I am happy with this image. I started with the Bubble nebula, then I realized how close M52 was so I changed the ROI to 2896×2302 and got a nice shot of both. At full frame I had 2 clusters but the Bubble nebula would have been much smaller. This image is 131 30 second … Read More “Bubble Nebula with M52” »
Category: Star Clusters
IOne of my favorite Deep Space Objects to view. I took this image on September 9, 2024. I started imaging around 3am and the camera run 6am. There are about 160 45 second subs stacked and processed using Pixinsight. The image was taken with my Celestron 8″ SCT, my Hyperstar and a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro. … Read More “Pleiades” »
While waiting for Pleiades to come in view, I was bouncing around looking at different things. I love star clusters and this looked nice so, I grabbed a picture. Taken September 7,
M25 (Messier 25) is also known as IC 4725; is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. The cluster is located near some obscuring features, with a dark lane passing near the center. M25 is at a distance of about 2,000 light-years away from Earth and is 67.6 million years old. … Read More “M25 also known as IC 4725” »
This is one of 2 images of the Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. The Butterfly Cluster is 1600 light years from Earth. I took this picture August 10, 2024 just after 10pm using my Celestron 8″ … Read More “M6 – Butterfly Cluster” »
This is one of 2 images of the Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. The Butterfly Cluster is 1600 light years from Earth. I took this picture June 28, 2024 just after 12am using my Celestron 8″ … Read More “M6 – Butterfly Cluster – W/ Hyperstar” »
Messier 39 / NCG 7092 is an open cluster in Cygnus. I took this picture June 27, 2024 with my 8″ Celestron SCT, ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro and my Starzona Hyperstar. I used Sharpcap and set the ROI to 3000 x 3000. This image is 20 minutes of integration; There 80 15 second subs @ … Read More “M39 – Open Cluster” »
25,0000 Lightyears away. M13 Hercules Globular Cluster is a bright cluster of over 300,000 stars. I took this picture on June 15, 2024. I used my ZWO ASI2600MC, 41 2 minute subs from 11PM through Midnight. I had the gain set at 0.
Messier 3 (M3; also NGC 5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. I took this on 6/8/2024 about 12:30 am. This 20 1 min subs stacked in Sharpcap and processed in PixInsight.
Last night I set the telescope on the Beehive Cluster around 1am. This morning I woke up at 6 am and stopped SharpCap from imaging. Around 7:30 am I used Weighted Batch Processing script in PixInsight on and started combining the 622 images taken. When I compare the image below to the first one I … Read More “Beehive using HyperStar 4” »