It has been a while since I last posted any astronomy images.. so :
This is NGC2903, a spiral galaxy with central bar. It can be found near the head of the Lion in the Consellation Leo.
This one is of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) which is near the tail of the Great Bear (Ursa Major).
The Horsehead Nebula in Orion (found just below the Left star on Orion’s Belt).
Finally, M1 The Crab Nebula. This is a Super Nova Remenant. When the light from the Super Nova first reached Earth in 1054, it was so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for a few days. We know this because the Chinese made note of it in their historical records.
OK, you can all wake up now 😉 .
By: Paul Rix - 23rd March 2006 at 01:39
Here are a couple more. I have just started using an new camera and these are the initial results.
NGC2903 again. The new camera does a much nicer job IMHO giving a cleaner image with less noise.
The Horsehead Nebula again. Unfortunately, Orion was getting pretty washed out with light pollution near the horizon when I took this. That is why the contrast is not as good as it could have been. Even so, I think it is a better image than my last attempt (except for the contrast).
The new camera is monochrome, so to get colour images, I have to take four sets of data using filters for Red, Green, Blue and Luminance. The Luminance set contains the majority of the detail and takes longer to capture. I then use Photoshop to merge the colour data to give the final image. More time consuming than a one shot colour camera, but the sensor is more than twice as sensitive when compared to the previous camera and the lack of a bayer matrix on the chip means that each image is much sharper. The image of NGC2903 is the first I have done where the data was gathered on two separate nights. I took the Luminance and Blue data on Friday night and finished up the Red and Green data on Saturday. For some reason, I find that pretty amazing. Hopefully the new camera (a Meade Deep Sky Imager Pro) will allow me to get some really nice images over the next few months.
By: Future Pilot - 10th March 2006 at 12:49
Such an amazing selection, I have a telescope and have not used it in ages. Let’s hope for a clear night soon!
By: Canpark - 10th March 2006 at 05:51
Awesome pictures!!
By: steve rowell - 10th March 2006 at 05:34
Very nice!!
By: Paul Rix - 10th March 2006 at 04:17
Glad you like them! Holty, yes, I have seen that site. Amazing images!
By: holty - 9th March 2006 at 16:25
real nice shots mate, cool link for you if your into astronomy
http://hubblesite.org/
but youv’e probably seen this already
By: duxfordhawk - 9th March 2006 at 11:13
Amazing pictures, Thanks for posting them.
By: Mark9 - 9th March 2006 at 09:33
Very nice indeed. 😉
By: bombsaway - 9th March 2006 at 09:27
Stunning
By: Arm Waver - 9th March 2006 at 08:36
Fantastic…
Makes you feel so small an insignifcant doesn’t it?
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