Object(s): IC1396 (The Elephant's Trunk nebula)
Location: My-Spot Observatory (4.1 ZLM)
Date: July 9, 10, 13, 16, 17 2010
Scope: Vixen VC200L w/Focal Reducer
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding: ST80 OTA with QHY5
Camera: QHY8Pro
Filters: Astronomik 12nm Ha, OIII, & SII
Exposure: 181 x 120 Sec (RGB), 25 x 900 (SII), 24x90 Sec (Ha), 38x900 Sec (OIII), (27 Hours, 47 Min)
Processing & Notes: Nebulosity, Fitswork4 and Stacked in DSS and final processing with PWP 4.0. This proved to be a difficult image to process.
NGC 7000 (North America Nebula - Mexico Region)
Object(s): NGC 7000 (North America Nebula - Mexico Region)
Location: My-Spot Observatory (4.1 ZLM)
Date: June 26 & 28, 2011
Scope: Vixen VC200L w/Focal Reducer
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding: ST80 OTA with QHY5
Camera: QHY9M
Filters: Astronomik 12nm Ha, OIII, & SII
Exposure: 47 x 300 (SII), 51x300 Sec (Ha), 48x300 Sec (OIII), (12 Hours, 10 Min)
Mapped: Sii-Red, Ha-Green, Oiii-Blue (HST Pallet)
Processing & Notes: Nebulosity, Fitswork4 and Stacked in DSS and final processing with PWP 5.
NGC 6995 (north eastern Veil nebula)
Object(s): NGC 6995 (north eastern Veil Nebula)
Location: My-Spot Observatory (4.1 ZLM)
Date: June 29, 2011
Scope: Vixen VC200L w/Focal Reducer
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding: ST80 OTA with QHY5
Camera: QHY9M
Filters: Astronomik 12nm Ha, OIII, & SII
Exposure: 20 x 300 (SII), 27x300 Sec (Ha), 20x300 Sec (OIII), (5 Hours, 35 Min)
Mapped: Ha-Red, Sii-Green, Oiii-Blue
Processing & Notes: Nebulosity, Fitswork4 and Stacked in DSS and final processing with PS CS2. This was a surprisingly easy image to process. My first truly remotely imaged astrophoto. Scope was at my home observatory in Michigan controlled via the internet from Utah (I know that's backwards). Everything worked flawlessly!