The Moon 20.10.2018 at 21.25 BST Canon 100D on Skywatcher Equinox 80 ED refractor using Altair Lightwave 2 x Tele Extender Barlow Single 1/400 second exposure at ISO-800
There is something lurking in the depths of space. A ghostly apparition of a fierce looking predator! But don’t worry, this gigantic cloud of dust particles coated in frozen Molecular Hydrogen as well as other gases won’t hurt you. Dark Nebula and light Nebula are similar to clouds on Earth. These huge dust clouds in space can form some rather unusual shapes. Like this cloud that resembles a giant shark. This is probably my favourite object. I have been wanting to image this target for a couple of years now but failed many times due to the very low surface brightness of the nebula. This was one tough object to image and even more difficult to process. It honestly doesn’t even show up on my single shots! Hopefully I will have more time to add more to this image as two trips to the North Yorkshire Moors and 5 hours of exposures just isn’t enough for this faint object..
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy Imaged using Skywatcher Equinox 80 PRO ED and Altair Hypercam 183C colour camera A total of 24 x 300 second exposures
NGC 869 & NGC 884 The Double Cluster in Perseus This pair of open star clusters lie at a distance of 7500 light years Imaged using Skywatcher Equinox 80 PRO ED and Altair Hypercam 183C colour camera A total of 20 x 120 seconds and 30 x 300 second exposures
My first astro picture since the nights have been getting darker. This was a picture I quickly grabbed at 1:30am after shooting my main target for the evening. It was taken from the North York Moors last Monday. The Comet was very low in the sky (around 19-20 degrees) when I took this image so not exactly the best pic I have seen of this Comet this year. This periodic Comet was discovered by the French astronomer Michel Giacobini on December 20th 1900. Being a periodic Comet this 2km wide chunk of ice and rock orbits the Sun once every 6.6 years.
This Galaxy is the 3rd largest in the local Group behind the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. A Spiral Galaxy approx 3 Million Light Year away from Earth.
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy 13.09.2018 Altair Hypercam 183C Pro and SkyWatcher Equinox 80 Pro ED 60 x 120, 5 x 240 & 6 x 300 Second Exposures
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy 13.09.2018 Altair Hypercam 183C Pro and SkyWatcher Equinox 80 Pro ED 60 x 120, 5 x 240 & 6 x 300 Second Exposures
M31 The Andromeda Galaxy 31.08.2018. Altair Hypercam 183C Pro & Skywatcher Equinox 80ED 20 x 30 second exposures
Albireo imaged 31.08.2018 using Altair Hypercam 183C Pro and Skywatcher Equinox 80ED 20 x 30 second exposures