Archive for October, 2011
Abell Galaxy Cluster (AGC 426) in Perseus
by Bob on Oct.24, 2011, under NGC Objects
Type: Lots of all kinds of galaxies
Constellation: Perseus
Distance From Earth: Varies anywhere between approx. 200,000,000 – 280,000,000 light years, some possibly even more distant
Camera: Atik 314L color
Exposure: 20x480s light frames, 5 dark frames, 0 flats.
Filters: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2
Telescope: Robtics 130mm F/6.9 Triplet Apo
The Draco Trio (NGC 5985, 5982 and 5981)
by Bob on Oct.24, 2011, under NGC Objects
NGC 5985
Type: Face-on Spiral Galaxy
NGC 5982
Type: Elliptical Galaxy
NGC 5981
Type: Edge-on Spiral Galaxy
Common information
Constellation: Draco
Distance From Earth: Approx. 100,000,000 light years
Camera: Atik 314L color
Exposure: 36x480s light frames, 5 dark frames, 0 flats.
Filters: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2
Telescope: Robtics 130mm F/6.9 Triplet Apo
NGC 891 v2
by Bob on Oct.16, 2011, under NGC Objects
A.k.a. Caldwell 23
Type: Unbarred Spiral Galaxy
Constellation: Andromeda
Telescope: Robtics 130mm triplet apo @ F/6.9
Camera: Atik 314L color
Exposure: 8x 300s + 20x 600s light frames, 4x 300s darks
Filters: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2
Previous version can be viewed here.
M 15 v2
by Bob on Oct.16, 2011, under Messier Objects
A.k.a.: NGC 7078
Type: Globular cluster
Telescope: Robtics 130mm triplet apo @ F/6.9
Camera: Atik 314L
Exposure: 17x300s, 4 darks, no flats
Filters: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2
The first version was made 1 year ago, minus 10 days, with the DSLR.