Backpacking!

Deep Space Objects

For starters these are images that Stella and I took at New Mexico Skies.  We were on dome 2 which has a Meade 16" LX200 computer controlled telescope.  We were using a SBIG ST-2000XCM color CCD camera.  And it was housed in a clamshell dome.  I talked about the process some in this post.

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (3 - 20 Min; 6- 5 Min; 1- 1 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (2 - 15 Min; 4- 5 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Spiral Galaxy (M81)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (3 - 15 Min; 6- 5 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Horsehead Nebula

Equipment above

15 Min Exposure 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Flame Nebula

Equipment above

25 Min Exposure 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Cigar Galaxy (M82)

Equipment above

Series of exposures (2 - 20 Min; 4- 5 Min) 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Bubble Nebula

Equipment above

20 Min Exposure 

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

The Christmas Tree Cluster

Equipment above

Series of exposures (2 -15 Min; 6 - 5 Min)

Edited using CCDOPS and Photoshop

Christmas Day

Wigilia

Christmas Decorations

Beronulli was quite confused about all of this

Photos from the middle of the desert

New Place