Eagle Nebula
Emission nebula and star-forming region, young open cluster. Composite of 90 (out of 373) 40-second exposures. Full color. Click image for wide view.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast, Unsharp mask in GIMP
June 25, 2004
Trifid Nebula
Emission nebula and star-forming region. Magnitude 9. Composite of 80 (out of 290) 40-second exposures. Full color. Click image for wide view.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast, Unsharp mask in GIMP
June 12, 2004
Great Orion Nebula
Wide field image showing the M43, above, and M42 star-forming nebulas. Composite of 100 (out of 425) 20-second exposures. Image at left reduced 1/2, click image for full size version.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast, Gaussian blur in GIMP
December 4, 2004
Dumbell Nebula
Planetary nebula (dying star). Magnitude 7.4. Composite of 80 (out of 225) 40-second exposures. Full color. Click for wide field view.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast, Unsharp mask in GIMP
July 11, 2004
Ring Nebula
Planetary nebula (dying star). Magnitude 8.8. Composite of 115 (out of 353) 20-second exposures. Full color. Click for wide field view.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast, Unsharp mask in GIMP
June 29, 2004
Cat's Eye Nebula
Planetary nebula (dying star). Magnitude 8.1. This nebula is very small, only 23x17 arcsec. For this shot I used about twice the focal length as the other nebulas on this page, and further enlarged the image by 2X. Composite of 84 (out of 500) 10-second exposures. Full color. North is to the right.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/14
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast in GIMP
June 1, 2004
Crab Nebula
Supernova remnant from a star that exploded in 1054 A.D. I have manged to see this dim nebula in the eyepiece only once. Composite of 80 (out of 366) 40-second exposures. Click image for wider field.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast, Gaussian Blur, Unsharp Mask in GIMP
December 19, 2004
Great Orion Nebula
This is part of a vast nebula system and star-forming region in the direction of Orion. The gas cloud is lit by the young giant stars in the center. Natural color. Composite of 12-second exposures.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor + IR block filter
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Contrast
November 18, 2003 2:05am PST