Kurt Friedrich
My astrophotography efforts starting back in 2003 with fairly primitive equipment up to the present.
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Bubble Nebula NGC 7635
Sept 24, 06 AP130 F/8 31 x 3min Canon 10d ISO1600 11 darks 500 5x5 adpt
M8 Lagoon, M20 Trifid Nebula, and M21 cluster
Aug 5, 05 M21 cluster is above (to the left) the TrifidWO 80mm Fluorite TV .8 reducer 24x180sec UHC ISO1600 Canon 10d
M17 Swan or Omega Nebula
Aug 4, 05 AP130 f/8 16x240sec UCH ISO1600 Canon 10d
IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula
Jul 18, 18 12x4min Jul 20, 18 31x4min AP140 f/7.5 ISO1600 Canon Rebel SL1 first image guided with Celestron NexGuide
NGC 7023 Iris Nebula
Aug 24, 05 (Note the dark nebula going up and down and left and right from the brighter center.)AP130 f/8 19x5min ISO1600 Canon 10d
North American Nebula NGC 7000
July 28, 05 WO 80mm Fluorite TV .8 reducer UHC 19x4min ISO1600 Canon 10d
M16 Eagle Nebula
July 13, 05 AP130 f/8 18x120 sec ISO1600 Canon 10d
NGC6992 Eastern Veil Nebula
July 20, 19Stowaway with .08 telecompressor 30 x 2min ISO1600 Canon Rebel SL1 22 darks
NGC6960 West Veil Nebula
July 30,31 19 The Witch's Broom Nebula From TMSPAlso shows some of the nebulosity in between NGC6992 and NGC960 know as Fleming’s Triangle or Pickering’s Triangle
Stowaway with .08 telecompressor 20x120min ISO1600 Canon Rebel SL1
Veil Nebula NGC 6992 and 6960
July 26 and 25, 2005 NGC 6992 East NGC 6960 WestWO 80mm Fluorite TV.8 reducer UHC filter Canon 10D
2 photos edited together to make one - left 18x4min right 15x4min ISO1600
M76 Little Dumbbell Nebula
Aug 9, 04 AP130 f/8 at f/6 25x120 sec ISO1600 Canon 10d
M27 Dumbbell Nebula
Aug 26, 05 AP130 f/8 24x4min ISO800 Canon 10d
M27 Dumbbell Nebula
June 20, 06 ZS110 f/7 37x2min ISO1600 Canon 10dFull frame, 1/2 resolution
NGC 2244 Open Cluster and NGC2237Rosette Nebula
Feb 12, 04 AP130 f/8 at f/6 38x120sec 18x180sec ISO1600 UHC Canon 10d
M1 Crab Nebula
Feb 11, 04 22x2min UHC Feb10, 06 32x5min UHC AP130 f/8 ISO1600 Canon 10d
Flame (NGC 2024) and Horsehead (Barnard 33) Nebula In Orion
Feb 8, 06 AP130 f/8 at f/6 18x8min UHC ISO1600 Canon 10dIC 434 is the bright red emission nebula which runs across the center.
Barnard 33 is the dark nebula of interstellar dust which outlines the shape of a horse head.
Below and left of B 33 is the blue reflection nebula NGC 2023.
The Flame Nebula, NGC 2024 is just below the star Alnitak, which is the left most star in the belt of Orion.
The reflection nebulae IC432 is to the left of the Flame.
(This was taken with a 86% moon, less than 25 degrees away.)
Flame and Horsehead with different telescope
Dec 27 04 WO 80mm Fluorite 24x4min ISO1600 UHC
Great Orion Nebula (M42, M43) and NGC 1977 (Running Man Nebula)
Dec 18,22 03 AP130 f/8 at f/6 10x180sec + 10x60 faded in ISO800 Canon 10dthen 16 more 180secs from Dec 22 processed with these 10 to fill in faint red nebula
M42
Feb 9, 06 AP130 f/8 UHC iso1600 4x30s 4x1min 28x8min Canon 10d(This was taken with a 92% moon, less than 30 degrees away.)
Flame and M42 composite
Composite images of the Flame and M42 placed on the Orion star field
M57 through a 5.5" refractor and a 9 1/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain
M57 Ring Nebula - Unguided with the AP140 and a 2x barlow
June 28-29, 2016 6 x 2min AP140 f/7.5 Plus AP 2" Advanced Convertible Barlow
M57 Ring Nebula - Unguided with the Celestron 9.25
Aug 18, 2016 55 x 1 min Celestron 9.25 (seeing was pretty poor, and shot from the wood deck = vibrations)
M20-Trifid Nebula - from 49 deg N Lat (TMSP)
Aug 4, 16 AP140 f/7.5 Canon Rebel SL1 21x120 unguided
Next 3 taken at Table Mt. Star Party 2017
M16 - Eagle Nebula - from 49 deg N Lat (TMSP)
Jul 19 17 AP140 f/7.5 Canon Rebel SL1 8x120 guided
NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula - from 49 deg N Lat (TMSP)
Jul 19 17 AP140 f/7.5 Canon Rebel SL1 14x120 guided
NGC 7662 - Snoball Nebula - from 49 deg N Lat (TMSP)
Jul 18 17 AP140 f/7.5 Canon Rebel SL1 17x120 guided
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