M42 – Orion Nebula

2016-01-05 19:30-03:00 Some low clouds and ice crystals, no wind, -10 degrees C M42 Exposures: 6x480s+11x240s+10x60s+11x30s+10x15s LIGHT 2016-01-13 21:00-23:00 Clear, turbulent, low clouds, no wind, -11 degrees C M42 Exposures: 8x300s LIGHT 2016-01-14 20:00-00:00 Clear, setting moon, no wind, -13 degrees C M42 Exposures: 2x480s+18x300s+12x240s … Continue readingM42 – Orion Nebula

IC434 – Horsehead Nebula

2016-01-06 20:30-01:00 Clear, no wind, -12 degrees C IC434 Exposures: 35x300s+18x240s+2x120s LIGHT 2016-02-26 19:30-22:30 Clear, no wind, rising moon, -3 degrees C IC434 Exposures: 2x120s+14x300s+12x480s LIGHT Total 12x480s+49x300s+18x240s+4x120s 303x480s DARK 200 BIAS Camera: Canon EOS-600Da, IDAS LPS-P2, ISO800 Lens: Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED + Sky-Watcher field … Continue readingIC434 – Horsehead Nebula

Heart and Soul Nebulae

Testing the PixInsight GradientMergeMosaic tool. IC1848:2014-04-03 22:00-05:00 (2 hours lost due to a combination of hardware and software problems)Clear, moon at the horizon, no wind, 0 degrees CExposures:8x480s LIGHT28x480s DARK200 BIAS IC1805:2015-12-13 17:30-21:00 (2 hours lost due to Canon driver issue with Windows 10 and … Continue readingHeart and Soul Nebulae