M33
taken with a
Hyperstar 3 and Canon 450D
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Maddy has teamed up with Gerald Madero to start taking and
processing gigabytes of data. The short exposure times of the
Hyperstar allows for more picture taking and less time in the
observatory taking pictures. Of course, Jerry's time on the computer processing
all the data is increasing!
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This is one single exposure of 30 seconds taken
with the Hyperstar at ISO 1600 of M33. |
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After stacking 30 exposures with Deep Sky
Stacker and processing with Photo Shop, the results are obvious.
This is 15 minutes worth of exposures that without the Hyperstar
would have take hours to do. |
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The Veil Nebula in Cygnus has two parts. This is
NGC6992 or the Eastern Veil. It is nearly 1 degree in size or
twice the apparent size of the Moon. |
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This shot of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus
was taken with O3, IDAS LPS2 and IR Cutoff filters. It is a
stack of several with each filter using Deep Sky Stacker. |
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Gerald Madero took this picture of M82 through
his 10" Meade with his Canon 400D. Details of the picture are
still classified and will soon be released! |
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Another Cygnus wonder, this planetary nebula is
known as the Dumbbell Nebula, or M27. This is one exposure
through the Hyperstar 3 and processed by Jerry in Photoshop. |
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Yet another planetary nebula caught with the
Hyperstar 3. This is NGC7293, also known and the Helix Nebula.
One of the largest nebula, but, very faint to observe. This is a
stack of 20 images using Deep Sky Stacker and processed using
Photoshop. |
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Galaxy mania continues with this shot of
colliding galaxies called M51 and NGC1595. This is a stack of
several images from the Hyperstar 3 and GPS 11. Processed by
Jerry Madero. |
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M31, the Andromeda Galaxy is one of our nearest
neighboring galaxies. It lies about 2.5 Million light years
away. Also in the picture are M110 (bottom) and M32 (left of
center), more satellite galaxies. |
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The Double Cluster, NGC 869 and NGC 884 are
naked eye clusters in Perseus. This cluster is best seen in
binoculars as it covers quite an area of the sky. Only the
lowest powers are used with telescopes to view this object and
it is still tough to see the whole extent of the clusters. |
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The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237-39, 2246 and Open
Cluster NGC 2244 cover an area 5 times larger than the Moon. The
nebula parts are very faint and sometimes missed when viewing
the open cluster. |
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This panel of three pictures of the Rosette
Nebula show how it can look differently when taking photos of it
during various sessions. |
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These pictures were taken with the Celestron GPS
11 and Hyperstar 3 with a Canon 450D (XSI). Mostly the exposures
were 35 seconds and a minimum of 20 exposures were stacked using
Deep Sky Stacker. |
