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Barnard’s Loop/ Orion complex/Rosette Nebula

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This image was made with a Hutech modified Canon 5Dmk2 SLR using a 50 lens at F4 tracking on a AP 600 mount. Eight exposures of 4 minutes each were combined. No calibration was done. The image shows many of the popular winter objects: The Orion, Rosette, Horsehead and Flames Nebulae; if you look carefully … Read more

Little Dumbbell Nebula

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Here’s a very recent image composed of frames taken at the Galaxy Quest Observatory in Lincolnville. We’ve been working on getting the observatory back up and running after various equipment failures and software glitches. All the images that were used to make this final image were taken robotically, without the intervention of humans! The final … Read more

The Veil Nebula in Hydrogen Alpha

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This image of the Veil was taken last night through a 4″ Apochromatic refractor called a Takahashi FSQ with a short FL of 540 mm. It has an amazingly wide FOV since the camera used has a full frame chip the size of a 35 mm slide. (SBIG STL-110000) I had trouble guiding as the … Read more