Astro-images
A few pretty pictures, this is not the main focus of my astronomy, but it's fun from time to time. Some are taken at Gothers and some on robotic scopes. The ones at Gothers are typically taken when I am passing time waiting for a photometric target to appear high enough in the sky to begin work. As a result most of the images lack exposure time and are taken only with the photometric V band filter. The images taken using the Faulkes or Tzec Maun telescopes are as part of my educational work with schoolchildren but I process the data subsequently to produce some pleasing results.
Moon
Images taken using LX200 at f/10 using Canon 400D.
Planetary nebulae
Image 1: M27 ( Dumbell nebula) in V band LX200 + CCD
Image 2: NGC 7662 (Blue snowball nebula) - A challenging small target aquired using the LX200 and CCD using the V band filter
Image 3: M57 (ring nebula) - RGB image taken as part of an educational project using the Tzec Maun foundation remote RC16
Galaxies
Image 1: NGC2207 interacting galaxies. RGB taken with schoolchildren as part of an astronomy project using the 2m Faulkes telescope north on Haleakala
Image 2: Faint barred spiral galaxy NGC7479 is 105 million light years away in the constellation Pegasus. Image with LX200 using CCD and V filter.
Image 3: M51 taken using LX200 in V filter.
Nebulae
Image 1: Eta Carina nebula in RGB taken using the Tzec Maun TOA 150 refractor in Australia.
Image 2: Trifid nebula in RGB taken using the RC16 at Tzec MAun in New Mexico
Comets
Comet C/2003-W3 taken using the LX200 in V band.
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann using the Faulkes Telescope North with studnets from Helston Community College
