NGC 5982 (mag.12)
NGC 5981 (mag 13.9)
NGC 5976 (mag 15.8)
One of my favorite sights in the sky! Twelve summed 60-sec. exposures. Cropped and reduced in size by 25%.
July 2000 Images
C8 Fastar (mainly)
Ray Cash
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M16. Twelve 60 sec exposures summed using MaxIm software. Low-pass filter applied. Reduced in size by 25%. Contrast this image with a log-scaled image from the same image files. Which do you prefer? |
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M51. Using an f/6.5 reducer (from Taurus Technologies) and binned 2x2. 20 x 60 sec exposures summed with MaxIm. |
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M17. One 60 second exposure. (Summed exposures did not reveal more detail). Reduced in size by 25%. |
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NGC 5985 (mag.11.9) NGC 5982 (mag.12) NGC 5981 (mag 13.9) NGC 5976 (mag 15.8) One of my favorite sights in the sky! Twelve summed 60-sec. exposures. Cropped and reduced in size by 25%. |
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NGC 5907. Near the above trio, also in Draco. Twelve 60-sec exposures, summed, stretched, cropped, and reduced in size by 25%. |
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M81. Twelve exposures of 60 secs summed. Unsharp mask used. |
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NGC 6822 ("Bernard's galaxy") in Sagittarius. A difficult, low surface-brightness object--though large (mag 9.3; 10.1' x 8.8'). Ten exposures of 60 secs summed. |
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The Veil, or rather, a portion of it (NGC 6960), near 52 Cygni. Ten exposures of 60 secs summed. Heavily cropped and reduced in size by 25%. |
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Jones 1. A very faint (mag 15.1), though large (5.3') planetary in Pegasus. Twenty 60 sec exposures stacked... Still: a very noisy image. Heavily cropped and reduced in size by 25%. |
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M13. A 60-sec exposure. To the right of the line is IC 4617, a faint (mag. 15.5) galaxy. IC 4617 is NOT to be confused with the much better known (and brighter) NGC 6207, not included in this image. |
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NGC 6334. A rich, complex, HII region in Sagittarius. Twelve 60 sec exposures summed. Reduced in size by 25%. |
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NGC 6357. Near 6334 in Sagittarius--perhaps part of the same complex? Twelve 60 sec exposures summed. Reduced in size by 25%. |
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M8. A 60 second exposure. Reduced in size by 25%. |
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Comet Linear S4. July 1, 2000. One 60 sec exposure. (I did ten 60 sec exposures, but by "blinking" with MaxIm DL, I found the comet moved a few arc-minutes!) ... But not interesting enough to create--and ask you to wait for--an animation consisting of ten images over ten or so minutes! |
