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These images were obtained using a Celestron 8" NGT f/5 (C8 N) and an unfiltered Adirondak StellaCam II at prime focus. They were captured to a laptop using Astro-Snap and stacked with Registax. The images are mostly experiments as I become familiar with the StellaCam II and its various settings. I recently installed a JMI Motofocus and most of the the pictures below were taken prior to that. I've purchased an ATiK Color Filter Wheel and a .5 focal reducer but have not really used them much. I've also started using a BlueStar adaptor which is working well especially when combined with "GuideDog" by Steve Barkes - a piece of software for autoguiding. It helps compensate for the lack of periodic error correction on the CG-5 mount. GuideDog works real well and uses ASCOM drivers which I will eventually dabble with.




M 1 Crab Nebula   Image 2

M 13 Globular Cluster

M 16 Eagle Nebula

M 27 Dumbell Nebula

M 31 Andromeda Galaxy

M 33 Galaxy in Triangulum

M 42 Orion Nebula

M 51 Whirlpool Galaxy

M 57 Ring Nebula

M 74 Galaxy

M 77 Face on Galaxy

M 82 Starburst Galaxy

NGC 253 Galaxy in Sculptor

NGC 891 Edge on Galaxy in Andromeda

NGC 1977 Running Man Nebula

NGC 2392 Eskimo Nebula

NGC 7331




Image of part of the Orion Nebula
Part of the Orion Nebula

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