Photos from the Jock River Observatory

All images were taken and processed exclusively using MaxIm DL software from Diffraction Limited.

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Portion of the Veil nebula, 32 minutes luminance
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Portion of the Veil nebula, 60 minutes luminance
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Globular cluster M11. LRGB with 30 minutes of luminance.
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Galaxy M33, 43 minutes luminance. This object could benefit from more exposure...
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Diffuse nebula NGC147. 30 minutes luminance.
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Edge-on spiarl galaxy NGC891, 30 minutes luminance.
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Planetary nebula NGC6826, 55 minutes luminance.


Images using original Celestron 14" Schmidt-Cassegrain and Apogee AP9E CCD camera. Click on the thumbnail images to see bigger versions.
 
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First image with the C14. M27, the Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula.
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M82 with a combination of 6.5 hours of luminance, 34 minutes each RGB binned 2x2. Processed in MaxIm DL with SD Mask combination, LRGB combine in LAB mode, background smoothing and unsharp mask in highlight areas, cropped and scaled down slightly.
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2005/04/24 New M51 image with 75 minutes Luminance and 20 minutes each color.
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2005/04/24 New M64 image with 69 minutes Luminance and 9 minutes each color.
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2005/04/24 New M66 image with 149 minutes Luminance and 30 minutes each color.

2005/01/31 Successfully observed an occultation of 2UCAC 45971055 by 597 Bandusia. Watch the star blink!

All images and content copyright (c) 2004-5 Doug George