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This section contains very few images because the sky over the New Millennium Observatory is rather bad for galaxies and nebulae imaging.
Moreover the deep-sky photography is not among the key project of the observatory, therefore normally I do not take long exposure of the sky, but the exposure time is optimize to get the highest limiting magnitude with the shortest time exposure, a technique that I currently use in the Valhalla supernova search.

All these pictures have been taken with the 0.36-m telescope of the observatory. Beside each photo there is a short data description.

 

M82_20061215_0226UTC_Halpha_21x100.JPG

M82. Galaxy in Ursa Major

21 100second frames stacked with Astrometrica. Only dark+bias and flatfield has been applied.

Celestron 14 ad f/7.6 with Astronomik H-alpha interferential filter and Apogee ALTA U47 (-25°C).

December 15, 2006. 0226UTC

M1_20061215_0142UTC_Halpha_20x100s.JPG

M1. Crab Nebula in Taurus.

20 100second frames stacked with Astrometrica. Only dark+bias and flatfield has been applied.

Celestron 14 ad f/7.6 with Astronomik H-alpha interferential filter and Apogee ALTA U47 (-25°C).

December 15, 2006. 0142UTC.

 

NGC2264_20061214_0154UTC_Halpha_13x100.JPG

NGC 2264. Cone Nebula in Monoceros.

13 100second frames stacked with Astrometrica. Only dark+bias and flatfield has been applied.

Celestron 14 ad f/7.6 with Astronomik H-alpha interferential filter and Apogee ALTA U47 (-25°C).

December 14, 2006. 0154UTC

IC434_20061214_0038UTC_Halpha_21x100.JPG

IC 434. Horsehead Nebula in Orion.

21 100second frames stacked with Astrometrica. Only dark+bias and flatfield has been applied.

Celestron 14 ad f/7.6 with Astronomik H-alpha interferential filter and Apogee ALTA U47 (-25°C).

December 14, 2006. 0038UTC

M13_2004

The Great Cluster in Hecules, Messier 13. 30second exposure with binning 2x2. Only bias, dark and flat reductions have been applied. Date and time:

M27_2004

The Dumbell Nebula, Messier 27, a planetary nebula in Vulpecula. 30second exposure with binning 2x2. Only bias, dark and flat reductions have been applied. Date and time:

M57_2004

The Ring Nebula, Messier 57, a planetary nebula in Lyra. 30second exposure with binning 2x2. Only bias, dark and flat reductions have been applied. Date and time:

 

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Latest update: 13-09-10