ryan Behrends |
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Apollo 15 landing site near Mons Hadley, January 18, 2016, ZWO 120mc-s camera | Ryan Behrends |
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Jupiter from January 31, 2016, ZWO 120mc-s camera | Ryan Behrends |
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Mars from June 27, 2016, ZWO 120mc-s camera | Ryan Behrends |
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Saturn from June 27, 2016, ZWO 120mc-s camera | Ryan Behrends |
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Clavius from Nobember 20, 2015, ZWO 120mc-s camera | Ryan Behrends |
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Venus occultation by the moon on 12/07/15. It's afocal through a Celestron C6 SCT using a Canon digital camera. Photo taken about 8 minutes before ingress at 10:55 AM. | Dan Posey |
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M4 Globular Cluster in Scorpius. Stack of five, one minute exposures, ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Mars on August 6, 2016, size was 12.6", stack of 250/1000 exposures on ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Saturn on August 6th, 2016, stack of 115/500 exposures on ASI-1600MC, AP130GTX, AP Mach1/GTO. | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Moon just past first quarter taken with a Sony RX10 MIII Cybershot digital camera at full zooom (600mm). No telescope or tripod involved (!). | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Moon: Gassendi Crater, TMB105/650 | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Moon: Rupes Recta (The Great Wall), Celestron C8 | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Vallis Alpes - with an 8" Celestron SCT, SkyNyx 2.1c Camera. Showing the elusive rille on the floor of Vallis Alpes | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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Jupiter Stack of 100/200 exposures | C. E. Steuart Dewar |
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