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| Last additions - Astrophotos |
NGC 694610 viewsNGC 6946, a spiral galaxy in Cepheus. Captured and calibrated with Maxim DL. Stacked with CCD Stack, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop.Jul 11, 2010
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M101 -- The Pinwheel Galaxy38 viewsM101 / NGC 5457, the Pinwheel Galaxy, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. Data acquired and reduced in Maxim DL, aligned and stacked in CCDStack 2, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop. There is some optical aberration, I think from the focal reducer, that distorts the stars, particularly at the top of the frame.Jun 13, 2010
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Moon and Venus May 20106 viewsThe crescent Moon and Venus outside the front door at Lake RiversideMay 26, 2010
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NGC 503340 viewsNGC 5033 -- Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Captured with CCDCommander and Maxim DL, reduced and combined in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop. This dim object (mag 10.8) really needs more exposure time than I have.May 25, 2010
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M33 with Hydrogen Alpha86 viewsM33- The Triangulum Galaxy, data captured on September 20 and 26, 2008, and September 19, 2009. This is the same image as my earlier M33 Over Two Years but has had 90 minutes of Hydrogen Alpha added to the red in the image. Captured and calibrated in Maxim DL. Aligned and combined in CCDStack. Primary processing in PixInsight with touch-up in Photoshop. Mar 21, 2010
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M82 -- The Cigar Galaxy63 viewsM82 -- The Cigar Galaxy, captured with CCD Commander and Maxim DL, reduced in Maxim DL and CCDStack, stacked in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight, finished in Photoshop.Mar 06, 2010
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Crab in Ha34 viewsThe Crab Nebula, Messier 1, in hydrogen alpha (Ha). Captured in Maxim DL, reduced, registered, and stacked in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight, minor touch up in Photoshop.Jan 23, 2010
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The Witch's Chin31 viewsThe nose and chin portion of IC 2118, the Witch Head Nebula. Reduced and stacked in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight and finished in Photoshop.Jan 18, 2010
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| Random files - Astrophotos |
Saturn, December 3, 2004135 viewsSaturn, December 3, 2004
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Saturn, February 5, 2005143 viewsSaturn, February 5, 2005
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NGC 7331153 viewsNGC 7331, galaxy in Pegasus, Luminance, Maxim DL, CCD Sharp, Photoshop,
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Moon Detail80 viewsMoon, taken at first quarter, guided manually. Processed in Registax and PixInsight.
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M13 -- The Hercules Cluster114 viewsM13 -- The Hercules Cluster, a globular cluster in Hercules. Calibrated in MaximDL, aligned and stacked in CCDStack, color combine, deconvolution, and noise reduction in PixInsight, color balance in Photoshop. The small galaxy in the upper left is IC 4617.
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Perseid Meteor 200774 viewsA Perseid Meteor is visible as a faint trail in the upper right quadrant of the photo. The fuzzy spot near the center is M 31, the Andromeda Galaxy, and Cassiopeia is visible on the left side of the photo. Taken with Kodak ASA 400 color negative film, scanned at high definition by Samy's Camera, processed in PixInsight.
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Copernicus 2/17/08 V242 viewsCopernicus Crater on the Moon, a four-picture mosaic built in Photoshop, with all other processing in PixInsight. This is the second of two versions of the image, with a bit softer handling of contrast.
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Craters Copernicus and Kepler77 viewsCraters Copernicus and Kepler, Mare Imbrium and Oceanus Procellarum, taken at near to a full Moon. This is a mosaic of 8 separate images, stacked in Registax, the mosaic was built in Photoshop, the image was processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop.
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