M17 – The Omega Nebula
Located in the rich star fields of the Sagittarius area of the Milky Way, the Omega Nebula is one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions of our galaxy.
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M16 – The Eagle Nebula
The gas columns of M16 are illuminated and eroded by the massive star cluster (NGC 6611) which is visible at the centre of the image. The cluster was born during
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) from Nerpio, Spain
A classic spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici – it is 30 million light years distant and 60 thousand light years across with an estimated mass of 160 billion
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Autoguiding with the Atik 314L+
I use an external guidescope and camera to guide the PlaneWave CDK 12.5 at AstroCamp. The initial set-up using a 60mm F/3.8 guidescope and Lodestar guider did not provide enough
Cosmic Tadpoles – IC410
Ha image of emission nebula IC410 acquired using my system at AstroCamp, Nerpio, Spain. Comparing this with the image of IC410 (below) taken using my ST-10/Megrez 120 system in Bristol
Emission Nebula in Cassiopeia (Take 2) – IC1795
First published image from my remote telescope hosted with AstroCamp at Nerpio, S.E. Spain (aka iTelescope T18). It has taken me almost a year to prepare and get the system
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PlaneWave CDK 12.5 operational at AstroCamp
I am just back from a four day visit to the AstroCamp observatory in the mountains of S.E. Spain where I finalised the installation of my PlaneWave CDK 12.5 telescope.
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Pickering’s Triangle and Witch’s Broom Nebula – NGC6960
This is the western portion of the Cygnus Loop – a large supernova remnant in the constellation of Cygnus. The image was acquired remotely using the iTelescope.net T16 telescope located
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