St-237A Deep-Sky Images (Nebula)

ST-237A Nebula Images

	M20 - Trifid Nebula Captured 8/24/02 Meade LX200 8" F10 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Super Wedge, F3.3, Unguided LRGB 45:15:15:15 bin 1x1 exposures were captured with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned with AIP4Win, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. Click on the image to see the full size version.
	M16 - Eagle Nebula Captured 8/4/02 Meade LX200 8" F10 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Super Wedge, F5, Unguided 60 1 min L, 17,19,10 1 min. ea. RGB bin 1x1 exposures were captured with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned with AIP4Win, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. I actualy collected 75 1 min Luminance frames and 25 1 minute each RGB frames. The frames used to make the image were selected for minimal tracking error. Click on the image to see the full size version.
	M27 - Dumbell Nebula Captured 10/04/02 Meade LX200 8" F10 + ST-237A CCD @ -5 deg. Super Wedge, IDAS LPS Filter, F5, Unguided 60 1 min L, 20 1 min. ea. RGB bin 1x1 exposures were captured with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned with AIP4Win, deconvolution with CCDSharp, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. This is my first effort with the IDAS Light Pollution Filter from Hutech. I am very pleased with the results.I used the Click on the image to see the full size version.
	M57 - Ring Nebula Captured 7/20/02 - My First ST-237 Color Image Meade LX200 8" F10 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Equatorial mode, Unguided 60 1 min L, 20 1 min. ea. RGB exposures were captured with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned with AIP4Win, deconvolution with CCDSharp, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. Click on the image to see the full size version.
	M1 - Crab Nebula Captured 9/29/02 Meade LX200 8" F3.3 + ST-237A CCD @ -5 deg. Equatorial mode, SuperWedge, Unguided 60 1 min L, 20 1 min. ea. RGB exposures were captured with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned with AIP4Win, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. The half Moon was just a few degrees away. Click on the image to see the full size version.
	NGC7662 - Blue Snowball Nebula Captured 10/12/02 Meade LX200 8" F10 + ST-237A CCD @ -10 deg. Equatorial mode, SuperWedge, Unguided 30 10 sec. L, 15 10 sec. ea. RGB exposures were captured with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned with AIP4Win, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. Click on the image to see the full size version.
	IC434 - Horsehead Nebula Captured 01/05/03 Meade LX200 8" F3.3 + Hutech LPS Filter + ST-237A CCD @ -20 deg. Equatorial mode, SuperWedge, Unguided LRGB , L 120 bin 1x1, RGB:30:30:30 binned 2x2, The 120 minutes of luminance was insufficient for this object. In an effort to improve the image quality the Luminance and Red were combined prior to normal LRGB processing. Exposures were collected with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned and selectively discarded with AIP4Win, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. The final image was reduced to 75% of the original size to improve appearance. Click on the image to see the 75% size version.
	IC434 - Horsehead Nebula Captured 12/28/02 Meade LX200 8" F5 + Hutech LPS Filter + ST-237A CCD @ -25 deg. Equatorial mode, SuperWedge, Unguided LRGB = 94:22:24:20 (2 min. subexposures), Four hours of exposures were collected with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned and selectively discarded with AIP4Win, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. Approximately 50% of the images were discarded due to tracking errors. Click on the image to see the full size version.
	NGC2932 - Eskimo Nebuls Captured 01/19/03 Meade LX200 8" F10 + ST-237A CCD @ -30 deg. Equatorial mode, SuperWedge, Unguided LRGB = 60:15:15:15 (30 sec. subexposures), Over 200 30 sec exposures were collected with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned and selectively discarded with AIP4Win, combined and final adjustments in PhotoShop. Approximately 50% of the images were discarded due to tracking errors. I encountered frost on my chip for the first time with this image. Click on the image to see the full size version.
	M57 - Star Magnitudes Captured 7/20/02 Meade LX200 8" F10 + ST-237A CCD @ 0 deg. Equatorial mode, Unguided 60 1 minute exposures were captured with CCDSoft, Reduced with CCDSoft, Aligned with AIP4Win. Brightness/Contrast adjustments in PhotoShop. This image was processed to display the highest magnitude stars visible in the image. The magnitudes in this image are from an article in S&T Sept. 2001. This image was made within 5 mi. of the center of Dallas, Tx. USA.