Nights at Melinda Heights
Astro-imaging Under The City LightsAuthor Archives: JB
For a full size image click here: Exposures: L 11×600 Bin 1, RGB 11×300 Bin 2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 7,000 Light Years Magnitude: 6.4 Size: 7 Arc-minutes Age: Approx. 2 Million Years Messier 16 is an open cluster in the constellation Serpens. The cluster is very young at 2 […]
Exposures: L 10×900 Bin 1, RGB 10×450 Bin 2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 10 Million Light Years Magnitude: 8.9 Size: 11 x 10 Arc-minutes Age: Approx. 10 Billion Years NGC 6946, the Fireworks galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus. It is a relatively large face on spiral […]
For a full size image click here. Exposure: SII 2×900, Ha 29×900, OIII 6×900 Telescope: Televue NP101 + .8 Reducer Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 2,400 Light Years Magnitude: 3.9 Central Cluster Size: 20 Arc Minutes Age: 2-4 Million Years Commonly known as the Christmas Tree Cluster, NGC 2264 is actually the catalog number […]
Exposure: L 8×240 Bin 1, RGB 8×120 Bin2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 26,700 Light Years Magnitude: 6.4 Size: 14 Arc Minutes Cluster Type: Globular Class IV Messier 92 is a class IV globular cluster in the constellation Hercules. M92 is estimated at 14 billion years in age and thought to […]
Exposure: L 7×240 Bin 1, RGB 7×120 Bin2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 16,000 Light Years Magnitude: 6.7 Size: 16 Arc Minutes Cluster Type: Globular Class IX Messier 12 is a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. Like all globular clusters, M12 is very old at 13 billion years. M12 contains […]
Exposure: L 10×240 Bin 1, RGB 10×120 Bin2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 24,500 Light Years Magnitude: 5.6 Size: 23 Arc Minutes Cluster Type: Globular Class V Messier 5 is a large globular cluster in the constellation Serpens. At 13 billion years old it is one of the older globular clusters. […]
Exposure: L 10×240 Bin 1, RGB 10×120 Bin2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 58,000 Light Years Magnitude: 7.6 […]
Exposure: L 14×300 Bin 1, RGB 14×150 Bin2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 25,100 Light Years Magnitude: 5.8 […]
Exposure: L 10×180 Bin 1, RGB 10×90 Bin2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 33,900 Light Years Magnitude: 6.2 […]
Exposures: L 13×300 Bin 1, RGB 13×150 Bin 2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 2,300 Light Years Magnitude: 8.8 Size: 1.4 x 1 Arc-minutes Age: 6,000-8,000 Years Messier 57 is a small Planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. Although it is very small the outer rings show brightly in short exposures. […]