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M42 -- Nebula in Orion619 viewsThe Nebula in Orion, M42, with the trapezium at the center. Taken in red, green, blue, and hydrogen alpha (Ha). Processed in Maxim DL, stacked in CCD Stack, color combine and other processing in PixInsight, final touch-up in Photoshop. This data sat on the hard drive for over two years before I got around to processing it. 
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M51 -- The Whirlpool Galaxy (Processing 1)609 viewsM51 -- The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Vanetici, processed in CCDSoft and Photoshop. This is one of my first images with the ST-10, and it is the original processing of the data. Insufficient exposure, but still the first!
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Moon and Venus May 2010739 viewsThe crescent Moon and Venus outside the front door at Lake Riverside
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NGC 2264 -- The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster in Ha559 viewsNGC 2264 -- The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster in Hydrogen Alpha (Ha), Maxim DL, Photoshop. This is the Ha part of a HARGB series.
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NGC 2403 -- Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis575 viewsNGC 2403 -- Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis. Image reduction in MaximDL, alignment, sigma clip, and stacking (sum) in CCDStack, color combine and balancing in Photoshop, noise reduction in PixInsight.
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M33 with Hydrogen Alpha485 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.
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Mars, December 31, 2007489 viewsMars on New Year's Eve 2007. Stacked and sharpened in Registax using gaussian wavelets, sharpened and touched up in PixInsight, final work in Photoshop. This was the first shot of the night and the seeing deteriorated from there.
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Perseid Meteor 2007450 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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M51 -- The Whirlpool Galaxy (Processing 2)690 viewsM51 -- The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Vanetici, processed in CCDSoft, CCDStack, and Photoshop using GradientXterminator. I reprocessed the image with better skills and tools and got a nicer result. Still not enough data, but better.
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NGC 69461038 viewsNGC 6946, a spiral galaxy in Cepheus. Captured and calibrated with Maxim DL. Stacked with CCD Stack, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop.
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M101 -- The Pinwheel Galaxy614 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.
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M82 -- The Cigar Galaxy577 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.
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