Galaxies
M31 Spiral galaxy in Andromeda
Date:10/29/2008
About: M31 (The Andromeda Galaxy) at magnitude 3.5 is visible to the
naked eye on a clear moonless night from a dark location. At a distance of
2.9 million light years it is the most distant object easily visible to the
naked eye.
M33 Spiral galaxy in Triangulum
Date: 11/19/2006
About: M33 (Triangulum Galaxy) at magnitude 5.7 is 3 million light
years away and part of the local group of galaxies.
M51 Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici
About: M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) is about 30 million light years
away
M81 and M82 Spiral and Irregular galaxies in Ursa Major
Date: 11/19/2006
M81 and M82 with chart
Date: 04/22/2003
Film: Fuji Superia Color 400
Lense: 135mm set at f/3.5
Exposure:One 10 minute and one 3 minute combined
Notes: The line running accross the lower left is a satellite.
About: M81/82 are my favorite galaxies to look at. At magnitude 6.9
and 8.4 they are at a distance of about 11 million light years away. They
are visible in the
same telescope field but are at diffent angles which gives them an
interesting almost 3D perspective
M81 and M82
Date: 06/06/2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 5x30sec, 3x60sec, 2x120sec stacked using Registax
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor
NGC 5866
M96
Nebula
NGC7000 (The North America Nebula) and some other Nebulosity in
Cygnus
This image was cropped and heavily
edited to reduce Vignetting
Orion 11/19/2003 Orion Wide Field
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Date:11/19/2003
Film Kodak Elitechrome 200
Lense: 28mm set at f/5.6
Exposure: About 30 minutes
Location: Cherry Grove, MN (Cherry Grove is an observing site owned
by the Minnesota Astronomical
Society)
Notes: Scanned from slide with HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner
Orion 11/19/2003 Nebulosity in and around Orion
Date:11/19/2003
Film Kodak Elitechrome 200
Lense: 135mm set at f/5.6
Exposure: About 30 minutes
Location: Cherry Grove, MN (Cherry Grove is an observing site owned
by the Minnesota Astronomical
Society)
Notes: Scanned from slide with HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner
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Date: 11/19/2003
Film Kodak Elitechrome 200
Lense: 135mm set at f/5.6
Exposure: About 30 minutes
Location: Cherry Grove, MN (Cherry Grove is an observing site owned
by the Minnesota Astronomical
Society)
Notes: Scanned from slide with HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner
Orion Nebula
Date: 01/26/2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor
M8 and M20 Wide field
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Date: 08-20-2004
Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200
Lense: 135mm
Exposure: 27 minutes
Location: Cherry Grove, MN
M8 and M20
Date: 08-06-2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor (Orion Astroview 120ST)
Exposure: one 88 second, one 161 second, three 299 second, all ISO 1600
Location: Cherry Grove, MN - Star party
M16
Date: 08-14-2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor (Orion Astroview 120ST)
Exposure: 33 30 sec ISO 1600, 25 30sec ISO 800
Location: Cherry Grove, MN
M27
Date: 08-14-2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor (Orion Astroview 120ST)
Exposure: 34 30sec ISO 800, 22 30sec ISO 400, 29 15sec ISO 1600
stacked using Registax
Location: Faribault, MN
M57
Date: 08-21-2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor (Orion Astroview 120ST)
Exposure:
Location: Faribault, MN
Veil Nebula Wide field
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Date:09/03/2004
Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200
Lense: 135mm set at f/4
Exposure: 20 minutes
Location: Cherry Grove, MN
Notes: Scanned from slide with HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner
Star Clusters
M3 Globular Cluster
Date: 07/11/2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Exposure: 3x30 second at ISO 1600
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor (prime focus)
About: M3 is a Globular Cluster about 33,900 light years away in the constellation
Canes Venatici. Globular clusters are found around the halos of galaxys
instead of along the galactic plane where most stars reside.
M13 Globular Cluster (The Great Hercules Globular Cluster)
Date: 07/30/2005
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Exposure: 30 30sec ISO1600, 23 30sec ISO400
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor (prime focus)
About: M13 is about 25,000 light years away. If that seems far, look
closely at the full size image. See that little smudge to the upper right of
the cluster? That's a galaxy roughly 120,000,000 light years away!
M35 and NGC 2158 Open Cluster in Gemini
Date: 11/29/2008
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Exposure: 50 30sec ISO 1600 stacked using Registax
Telescope: 120mm f/5 refractor (prime focus)
M45 Open Cluster in Taurus
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