M1

M1 Crab Nebula, taken at JWF on 3/25/12 through a 102mm APO with the Orion Star Shoot Pro III CCD, 5exp X 160sec unguided. Captured and processed with Nebulosity.

m42

M42 Orion's Nebula taken at JWF on 3/25/12 through a 102mm APO with the Orion Star Shoot Pro III CCD, 5exp X 45sec unguided. Captured and processed with Nebulosity.

M51

M51 Spiral Galaxy taken at JWF on 4/13-14/12 through a 102mm APO with the Orion Star Shoot Pro III CCD, 25exp X 150sec guided with PHD; dark & bias frames removed flats divided out. Captured and processed with Nebulosity.

NGC2237

NGC2237 Rosette Nebula (center) taken at JWF on 4/14/12 through a 102mm APO with the Orion Star Shoot Pro III CCD and H alpha filter, 5exp X 360sec guided with PHD; dark & bias frames removed flats divided out. Captured and processed with Nebulosity.

102mm APO

Orion 102mm APO doublet piggy-backed for guiding using an 80mm Orion Short tube (Awsome auto-guider package) with the Orion Star Shoot Pro III CCD camera connected. Deer Lick Astronomy Village Zombie Party 2012.

102mm + PST

PST piggy-backed on 102mm APO. 2012 Zombie Party

102mm APO + Star Shoot PRO III and RBG filter wheel

102mm CCD cam with color filters attached - still haven't mastered processing of color-filtered images "baby steps"!!

M13 5_29_12

M13 Taken at DAV 5/27/2012

M101_05_30_2012

M101 Taken at DAV 5/27/2012

NGC4565_5_30_12

NGC4565 Taken at DAV 5/26/2012

Sun_CaK_06032012

1st attempt at solar imaging.The Sun in CaK taken in our back yard through PST using Marie Lott's DMK21 camera. Single image

Sun_Ha_06032012

1st attempt at solar imaging.The Sun in Ha taken in our back yard through PST using Marie Lott's DMK21 camera. Single image

Sun2

Sun in Ha taken in our back yard using PST and Marie's DMK21 camera.

Sun_Ha_Stacked_06072012

Sun in Ha during Venus transit taken in Chattanooga TN at Booker T. Washington State Park. Using Marie Lott's DMK21. Single image processed in Photo Shop.

Sun_CaK_stacked_06072012

Sun in CaK during Venus transit taken in Chattanooga TN at Booker T. Washington State Park. Using Marie Lott's DMK21 and CaK PST. Single image processed in Photo Shop.

NGC 253 08_25_2012

NGC 253 Sculptor Galaxy taken at JWF on 8/26/2012 after the East Newton Elementary School’s Star Party. 146s exp X 15 guided using 102mm refractor, SSProIII camera, captured in MaxIm DL5, processed with Photo Shop 7.0

M81_RP_8_28_2012

M81 Bode's Galaxy taken at JWF on 4/14/12 through a 102mm APO with the Orion Star Shoot Pro III CCD, 25exp X 136sec guided with PHD; dark & bias frames removed flats divided out. Captured and processed with Nebulosity

M33_processed_100%

M33 taken at JWF on 10-20-2012 with a 102mm refractor an Orion Star Shoot ProIII CCD monochrome. 1min 45sec frames X 70 captured and processed in MaxIm DL guiding with PHD.