Imaging the Planet Jupiter - image created by stacking multiple webcam frames in the Registax software and then image processing in Paint Shop pro

NGC 7000 - and the 'spine' of the constellation of Cygnus.
Image taken using a manual SLR - 10 minute exposure at ISO 400 with a 200mm telephoto lens at f/4. Camera mounted on an EQ6 equatorial mount and manually guided using a 500mm refractor at x50

M42 in Orion - showing part of the 'Running Man Nebula'.
A stack of 20 individual images taken using a Canon 350d with 200mm lens at f/4 and ISO 800.
Taken on 21st March 2009 from SkySpace Car park near Kielder village, Northumberland.

Images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker with final processing with Paint Shop Pro 12 Ultimate.
Takne under very clear and dark skies in one of the darkest light-pollution free locations in the United Kingdom

Photo-mosaic of ~8-day-old Moon taken at Huddersfield Observatory, in March 2009.
Total of 21 individual images taken at 1/100th second exposure at ISO100 at prime focus of a Meade LX200 16-inch SCT.
Image mosaic created with Panorama Maker 3 and lightly processed in Paint Shop Pro 12 to remove processing artifacts

Total Solar Eclipse taken on 1st August 2008 from somewhere in the Taklimakan Desert, NW China, near Urum-Chi.
Canon 350d coupled to Borg 77ED refractor, 1/13th second exposure at ISO 400.
No image processing

The Sun - a Total Solar Eclipse

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The Planets

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The Moon

The Starry Nebulae

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These three images of Messier 42 [and Messier 43 in the LHS image] show views of the Orion Nebula taken on a single night in April 2011.
Here you can see the effect of using higher and higher magnification.
LHS Image - at 250mm focal length [telephoto lens]
Middle Image - at 625mm focal length [Borg 77Eco telelscope]
RHS Image - at 1200mm focal lenght [Intes Micro Maksutov-Newtonain Telescope]

For more details of the equipment used just locate the My Equipment page from the Astronomy Menu above
For more details of the images please locate the Orion_pic page from the Astronomy Menu above

Messier 45 - the Pleiades Cluster
A group of more than 200 stars all quite young [<50 million years] located in the conmstellation of Taurus

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Use the External Links Menu to find additional resources about places to go and utlities to help you enjoy the Night Sky
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Here you can find some details about a few of the images I have taken of Astronomical objects, over the past 20+ years.
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