tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12054549151354067792024-02-18T21:45:51.982-06:00 Craig's AstrophotosAmateur Astrophotography exploring the beauty of the night sky!Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-50691865591624394532016-11-03T09:37:00.000-06:002016-11-03T08:37:19.655-06:00Views<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><script src="http://jh.revolvermaps.com/r.js" type="text/javascript">
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approximate distance of 7,500 light years from Earth, in the
constellation <a href="http://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cassiopeia-constellation/">Cassiopeia</a>.<br />
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(Ha) 20min X 20<br />(Sii) 20 min X 10<br />(Oiii) 20 min X 10<br />Camera: QSI-683wsg-i<br />Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED<br />Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br />Location: Lubbock, TX<br />Dates: Multiple nights on October 19-22, 2016<br />Captured with Nebulosity and guided with PHD guiding.<br />Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop6. <br />
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<br />Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-19540404667856172412015-11-22T18:45:00.002-06:002015-11-29T15:02:13.714-06:00Helix Nebula<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Camera: QSI683wsg at F/7<br />
Telescope: Celestron 11" Edge HD<br />
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br />
Location: Lubbock, TX<br />
Dates: Multiple nights on November 6-8, 2015 <br />
Captured with Nebulosity and guided with PHD guiding.<br />
Processed with MaxIm DL 5 and Photoshop6.Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-19981558380468212492015-11-18T18:23:00.000-06:002015-11-22T18:46:50.216-06:00OrionOrion, a famous winter constellation in the northern hemisphere has been one of the most pronounced and recognizable constellations. Its brightest stars are Rigel and Betelgeuse a blue-white and a red super-giant.<br />
Orion was a gigantic, supernaturally strong hunter of ancient times. One myth recounts Gaia's rage at Orion, who dared to say that he would kill every animal on the
planet. The angry goddess tried to dispatch Orion with a scorpion. This is given as the reason that the constellations of Scorpius and Orion are never in the sky at the same time. However, Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, revived Orion with an antidote. This is said to be the reason that the constellation of Ophiuchus stands midway between the Scorpion and the Hunter in the sky.<br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-38080969945144675572015-09-29T22:07:00.002-05:002015-09-29T22:07:14.441-05:00Supermoon Lunar EclipseEvery now and then, the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned exactly right to get a great lunar eclipse. This one was special because it was a full "Harvest Moon." Taken from my back yard in Lubbock, TX. This is a 1/10 second exposure using a Canon 5D Mark II and my Celestron 11" Edge HD scope. It was taken at F/7 on September 27, 2015.<br />
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<br />Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-72701032863904890562015-05-21T19:22:00.000-05:002015-05-21T19:25:22.521-05:00M101 Pinwheel GalaxyThe Pinwheel Galaxy is an face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and is approximately 21 million light years away. The Pinwheel has several different galaxies near it as seen in the image. To the lower right is NGC 5474 which is being torn apart by the Pinwheels massive gravitational pull. The interaction between the Pinwheel and other surrounding galaxies gives the Pinwheel a neat spiral design.<br />
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(Lum) 5min X 18<br />
(R) 15 min X 5<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> (G) 15 min X 5<br /> (B) 15 min X 5<br /> Camera: QSI683wsg at F/5<br /> Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N<br /> Mount: Celestron CGE Pro</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Location: Fort Davis, TX<br /> Dates: May 17, 2015<br /> Captured with Nebulosity and guided with PHD guiding.<br /> Processed with MaxIm DL 5 and photoshop.</span><br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-86569414475347921012015-05-02T12:10:00.000-05:002015-05-02T18:59:48.268-05:00NGC 3628 Hamburger GalaxyNGC 3628 is often called the Hamburger Galaxy because of its divided dust lanes. At a distance of 35 million light years away, this galaxy can be found in the constellation Leo the Lion. At a wider field of view, this galaxy is one of three galaxies that make up the Leo Trio.<br />
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NGC 3628<br />
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(R) 15 min X 4<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> (G) 15 min X 4<br /> (B) 15 min X 4<br /> Camera: QSI683wsg at F/7<br /> Telescope: Celestron 11" Edge HD<br /> Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br /> Location: Lubbock and Fort Davis, TX<br /> Dates: Multiple nights on February 14, 2015 (Luminance) and April 19, 2015 (RGB)<br /> Captured with Nebulosity and guided with PHD guiding.<br /> Processed with MaxIm DL 5 and photoshop.</span><br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-63948553812828648162015-01-22T18:43:00.002-06:002015-02-06T14:36:24.976-06:00Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy in August 2014 from Australia is a great comet to view because of its path through the sky. It is high up and excellent position for cameras and telescopes. I took this image from Zodiac Ranch near Fort Davis, TX on the night of January 18, 2015. It is at its maximum brightness and orbits the sun every 11,000 years. <br />
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Lovejoy C/2014 Q2<br />
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(R) 3 min X 2<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> (G) 3 min X 2<br /> (B) 3 min X 2<br /> Camera: QSI683wsg at F/5<br /> Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106<br /> Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br /> Location: Fort Davis, TX<br /> Dates: January 18, 2015<br /> Captured with Nebulosity and guided with PHD guiding.<br /> Processed with MaxIm DL 5 and photoshop.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> The smaller image is a widefield image using a Canon 5D Mark II that is modified for deep sky astrophotography. It is a single 3-minute exposure piggybacking on my scope.</span>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-4870409425418176722014-12-22T20:59:00.002-06:002014-12-25T23:56:59.222-06:00NGC 1499NGC 1499, California Nebula<br />
(Ha) 20min X 10<br />
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The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and in the constellation Taurus. Located at a distance of about 6,500 light years from Earth, the nebula has a diameter of 11 light years. At the center of the nebula lies a neutron star about 20km across spinning about 30 times per second. When a star dies it throws out a wave of gas and dust known as a
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M1, Crab Nebula<br />
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(B) 15 min X 2<span class="text_exposed_show"><br />Camera: QSI683wsg at F/7<br />Telescope: 11" Edge HD<br />Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br />Location: Lubbock, TX<br />Dates: Multiple nights on November 25-29, 2014<br />Captured with Nebulosity and guided with PHD guiding. <br />Processed with MaxIm DL 5 and photoshop.</span> Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-60131904655425018972014-10-31T20:30:00.001-06:002014-11-10T21:31:04.324-06:00NGC 7331<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NGC 7331 with neighbors<br />
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(R) 20min X 4<br />
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(B) 20min X 4<span class="text_exposed_show"><br />Camera: QSI683wsg at F/7<br />Telescope: 11" Edge HD<br />Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br />Location: Lubbock, TX<br />Dates: Multiple nights on October, 23, 24, and 25, 2014<br />Captured with Nebulosity and guided with PHD guiding. <br />Processed with MaxIm DL 5 and photoshop.</span><br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-81891769943113078752014-10-18T15:52:00.001-05:002014-10-19T22:02:22.390-05:00Dumbbell Nebula (M27)At a distance of 1,360 light years away, the Dumbbell Nebula is located in the constellation Vulpecula. It's more of a summer time object, however, I started imaging this object on August 29, 2014 with a Hydrogen Alpha filter for Luminance and completed a set of images with a red filter. I wanted to complete the image using green and blue filters, however, the wind and the weather were a factor the next night, so I had to wait until September. September came around and I was unable to find any clear skies due to tropical storm Odile that was placed over Lubbock, TX. Yes, you read right, the remains of a tropical storm gave Lubbock 10 inches of rain within a week. So October finally came around and I was able to complete the image using more Hydrogen Alpha data, red data, and completed the green and blue data on October 16 and 17, 2014. Processed on Saturday October 18, 2014.<br />
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Dumbbell Nebula<br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-10168589539704806952014-08-01T17:57:00.002-05:002014-08-16T16:45:11.511-05:00Trifid NebulaThe Trifid Nebula is located in the constellation Sagittarius located approximately 5200 light years away. It's a star forming region with numerous dark dust lanes creating lots of dark filaments. <br />
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Lagoon and Trifid Nebula!<br />
Took this last week at the Texas Star Party.<br />
Lagoon and Trifid<br />
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Spent all night from sunset to sunrise capturing data to make this movie.<br />
Took 400 images and combined each to make this movie.<br />
Each exposure was 30 seconds at ISO 5000 with one minute delay between each frame.<br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-48726275283326577552014-04-09T21:18:00.002-05:002014-04-09T21:23:59.524-05:00Mars Opposition 2014Imaged Mars on April 8, 2014 when it was at opposition. Opposition refers to Earth being right in the middle of another planet and the sun. So when the sun sets in the west, Mars will rise in the east. And when the sun rises, Mars will set in the west. Get it? Just like a full moon. Mars will appear closer this year than it has in the last 7 years, however, it will be a mere 92 million kilometers on April 14th. That's when Mars will appear it's closest to Earth.<br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-38725711350861137942014-03-30T22:13:00.003-06:002014-04-06T22:48:08.443-05:00Leo TrioAll three galaxies lie within the constellation Leo and all three galaxies are spiral galaxies. NGC 3628 (Edge on) has a thick dark dust lane that is visible. The Leo Triplet is about 30 million light years away.<br />
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light-years. It has thick areas of dust and sprays out hydrogen gas and has a bright center that creates massive star formations. The supernova is not in the central star-forming region but above the center of the galaxy. On January 21, 2014, a group of astronomy students spotted a supernova in M82. The supernova itself did not happen on January 21st, but did occur about 12 million years ago. It's light is just now reaching Earth. So, the supernova itself is ancient history, but it takes light 12 million years to travel to Earth. Located in the constellation Ursa Major (Big Dipper).<br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-26075519957473481032013-11-03T17:39:00.000-06:002013-11-03T17:39:38.412-06:00The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light years away. It's the nearest galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. Near dark sky areas, the Andromeda Galaxy can be seen with the naked eye in the constellation Andromeda.<br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-74221098903395828952013-09-08T22:21:00.004-05:002013-09-08T22:23:24.608-05:00Moon and Venus conjuction tonight taken from my front yard in Lubbock, TX.<br />
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<span class="userContent">Moon and Venus<br />Camera: Canon<br />Location: Lubbock, TX<br />Dates: Early evening September 8, 2013</span>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-81525621596634638832013-09-04T12:28:00.002-05:002013-09-04T12:28:49.535-05:00Summer Milky Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This image was taken near Fort Davis, TX at Zodiac Ranch (Private observatory). Taken with a Canon Xsi. It is a 30 second exposure at 1600ISO. Canon was riding piggyback on top of my Celestron 11" Edge HD SCT.
Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-14179443402728251752013-08-10T11:15:00.003-05:002013-08-10T11:17:24.005-05:00Dumbbell Nebula (M27)The Dumbbell Nebula, classified, Messier 27, is another planetary nebula 1,360 light years away in the constellation Vulpecula. This is a popular target for amateur astronomers since it is easily identified in most smaller telescopes and even binoculars in the summer skies directly above our heads in the mid latitudes. The nebulosity, which is the visible part of Messier 27, was created
from the central star visible in this image when the star expend the
hydrogen fuel at its core (Jacobsen 2010-2013, http://www.astrophoto.net/nebula_page.php?photo_id=1)<br />
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<span class="userContent">M27</span><br />
<span class="userContent">5min X 18<br />Camera: QHY8 F/7<br />Telescope: Celestron 11" Edge HD guided<br />Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br />Location: Fort Davis, TX (Zodiac Ranch)<br />Dates: Early morning, August 2, 2013</span><br />
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Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699369763701015366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205454915135406779.post-67183790290240504112013-08-10T11:04:00.003-05:002013-08-10T11:04:38.153-05:00NGC 7331NGC 7331 is a spiral galaxy about 40 million light years away in the constellation Pegasus. This galaxy has near the same size and shape as our own Milky Way Galaxy and is often called the Milky Way twin. The interesting thing is how far away this galaxy is. We are not seeing the galaxy as it appears today, we are seeing it as it existed 40 million years ago. We are looking into 40 million years of history. If someone was in NGC 7331 and looking at Earth through a telescope, then all they would see is dinosaurs. The smaller galaxies behind NGC 7331 lie roughly 10 times farther away.<br />
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<span class="userContent">10min X 11<br />Camera: QHY8 F/7<br />Telescope: Celestron 11" Edge HD guided<br />Mount: Celestron CGE Pro<br />Location: Fort Davis, TX (Zodiac Ranch)<br />Dates: Early morning, August 3, 2013</span><br />
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