The Scutum Star Cloud taken under the dark skies of Cherry Springs State Park on 17-Sept-2014.
The Scutum Star Cloud
Canon 6D
Canon 70-200mm @ 200mm & f/2.8
60 Second Exposure
ISO 1600
Orion Atlas Mount
Sep 272014
Jul 282014
M20 – The Triffid
SVQ-100 Quadruplet Astrograph
Apogee Ascent A694 CCD
Baader LRGB Filters
Atlas EQ6 w/ EQMOD
11x10min Lum, 4x10min Red, 3x10min Green, 3x10min Blue
Total Expose 3.5 Hours
Greene County PA
Imaging M20 through the light pollution.
Sep 212013
M52, NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula, SH2-157 The Lobster Claw Nebula, SH2-161
(Earlier Work) Annotated
This area is rich in diversity offering the Open Cluster M52, Emission Nebula SH2-157 aka The Lobster Claw Nebula as well as SH2-161. Also included is the more famous Bubble Nebula NGC 7635.
Imaged from my backyard outside Pittsburgh, PA.
Telescope: Tak FSQ-106ED
CCD: Apogee U16
Mount: AP900GTO3
Exposure Time: H-Alpha = 14x20min, O[III] = 9x20min, S[II] = 10x20min
Total Exposure Time = 11 Hours