Moon and Mars Conjunction

Orion Widefield (Tripod only)

Comet Holmes Tail

Comet Holmes Tail (inverted)

The Increase in Comet Holmes

IC1805

IC1805 Heart Nebula

NGC253 Sculptor Galaxy

NGC253 Sculptor Galaxy, aprox 45min totalC6@f6.3, Canon 40D ISO800

M42 Orion Nebula

M42 Orion Nebula

M45 Pleiades

M1 Crab Nebula

NGC891

~45min total exp @ISO 800 through Canon 40D and c6 SCT/f6.3

M33 Triangulum Galaxy

M15

M15

M27 Dumbell Nebula

M31 Andromeda Galaxy

M33 Triangulum Galaxy

First Attempt

NGC7000 North American Nebula

A faint Hydrogen Alpha target

M17 Swan Nebula

First Attempt + imaged at f10 with the c6SCT

Lunar Eclipse, August 28, 2007

Lunar Eclipse, August 28, 2007, Canon 300D, Sky-Watcher 80mm on tripod

Lunar Eclipse, August 28, 2007

Lunar Eclipse, August 28, 2007, Canon 300D, Sky-Watcher 80mm on tripod

NGC6939 and NGC6946

Open Cluster NGC6939 and galaxy NGC6946, Canon 300D, Skywatcher 80mm Equinox, 20x3min + darks and flats @ ISO 800

M31 Andromeda Galaxy

First attempt at imaging M31, Canon 300D, Skywatcher 80mm Equinox, 15x3min + 4 darks @ ISO 800, Autoguided with Meade DSI on the c6-SCT

M16 Eagle Nebula

Canon 300D, C6-SCT, f6.3 focal reducer, 9x3-5min + darks @ ISO 800, Autoguided with Meade DSI on the Sky-Watcher 80mm Equinox

NGC6992 Network Nebula - 'the Viel'

Canon 300D, C6-SCT, f6.3 focal reducer, 9x3-5min + darks @ ISO 800, Autoguided with Meade DSI on the Sky-Watcher 80mm Equinox

M71 - published in July 2008 issue of L'Astronomie magazine (France)

a summer globular cluster that has it's globular status questioned due to it's appearance as an open cluster, c6 SCT @ f6.3

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

15x3-5min, C6SCT

M27 Dumbell Nebula

(first Autoguided image), imaged through C6 SCT with Canon 300D, 3x5min + 2 darks stacked in DSS

Comet Linear (trail)

Comet Linear (notrail)

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

Imaged through 80mm APO ~ 10 to 12 min total exp, ISO 1600, Canon 300D

M8 Lagoon Nebula

3 x 4 min, imaged with SW Equinox 80mm APO @ prime focus and manualy guided with c6 SCT stacked with two darks in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PS

M20 Trifid Nebula

3 x 3 min, imaged with SW Equinox 80mm APO @ prime focus and manualy guided with c6 SCT stacked with two darks in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PS

NGC4565

first galaxy image, edge on spiral.

NGC6871 open cluster

M57 Ring Nebula

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy (1st attempt)

a hazy night, manual guiding, Canon 300D, c6SCT

M13

M13 globular cluster in Hercules. Canon 300D @ prime focus on c6-sgt with f6.3 focal reducer. 2x1min and 1x22sec exposure, ISO1600

Saturn 2007

Saturn 2007, Canon 300D, C6-SGT@f10

M81 and M82

M81and M82 first attempt total exp 4 min (two stacked images) through the c6-sgt

Thin Crescent Moon - April 2007

first light image throught the Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm APO

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Images through C6. First attempt at manual guiding with the aid of 80mm

M13

M13 globular cluster in Hercules. Canon 300D @ prime focus on c6-sgt with f6.3 focal reducer. single 30 sec exp @ISO 1600

C6-SCT at Binbrook Conservation Area

...with Astrozap dewshield. This was my first night observing with the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers at Binbrook Convervation Area. This was also my first attempt at widefield (unguided) piggyback photography (Canon300D on the C6). I shot a few pics of Ve

Orion Setting

Orion and M42

M45 and Venus

Saturn Feb 2007

with the Canon 300D and C6

First Quarter Moon

First light image through the C6-SCT.