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These following images where taken with My Meade DSI II Colour CCD on my new 254mm f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Mounted on a NEQ6 Pro Skywatch mount and guided by the use of a Orion Starshoot Autoguider on a Saxon 80mm f/5 Refractor which is piggybacked on my 150mm
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Custom Water Cooled Meade DSI II Colour CCD Camera Ice Cooled Meade DSI II Colour on Moonlight Focuser Saxon f/5 Refractor with Orion Starshoot Autoguider
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NGC 6618 - The Duck/Swan/Omega Nebula - M17
(Emission Nebula in Sagittarius)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Guided Mount
16 x 2min Lum Fits
32 x 2min RGB Fits
Taken at Queensland's 20i3 Astrofest at Camp Duckadang (near Linwood Qld) on August the 9th
Distance approx 6,000 Light Years
NGC 6853 - M27
(Dumbbell/Apple/Diabolo Nebula)
(Planetary Nebula in Vulpecular)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
20 x 3min Lum Fits
30 x 3min RGB Fits
Taken at Queensland's 20i3 Astrofest at Camp Duckadang (near Linwood Qld) in August on the nights of 8th & 9th
Distance approx 1,360 Light Years
Beta Phoenicis
(Type - G8IIIvar)
(Double Star in Phoenix - Double not magnified to show companion)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
51 x 30sec Lum Fits
10 x 30sec RGB Fits
Taken on the 31 /08/2013 at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 93 Light Years
NGC 6300
(Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
9 x 10min Lum Fits
17 x 10min RGB Fits
Taken at Queensland's 20i3 Astrofest at Camp Duckadang (near Linwood Qld) in August on the nights of 2nd, 3th & 4th
Distance approx 50,000,000 Light Years
NGC6822 - Barnard's Galaxy
(Barred Elliptical Galaxie in Sagittarius)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
16 x 10min Lum Fits
21 x 10min RGB Fits
Taken at Queensland's 20i3 Astrofest at Camp Duckadang (near Linwood Qld) in August on the nights of 8th, 9th
Distance approx 1,630,000 Light Years
NGC 6872
(Barred Spiral Galaxy in Pavo)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
26 x 10min Lum Fits
Lum Shots Taken on the 15 -18/06/2013 at home, at Redcliffe
20 x 10min RGB Fits
RGB Shots Taken at Queensland's 20i3 Astrofest at Camp Duckadang (near Linwood Qld) in August on the nights of 3rd & 4th
Distance approx 220,000,000 Light Years
NGC7606
(Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
18 x 10min Lum Fits
7 x 10min RGB Fits
Taken at Queensland's 20i3 Astrofest at Camp Duckadang (near Linwood Qld) in August over the nights of 4th - 8th
Distance approx 104,000,000 Light Years
NGC7562 / NGC7590 / NGC7599
(Spiral Galaxies in Grus - Three of the Grus Quartet)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
36 x 10min Lum/Monochrome Fits
9 x 10min RGB Filters Fits
Taken 09/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 75,000,000 Light Years
Pavo Group
NGC6872 / NGC6876 / NGC6877 /NGC6880 / IC4972 / IC4981 / IC4970 / PGC64439
(Pavo Group Of Galaxies)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
12 x 10min Lum/Monochrome Fits
10 x 10min RGB Filters Fits
Taken 09/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 220,000,000 Light Years
NGC7410
(Spiral Galaxy in Grus)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
9 x 10min Lum Fits
4 x 10min RGB Filters Fits
Taken 09/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 78,000,000 Light Years
NGC628 - M74
(Spiral Galaxy in Pieces)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
11 x 10min Lum Fits
8 x 10min RGB Filters Fits
Taken 09/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 30,000,000 Light Years
(Note-The star marked in this shot is the Supernova that appeared this year in this Galaxy - Nice and bright :) )
(Double Star in Orion)
(Separation 52.6 arc Seconds)
(Magnitudes - 2.2 & 6.7)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/7.8 (Celestron x2 Barlows) Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
15 x 5sec Lum Fits
15 x 5sec RGB Fits
Taken 29/09/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 690 Light Years
NGC 7793
(Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
19 x 10min Lum Fits
7 x 10min RGB Filters Fits
Taken 09/2013 - 10/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 12,700,000 Light Years
NGC 1232
(Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus )
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
21 x 10min Lum Fits
7 x 10min RGB Filters Fits
Taken 08/09/2013 - 28/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 65,000,000 Light Years
NGC 488
(Spiral Galaxy in Pisces)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
20 x 10min Lum Fits
8 x 10min RGB Filters Fits
Taken 12/09/2013 - 30/11/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 104,320,000 Light Years
Barnard 33
(Dark Nebula In Orion - The Horse Head Nebula)
Meade DSI II Colour - 254mm f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph
Skywatch SynScan NEQ6 Pro GoTo Starshoot Auto Guided Mount
16 x 10min Lum Fits
10 x 10min each of Red, Green, Blue Filters - Fits
Taken 03/10/2013 - 02/12/2013 at home at Redcliffe Observatory
Distance approx 1,600 Light Years
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