This is an alphabetical listing of all images on
my film site... a sampling of film images taken from the 1980's
to June 2005. Most of these images date from 1992, when I assembled
my 14.5" f5 Newtonian reflector. Space considerations had prevented
me form exhibiting more images, especially those taken in the
1970's (with a C8 and 103aF film) and 1980's (with my 8"
f5 Newtonian reflector on hypered Kodak Tech Pan 2415). I am presently
imaging from my home in Thousand Oaks, California, using the 8"
f5 and 14.5" f5 Newtonians, and an SBIG ST-8XME. Click here
to see my ccd site. As always, click on the object designation
(name) for the image.
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on this site, go to the Thumbnail Page.
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Listing is alphabetical,
by object's common designation (name)
A | B
|
E | G | I | M | N | P | S | U | V
Andromeda I, 14.5" f5 Newtonian,
125 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (54k)
This dwarf elliptical
Galaxy in Andromeda is really faint! Just a small scattering of
faint dots near the center of this image.
Located at 00h 45m 31s
+38d 01m 53s
SprintScan 4000 scan
Andromeda
III, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 150 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (44k)
This very faint dwarf
E2 Galaxy in Andromeda is located at 00h 35m 31s +30d 36m 04s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B 33 (the 'Horsehead'), 14.5"
f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 120 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (80k)
The famous Horsehead nebula. The
Dark Nebula Barnard 33 is a cold dark cloud of 'dust' that appears
in front of the curtain of faint light that is known as the Bright
Nebula IC 434. The silhouette of B 33 is what gives this interesting
area in Orion its famous moniker. The bright blob of nebulosity
to the northeast (upper left) is the bright nebula NGC 2023. The
straight lines coming down from the north (top) are portions of
the diagonal spikes from Alnitak (Zeta Orionis, 1.7 magnitude),
about 32 minutes to the north.
Center of this image is
at approximately 05h 40m 52s -02d 22m 13s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B46,
14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 105 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (134k)
This object was a reshoot
from July 2003 to try for better stellar images ... well, they're
a little better ...
I incidentally captured
an asteroid
named (3628) Welther, at about
15.16 magnitude, during the 105 minutes of this exposure started
0845 UT 2005 06 05
A kidney-bean shaped Dark
Nebulae area classified as 6 Ir G, and located in Ophiuchus at
16h 57m 12s -22d 44m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B
61, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 65 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (158k)
A nice inky dark (6 Ir)
Dark Nebula in Ophiuchus. Located at 17h 15m 01s -20d 30m 20s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B62,
14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 105 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (175k)
Another of the many Ophiuchus
Dark Nebulae in this incredible region of the Milky Way. Classified
as 6 Ir, B62 is located at 17h 16m 11s -20d 56m 36s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B
72 (the 'Snake'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (202k)
This is the famous 'S'
Dark Nebula in Ophiuchus located at 17h 23m 30s -23d 38m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B
83a and B 84, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 85 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (213k)
A very interesting Dark Nebulae
complex in Sagittarius. B 83a (6 E? G) is the small (4.0 arc minutes)
elliptical dark nebula to the northwest (upper right) of this
image, while B 84 (6 Ir) is the large (30 x 15 arc minutes), complex,
tarantula-looking area at southeast (lower left) portion of this
image. The center of this field is located at approximately 17h
46m 05s -20d 05m 47s
SprintScan 4000 scan
Barnard
133, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 120 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (155k)
This kidney shaped Dark
Nebula in Aquila is a very dark spot against the Milky Way. Located
at 19h 06m 06s -06d 50m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B
134, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 110
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (129k)
A kidney-shaped Dark Nebula
(6 C G) in Aquila. Also known as LDN 543, this object is located
at 19h 06m 54s -06d 14m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B
335, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 105 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (85k)
Another of those kidney-bean
Dark Nebulae, this on classified as 6 E G, and located in Aquila
at 19h 36m 54s +07d 34m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
B
352, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 120 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (179k)
This nice Dark Nebula is often
over looked, as it is located just to the north of the North America
nebula. A fairly large (20 x 10 arc minutes) and prominent (5
Ir) area located in Cygnus at 20h 57m 08s +45d 52m 19s
This image is a Picture Window 2.5 blend of a August 3 2003 100 minute and the August 23 2003
120 minute image above
SprintScan 4000 scan
ESO 594-G004
(Sagittarius Dwarf), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 170 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (76k)
This is not
the object in the Sky & Telescope May 1998 article. This dwarf
irregular Galaxy in Sagittarius is at 19h 30m 00s, -17d 40m 42s,
and is plotted in Megastar v3 and v4, Arizona Database v9.0, and
Uranometria 2000. It is not plotted in the Millennium Star Atlas
SprintScan 4000 scan
GN
03.27.8 (Nova GK Persei 1901), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped
to f6(12") 125 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (50k)
This Planetary Nebula
(Nova shell) in Perseus was misclassified as a faint Galaxy (MCG+07-08-022,
PGC 13065)
Located at 03h 31m 12s
+43d 54m 18s
SprintScan 4000 scan
GN
20.45.4.01 (PV Cephei), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to
f6(12"), 110 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (57k)
This little wisp of a Bright Nebula
in Cepheus is also called "Gyulbudaghain's Nebula". It is one of the
rare objects (like Hubble's variable nebula) that show changes
in structure over time. Located at 20h 45m 54s +67d 58m 00s
See this
color image
by Adam Block/Mount Lemon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC 10, 14.5" f5 Newtonian,
150 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (105k)
IC 10 is an Dwarf Irregular
Galaxy in the Cassiopeia Milky Way. Located at 00h 20m 25s +59d
17m 30s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
239, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 150 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (73k)
A member of the NGC 1023
group. IC 239 is a face-on Sc spiral Galaxy in Andromeda located
at 02h 36m 28s +38d 58m 12s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
342, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 130
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (144k)
This large and low surface brightness
Galaxy is located in the fringes of the winter Milky Way in Camelopardalis.
This was the last shot of the night, and the sky transparency
from the October 2003 Southern California wildfires had deteriorated
(from the smoke), and the winds had shifted to the west and gusting
to over 10mph.
IC 342 is located at 03h
46m 50s +68d 05m 45s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
356, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 110 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (45k)
Another almost face-on
spiral Galaxy, this one in Camelopardalis. Located at 04h 07m
47s +69d 48m 47s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
1470, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 10 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (20k)
This is the 'core' of a Bright
Nebula complex in Cepheus that is also known as Sh2-156 and LBN
537. Deep images overexpose this area. This enlarged short exposure
gives an image reminiscent of a planetary nebula (field is about
5' square). Located at 23h 05m 11s +60d 15m 22s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
1613, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 135
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (78k)
This dwarf irregular Galaxy
in Cetus is a member of the Local Group. Located at 01h 04m 48s
+02d 07m 10s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
1747, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 4 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (20k)
This little Planetary
Nebula in Cassiopeia is about 13 arc seconds in size and 13.6
photographic magnitude.
Located at 01h 57m 36s
+63d 19m 20s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
2120, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 75 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (52k)
Although it looks
like a planetary nebula (cataloged as PK169-0.1), this object
seems to be a gaseous nebulae (Bright Nebula). The original discovery
observation by M. G. Bigourdan was of Comet 113P/Spitaler. From The Webb
Society Quarterly Journal, Issue 104, pages 1 to 8. This nebula
is in Auriga and is located at 05h 18m 10s +37d 33m 28s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
2574 ('Coddington's Nebula'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 150
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (80k)
This large (13.2' x 5.4')
Dwarf Irregular Galaxy in Ursa Major is located at 10h 28m 23s
+68d 24m 59s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
4603, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 110
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (70k)
One of the many blue Reflection
Nebula in the Rho Ophiuchi complex on the Scorpius/Ophiuchus border.
A very faint satellite passed diagonally through IC 4603 as this
image was being exposed. IC 4603 is located at 16h 25m 15s -24d
26m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
IC
5146 (the 'Cocoon' nebula), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (159k)
This combination Bright
Nebula and Open Cluster is located at the eastern end of the dark
nebula B168, and is set amid the Cygnus Milky Way.
Located at 21h 53m 30s
+47d 16m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
MCG-03-01-015 ('WLM {Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte}
System')
14.5" f5 Newtonian, 100 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (51k)
A faint Irregular Galaxy
located in Cetus at 00h 02m, 00s -15d 27m 01s
SprintScan 4000 scan
MCG-06-02-022A,
14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 80 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (47k)
This is the famous 'Cartwheel'
Galaxy in Sculptor. See
image from the Hubble space telescope. The small (1.5' x 1.3')
ring structure shows nicely, but the interior details are a little
lacking in comparison to the Hubble image. Also known as ESO 350-G040
The Cartwheel is located
at 00h 37m 42s -33d 43m 01s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
1 (the 'Crab Nebula'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 60 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (98k)
The famous Crab Nebula! This object
is possibly the most studied (at all wavelengths) astronomical
object in the sky. A Supernova Remnant. The visible manifestation
of a star in the constellation Taurus that exploded in 1054A.D.,
and was recorded as a 'new' star by Oriental astronomers. M 1
is about 6.0' x 4.0' and a bright 9th magnitude.
This image is a Picture Window Pro 2.5 blend of
a October
1991 image at 50 minutes
and the December
2002 image at 60 minutes.
The December 2002 image was a little overexposed in the nebula's
center, and the large drop in temperature slightly changed the
focus. By blending the 1991 and 2002 images together I got better
star images than either exposure, and retained most of the interior
detail that the shorter 1991 image revealed.
M 1 is located at 05h
34m 30s +22d 01m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
8 (the 'Lagoon' nebula), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to
f6(12") on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (136k)
This image is a Picture Window Pro 2.5 blend of
consecutive 30 minute and 15 minute exposures from the same night
The image is an attempt
to show details in the inner portions of the nebula
The 'Lagoon' nebula in
Sagittarius is located at 18h 04m 03s -24d 18m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
19, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 60 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (192k)
This large Messier Globular
Cluster in Ophiuchus is located at 17h 02m 38s -26d 16m 06s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
20, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 30 and 70 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (138k)
The 'Triffid Nebula' in Sagittarius
is a complex region of Bright Nebula, Dark Nebula and Reflection
nebulosity located about 1.4 degrees north of M 8 (the 'Lagoon
Nebula'). This region is just above the Sagittarius Star Cloud
(towards the center of our galaxy) and contains innumerable kinds
and classes of objects. A visual and photographic playground!
M 20 is located at 18h 02m 25s -22d 59m 00s
This image is a Picture Window 2.5 blend of 30 minute
and 70 minute exposures taken back to back on the same night
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
21, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped
to f6(12"), 40 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (121k)
This bright (5.9 magnitude) Messier
Open Cluster is just 35 arc minutes NNE of M 20 (the Trifid Nebula)
in Sagittarius, and is set amid a bright Milky Way background
that is just visible in this 40 minute exposure. M 21 is located
at 18h 04m 13s -22d 29m 51s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
22, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 70 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (145k)
This spectaular Messier Globular
Cluster in Sagittarius is set amid a dense star field on the eastern
edge of the Great Sagittarius Star cloud. Among the largest globuars
in apparent size (24 arc minutes), this object would be much more
appreciated by us 'northerners' if it were higher in our sky.
M 22 is located at 18h 36m 24s -23d 54m 12s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
31, 8" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(6.67"), 90 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (152k)
This image of the Great Galaxy
in Andromeda is from 1987. This is one of the negatives that was
too dark for my old HP scanner, but scans fine on the SprintScan.
I made this image a little larger than usual (1280 x 779), but
it's still only one third of the original scan.
North is to the lower
right on this image
M 31 is centered at 00h
42m 44s +41d 16m 08s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
31 (Northeast), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 110 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (163k)
This view of the Great
Galaxy in Andromeda is of the northeastern portion. North is to
the upper right of this image.
Approximate center of
this image is at 00h 44m 04s +41d 34m 15s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
32 and NGC 206 in M 31, 14.5" f 5 Newtonian stopped to
f6(12") 130 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (256k)
M 32 is the round elliptical Galaxy
at the upper left (northeast), NGC 206 is the resolved Star Cloud
to the lower right (southwest). M 32 is set against the large
background spiral Galaxy M 31, while NGC 206 is part of a spiral
arm of M 31.
The center of this image
is at approximately 00h 41m 28s +40d 49m 22s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
45 (the 'Pleiades'), 8" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(6.67"),
120 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (109k)
The 'Seven Sisters'. This
large Messier Open Cluster is intertwined in gas/dust. Located
in Taurus at 03h 47m 29s +24d 06m 18s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
51 (the 'Whirlpool'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
60 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (67k)
M 51 is a classic face-on spiral
Galaxy (Sbc(s) in Canes Venatici with an interacting companion
(NGC 5195). M 51 is large and bright, and reveals spiral structure
visually in 6 to 8 inch telescope when viewed from a dark site.
M 51 was imaged as the last object
of the first Saturday night in late March, when the seeing had
settled down enough for the mount to track properly for the last
60 minutes of darkness.
This image is a Picture Window 2.5 blend of the
60 minute March
2003 image above and a
75 minute June
1993 image
M 51 is located at 13h
29m 53s +47d 11m 48s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
57, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 10/11
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (21k)
The prototypical Planetary
Nebula.
The October ten minute image was
"fixed" in Photoshop to mask the 'trailing' in over
a dozen stars that was caused by a wind gust near the end of the
exposure. This image is a Picture Window 2.5 blend
of the October
2002 image and an August 1995 eleven minute (at f6) image taken from
my house in Thousand Oaks.
M 57 is located in Lyra
at 18h 53m 35s +33d 01m 45s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
63 (the 'Sunflower'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
110 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (39k)
This large Messier Galaxy
in Canes Venatici is located at 13h 15m 49s +42d 02m 06s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
67, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 65 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (71k)
One of the oldest Open Clusters
in the sky, this large (29 arc minutes) and bright (6.9 magnitude)
grouping in Cancer contains 200 member stars and is located well
away from the Milky Way. A real treat visually in a larger telescope
M 67 is located at 08h
51m 24s +11d 49m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
69, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 65 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (120k)
M 69 is one of three Messier Globular
Clusters in the body of the Sagittarius 'Teapot' (M 54 & M
70 are the other two). M 69 and M 70 are located at almost the
same declination (M 70 is only about 3 minutes of declination
higher and 2.5 degrees due East).
M 69 is located at 18h
31m 23s -32d 20m 54s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
74, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 180 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (47k)
A large, but low surface
brightness, Messier Galaxy in Pisces located at 01h 36m 42s +15d
47m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
81, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (112k)
M 81 is a close (about
0.5 degrees) companion to M 82 (see below).
This beautiful Sb spiral
Galaxy in Ursa Major is located at 09h 55m 34s +69d 04m 00s
Click here
to see the faint irregular ImV companion Galaxy to Messier 81,
called Holmberg IX (UGC 5336) (26k)
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
82, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 40 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (29k)
M 82 is a close (about 0.5 degrees)
companion to M 81 (see above). This is an irregular 'star burst'
Galaxy. Red light images show a large outflow of material from
the chaotic central region, which has 'recently' undergone an
intense period of star formation.
Located at 09h 55m 54s
+69d 40m 57s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
83, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 75 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (122k)
M 83 is a wonderful SBc
spiral Galaxy in Hydra, located at 13h 37m 00s -29d 54m 04s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
87 area, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
120 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (72k)
M 87 in Virgo is an extremely
large elliptical Galaxy (E 0-1 peculiar)) and is the brightest
(9.7 blue) member of the Virgo Cluster. M 87 also has an active
nucleus with a large jet that can be seen here
in this 5 minute exposure. The two bright galaxies to the
lower right (southwest) are NGC 4478 and 4476.
M 87 is located at 12h
30m 50s +12d 23m 24s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
88 with supernova 1999c1, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 80 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (54k)
M 88 is a nice Sbc spiral
Galaxy in Coma Berenices that 'hosted' a supernova (arrow) in
1999. Located at 12h 32m 00s +14d 25m 17s
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
97 (the 'Owl' nebula), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to
f6(12"), 100 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (59k)
The Owl is a fairly bright (12.0
photographic magnitude) and large (2.8 minutes) Planetary Nebula
in Ursa Major. Supposedly one of the faintest of the Messier objects,
I have always found this an easy object to spot in a dark sky.
Located at 11h 14m 48s
+55d 01m 08s
This image is a Picture Window Pro 2.5 blend of
the above 100 minute image and a 45 minute image
from 1992
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
99, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 115 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (107k)
This medium sized (5.7 x 4.7 arc
minutes) and fairly bright (9.9 visual) 3-branched Spiral Galaxy
(SA(s)c) in Coma Berenices is one of the more obvious visual spirals
in the sky, when viewed with a large telescope under dark skies.
M 99 is located at 12h
18m 50s +14d 25m 02s
This image is a Picture Window 2.5 blend of the
above 115 minute April
2004 image and a 90 minute
March 1995 image
SprintScan 4000 scan
M
100, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (27k)
This image is was taken during
the January 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake. The epicenter
of this 6.7 magnitude earthquake was approximately 40 miles from
Mt Pinos. I was approximately 16 minutes into the exposure when
the quake struck at 4:31 a.m. local time. Since I didn't loose
the guide star (I was manually guiding), I continued with the
exposure. At the time, the true severity of the earthquake was
not known
M 100 is a classic face-on
Sc spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices located at 12h 22m 55s +15d
49m 23s
This image is a Picture
Window Pro 2.5 blend of two SprintScan scans of the same negative
SprintScan 4000 scan
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NGC 45, 14.5" f5 Newtonian
stopped to f6(12"), 100 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415
(33k)
This face on Scd spiral Galaxy
is among the lowest surface brightness of any galaxy known. Background
galaxies can be seen through the body of the galaxy. Located in
Cetus at 00h 14m 03s -23d 11m 01s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
55, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 65 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (34k)
This large (32' x 6') on edge
spiral Galaxy in Sculptor get to only about 15 degrees above my
horizon, making the star images and resolution poor for this image.
Located at 00h 15m 09s -39d 13m 13s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
80 group, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
115 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (93k)
NGC 80 is the brightest
member of this diverse group of Galaxies in Andromeda.
NGC 80 is located at 00h
21m 11s +22d 21m 26s
I have made this image
1600 pixels wide, so you may scroll across this interesting bit
of sky
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
210, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 70 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (29k)
A nice ring type Sb spiral
Galaxy in Cetus located at 00h 40m 35s -13d 52m 26s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
281, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 125
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (174k)
This object is also known as the
'Pac Man' nebula, among other fanciful names, and is an Open Cluster
in Cassiopeia with a Sharpless Bright Nebula entwined. This image
was shot when the southeast winds were the worst, gusting to over
15mph, and the transparency from the October 2003 Southern California
wildfires was starting to go downhill. There is a slight E-W elongation
of the star images, but not as bad as I had feared while the image
was being taken.
NGC 281 is located at
00h 52m 49s +56d 37m 42s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
253, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 45 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (47k)
One of the spectacular southern
spiral Sc Galaxies. Large (25' x 7.4') and bright (7.1 visual
magnitude), this classic on edge galaxy is in Sculptor and located
at 00h 47m 33s -25d 17m 18s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
300, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 65 minutes on hypered Tech Pan
2415 (52k)
This beautiful large (20' x 15')
Sc spiral Galaxy in Sculptor is only about 18 degrees above my
horizon, making the star images and resolution poor for this image.
Located at 00h 54m 54s -37d 40m 57s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
660, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 125
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (39k)
This galaxy is classified
as a 'peculiar' SB spiral Galaxy, and is located in Pisces at
01h 43m 02s +13d 38m 40s
This image is a Picture
Window Pro 2.5 blend of two separate images with the 14.5"
(125 minutes @f6 and 75 minutes @f5)
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC 673, 14.5" f5 Newtonian
stopped to f6(12"), 120 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415
(27k)
The little streak to the
lower right of this SAB(s)c Galaxy in Aries is the asteroid Michela
(1045), at magnitude 15.4
NGC 673 is located at
01h 48m 23s +11d 21m 33s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
891, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 100 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (36k)
A classic Sc on-edge spiral
Galaxy in Andromeda, located at 02h 22m 33s +42d 21m 03s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
1232, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 100
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (40k)
A classic face on Sc spiral
Galaxy in Eridanus, located at 03h 09m 45s -20d 34m 52s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
1300, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 80 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (46k)
This prototypical barred
spiral (SBb(s)) Galaxy in Eridanus is located at 03h 19m 41s -19d
24m 41s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
1554/1555, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
125 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (65k)
One of the sky's few variable
Bright Nebulae. This small complex in Taurus is located on the
west side of the star T Tauri, and is also known as 'Struve's
Lost Nebula' and 'Hind's Variable Nebula'. Located in a small
Dark Lane known as B 84E.
NGC 1554/55 is located
at 04h 21m 56s +19d 32m 03s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
2237/38 (the 'Rosette' nebula), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 115
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (129k)
This large complex in Monoceros
contains Open Clusters, Bright Nebula and Dark Globules. The classic
Rosette Nebula is well over a degree in size, so this image is
just of the northwestern portion. The stars of the Open Cluster
NGC 2244 can be seen at the middle left of this image, in the
'hole' in the Rosette, while the prominent line of a Dark Lane
stretches from upper left to the right. Bok Globules are the little
round dark spots across the nebulosity. The Rosette is variously
cataloged as NGC 2237/2238, Sh2-275, LBN 949, etc.
The center of this image
is at approximately 06h 30m 47s +05d 06m 54s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
2336, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 120
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (54k)
A beautiful high declination
SBbc spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis at 07h 27m 04s +80d 10m 44s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
2359 ('Thor's Helmet'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 65 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (115k)
A Bright Nebula in Canis
Major, also known as 'The Duck Nebula'. located at 07h 18m 31s
-13d 14m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC 2403, 14.5"
f5 Newtonian, 105 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (102k)
This large face-on Sc
Galaxy in Camelopardalis is a member of the M 81 group, and is
located at 07h 36m 33s +65d 36m 39s
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NGC 2535 (Arp
82), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 120 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (47k)
This paring of small Galaxies
in Cancer is known as Arp 82. NGC 2536 is the small galaxy at
the end of the plume of material being pulled from the larger
S(c) peculiar galaxy NGC 2535. This image is a Picture
Window 2.5 blend of a 121 minute February 1999 and a 120 minute March 1999
negative. NGC 2535 is located 08h 11m 13s +25d 12m 22s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
2903, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 106
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (41k)
A large (13' x 6.6'),
bright (9th magnitude), Sc spiral Galaxy in Leo located at 09h
32m 10s +21d 30m 02s
This image is a Picture Window Pro 2.5 blend of
two SprintScan scans of the same negative
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
3044, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 120 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (155k)
This slender SBc spiral
Galaxy is located in Sextans at 09h 53m 41s +01d 34m 45s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
3184, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 100 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (43k)
Another beautiful face-on
Sc spiral Galaxy, this one in Ursa Major, located at 10h 18m 17s
+41d 25m 27s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
3423, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 135
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (46k)
This nice face-on spiral
Galaxy in Sextans is located at 10h 51m 14s +05d 50m 23s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC 4027 (Arp 22), 14.5"
f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 67 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (34k)
A strange little Sc spiral
Galaxy in Corvus that is only about 40' SSW of the 'Antennae'
(see below). Located at 11h 59m 31s -19d 15m 43s
This image was meant to
be 100 minutes, but the power connection to my drive corrector
failed at 67 minutes (stars fixed in Photoshop)
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4038 & NGC 4039 (the 'Antennae'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian,
60 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (71k)
This pair of merging spiral
Galaxies in Corvus is also known as the Ringtail galaxies. Located
at 12h 01m 53s -18d 52m 18s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4214, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 100
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (41k)
NGC 4214 is a large Irregular
(SBmIII) Galaxy in Canes Venatici located at 12h 15m 40s +36d
19m 34s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4216 (centered) area, 14.5" f 5 Newtonian,120 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (46k)
This interesting group
of on-edge Galaxies in Virgo is centered on NGC 4216, which is
located at 12h 15m 54s +13d 08m 58s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4244, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 90
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (37k)
This interesting on-edge
Scd Galaxy in Canes Venatici is located at 12h 17m 30s +37d 48m
27s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4274, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 125 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (33k)
This nice Sa(rs) (ie. ring)
Galaxy in Coma Berenices is located at 12h 19m 51s +29d 56m 51s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4395, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 150 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (63k)
NGC 4395 is a large, faint
Sd spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici with very faint arms. Located
at 12h 25m 50s +33d 32m 46s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4565, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 111 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (58k)
This is the
prototypical on-edge Galaxy. Located in Coma Berenices at 12h
36m 21s +25d 59m 05s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4631, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (39k)
An chaotic looking on-edge
Sc Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Located at 12h 42m 08s +32d 32m 28s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4656, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 110 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (40k)
This Irregular Galaxy
in Cane Venatici is located at 12h 43m 58s +32d 10m 18s, just
over 32 minutes SSE from NGC 4631 (above)
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4762 and NGC 4754, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
120 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415(44k)
NGC 4762 is the on-edge
S0 Galaxy between the two stars at the lower left. Center of image
at 12h 52m 36s +11d 16m 29s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
4866, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 160
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (63k)
NGC 4866 is a on-edge
Sa Galaxy with very faint outer arms. UGC 8091 is the disorganized
little Galaxy about 13 minutes to the right (west)
Center of the image is
about 12h 58m 36s +14d 12m 56s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
5033, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 120 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (55k)
One of the many beautiful
Galaxies in the 'Realm of the Galaxies'.
This one is a SB(r) spiral
in Canes Venatici, located at 13h 13m 28s +36d 35m 38s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
5466, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6 (12"), 120
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (90k)
A wonderfully large (11 arc minutes)
and relatively bright (9.0 visual) Globular Cluster in Bootes
that should be better known. Very apparent in my camera viewfinder,
this globular was a large (unresolved) glow. This is a wide view
because the stellar images are to poor for a high resolution view.
NGC 5466 is located at
14h 05m 27s +28d 32m 04s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
5566 group (Arp 286), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes
on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (47k)
NGC 5566 is the largest
of these three interacting Galaxies in Virgo. Center of this image
is about 14h 20m 13s +03d 57m 57s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
5792, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (43k)
A nearly on-edge SBb spiral
Galaxy in Libra with very faint outer arms. Located at 14h 58m
23s -01d 05m 48s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6240 (the 'Lobster'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
90 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (31k)
NGC 6240 is classified
as a I0 peculiar Galaxy. Named the "Lobster" in Mercury
magazine.
Located in Ophiuchus at
16h 52m 59s +02d 24m 02s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6339, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 115 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (51k)
A nice smallish (3.3'
x 1.8') face-on SBc Galaxy in Hercules. Located at 17h 17m 07s
+40d 50m 45s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6366, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 100 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (76K)
This large, very open
Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus is located at 17h 27m 44s -05d 04m
36s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6589 complex, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 120 minutes on hypered
tech Pan 2415 (158k)
This complex area in Sagittarius
is comprised of two smallish Reflection Nebulae (NGC 6589 and
NGC 6590) and a larger (12 minutes) Bright Nebula (IC 1283/1284).
All this is set against the bright Milky Way StarCloud about 16
degrees to the NNE of M 8.
Center of this image is
at approximately 18h 17m 33s -19d 47m 45s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6603 (aka M 24), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 60 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (206k)
This very rich Open Cluster is
situated against the dense background of the "Small Sagittarius
Star Cloud" in Sagittarius. NGC 6603 is located at 18h 18m
30s -18d 24m 00s, about 7 degrees NNE of M 8 (Lagoon Nebula),
in the densest, most prominent part of the Milky Way
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6717 (Palomar 9), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
45 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (70k)
This Globular Cluster
in located in Sagittarius at 18h 55m 07s -22d 42m 24s. The bright
star is 35 Sgr at about 5th magnitude
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6749, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 105
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (139k)
Another Globular Cluster, this
one in Aquila. NGC 6749 had also been classified as Berkeley 42,
but the Berkeley designated objects are supposed to be open clusters.
Apparently, NGC 6749 is now thought to be a globular cluster.
Located at 19h 05m 15s +01d 54m 06s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6772, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 45 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (61k)
This large Planetary Nebula
in Aquila is located at 19h 14m 36s -02d 42m 22s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6781, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 60 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (91k)
Finally got a decent image
of this large (1.8 arc minutes) and bright (11.8 photographic
magnitude) Planetary Nebula in Aquila.
NGC 6781 is located at
19h 18m 28s +06d 32m 23s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6819, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 50 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (127k)
Another nice Open Cluster,
this one in Cygnus. Located at 19h 41m 18s +40d 11m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6822 ('Barnard's galaxy'), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped
to f6(12"), 90 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (120k)
This is a 14.5" reshoot.
Older negative from September 1992 was too dense for the old HP
scanner
NGC 6822 is a Local Group
Irregular ImIV Galaxy in Sagittarius located at 19h 44m 58s -14d
48m 11s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6885 (NGC 6882), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
75 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (153k)
This Open Cluster in Vulpecula
has an identity crisis. I shot this area using a chart from Megastar
v4, which indicated that N 6882 is the larger (18.0 arc minutes)
of the two clusters, with N 6885 listed at 7.0' and contained
within its southeast corner. In their recently published tome,
"Star Clusters", by Brent A. Archinal and Steven J.
Hynes, they indicate that Herschel possibly cataloged the same
object twice. Also, Trumpler cataloged the grouping of stars at
the center of my image as number 416. This area is what Megastar
v4 designated as the center N 6882. Archinal and Hynes lean towards
considering NGC 6885 and NGC 6882 as one object, centered on the
bright (magnitude 5.91) star 20 Vulpecula, so the way I shot and
cropped this image, NGC 6885 fills almost the entire field of
view
NGC 6885 is located at
20h 12m 01s +26d 27m 42s (Archinal & Hynes)
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6888, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 125
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (297k)
NGC 6888 is also known
as the 'Crescent Nebula'. This is a Bright Nebula in the Cygnus
milky way located at 20h 12m 01s +38d 23m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
6914 (area), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 125 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (132k)
This complex area in Cygnus is
riddled with Bright Nebulae, Dark Lanes and Reflection Nebulae.
In the central part of this image are reflection nebulae known
as NGC 6914, 6914A and 6914B (A and B are also known as vdB 131
and vdB 132). In addition, the large 'clouds' of bright nebulosity
on the left (east) of the image have GN
and DWB designations. The entire region of The Swan is a complex
mass of bright nebula spanning at least 30 degrees. The center
of this image is located at approximately 20h 25m 10s +42d 25m
30s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
7023, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 110 minutes on hypered Tech
Pan 2415 (79k)
Another try at what some call
the 'Iris Nebula', another example of a Bright Nebula and Open
Cluster entwined. This was the second shot of two planned images
for this object. The first shot of 30 minutes was for the bright
core, but didn't come out. This was the second 'long' shot for
the outer regions, but burns out the bright star and inner nebulosity.
During this image the southeast winds started blowing, and the
scope was not configured for the wind (in the f6 configuration,
without the light shield extension), resulting in some slight
E-W trailing of the star images.
NGC 7023 is located at
21h 01m 37s +68d 10m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC 7133 area, 14.5" f5
Newtonian, 115 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (63k)
This small Bright Nebula
in Cepheus is surrounded by several smaller names patches of nebulosity
and a sparse Open Cluster
NGC 7133 is located at
21h 42m 57s +66d 06m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC 7293 (the 'Helix'),
14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 120 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (79k)
This very large and bright
Planetary Nebula in Aquarius is one of the closest of its class.
Located at 22h
29m 38s -20d 50m 13s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
7380, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12") 130
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (196k)
A nice combination of
an Open Cluster (NGC 7380) intertwined with a Bright Nebula (Sh2-142)
in the constellation Cepheus
Located at 22h 47m 00s
+58d 06m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
7479, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), over
110 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (92k)
While imaging this 'S' type SB(s)c
spiral Galaxy in Pegasus, the ST4 lost the guide star near the
end of the (planned) 125 minute exposure. When the ST4 goes into
the 'search' mode, it moves each axis in succession to try to
reacquire the quidestar. In this case it didn't find it, and the
brighter stars painted a stair-step pattern across the negative.
I cleaned up this pattern with Photoshop, and may use this image
in a Picture Window blend with a previous N 7479 image
NGC 7479 is located at
23h 04m 57s +12d 19m 16s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
7538, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 80
minutes on hypered tech Pan 2415 (54k)
NGC 7538 is a Bright Nebula in
Cepheus that is in an area of sky that contains many interesting
nebulae. NGC 7538 is within 1.5 degrees of NGC 7635 (the Bubble
Nebula) and the bright open cluster M 52, both to the east. Also
in the area are several fainter Sharpless and GN nebulae.
Located at 23h 13m 42s
+61d 31m 09s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
7772, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 30
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (51k)
This little Open Cluster in Pegasus
reminds me of M 73, as it is above the plane of the Milky Way
and is very sparse. Data says there are 10 stars here, but I only
see 9 stars that are within the 5.0 arc minute circle drawn by
the charting software (Megastar v5). NGC 7772 is located at 23h
51m 46s +16d 14m 41s
SprintScan 4000 scan
NGC
7814, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 90
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (41k)
A classic on-edge S(ab)
Galaxy in Pegasus with an extremely thin and straight dust lane.
NGC 7814 is located at
00h 03m 15s +16d 08m 45s
SprintScan 4000 scan
Parsamian 21, 14.5"
f5 Newtonian, 40 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (30k)
This little Bright Nebula (Reflection?)
in Aquila is also known as GN 19.26.6.01, [NS84], HH 221.
Located at 19h 29m 01s
+09d 39m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK24-5.1,
14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 60 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (50k)
A small (21 arc seconds)
ring Planetary Nebula in Scutum located 18h 54m 17s -10d 05m 11s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK31-0.2
(PNG 31.3-0.5), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 110 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (35k)
This funny little Planetary
Nebula is located in Aquila at 18h 50m 25s -01d 40m 09s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK35-0.1,
14.5" f5 Newtonian, 75 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (27k)
This little 32 arc second
Planetary Nebula in Aquila is an IR source; aka Aprm 2-1, located
at 18h 58m 08s +01d 37m 06s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK36-1.1,
14.5" f5 Newtonian, 105 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415
(42k)
This is a Planetary Nebula
that was also mistakenly classified at a bright nebula (Sh2-71).
Located in Aquila at 19h 02m 00s +02d 09m 23s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK76+1.1
(Abell 69), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 125 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (75k)
This small (22 arc seconds)
and faint (20.1 photographic magnitude?) Planetary Nebula in Cygnus
is located at 20h 19m 57s +38d 24m 06s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK101+8.1
(Abell 75), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (103k)
This fairly large (67 x 47 arc
seconds) and faint (17.0 photographic magnitude) Planetary Nebula
in Cepheus has been mis-plotted in some atlases as NGC 7076, which
is apparently non-existent. Kent Wallace and Steve Gottlieb have
researched its history and determined that NGC 7076 is a mis-plotted
PK101+8.1. The CDS's SIMBAD lists only PK101+8.1 (PNG 101.8+08.7)
at this position.
PK101+8.1 is located at
21h 26m 24s +62d 53m 37s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK198-6.1
(Abell 12), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
35 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (52k)
This interesting Planetary Nebula
is also small (37 arc seconds), round, but fairly bright (13.9
photographic magnitude). Situated in Orion, maybe its most notable
characteristic is its location. Abell 12 is located less than
one arc minute from the fourth magnitude Mu Orionis (61 Ori)
Located at 06h 02m 21s
+09d 39m 07s
SprintScan 4000 scan
PK217+14.1
(Abell 24), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 110 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (72k)
An interesting large (6.0
x 5.5 arc minutes) and relatively bright (13.6 photographic magnitude)
Planetary Nebula in Canis Major.
Located at 07h 51m 41s
+03d 00m 26s
SprintScan 4000 scan
Sh2-82, 14.5" f5 Newtonian,150
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (108k)
An interesting little
(9.0 arc minutes) Bright Nebula in Sagitta. One of many little
'bright spots' in this part of the Milky Way
Located at 19h 30m 21s
+18d 16m 31s
SprintScan 4000 scan
Sh2-132,
14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 130 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (192k)
A large (about 80 x 70 arc minutes),
fairly dim Bright Nebula in Cepheus. This section is the brightest
part, and is about 41 x 29 arc minutes in size. The remainder
of the nebulosity is to the south, and is about twice as large,
but very dim. Sharpless 2-132 is often overlooked due to its position
between, and south of, the large IC 1396 to the west and NGC 7380/Sh2-142
to the east.
Sh2-132 is located at
22h 19m 20s +56d 06m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
Sh2-188,
14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 130 minutes on
hypered Tech Pan 2415 (159k)
This 'bright nebula' (name from
the Sharpless catalog) in Cassiopeia is now thought to be an old
Planetary Nebula. Also known as PK128-4.1 and the 'Little Crescent
nebula' this is another often overlooked object that is just 1.5
degrees due east of the splashy open cluster NGC 475.
Sh2-188 is located at
01h 30m 30s +58d 23m 30s
SprintScan 4000 scan
Sh2-239
in LDN 1551, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
125 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (47k)
This faint little Bright
Nebula is located in Taurus at 04h 21m 31s +18d 08m 00s
This area in Taurus is riddled with
large dark lanes. Sh2-239 is the little patch of nebulosity in the dark lane LDN 1551
SprintScan 4000 scan
Sh2-273
and NGC 2264, 14.5" f5 Newtonian,100 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (115k)
A stunning photographic region
of the winter Milky Way in Monoceros. Sh2-273 is a very large
Bright Nebulosity that surrounds and gives 'form' to the dark
nebulosity that is the 'Cone' nebula, in the southern portion
of this image. This is the same situation that produces the Horsehead
nebula (IC 434 <bright> and B 33 <dark>). This part
of Sh2-273 also extends northwards to the Open Cluster NGC 2264,
of which about two thirds is contained in this image. The brightest
star at the heart of NGC 2264 is the 4.7 magnitude 15 Monoceros
Center of this image is
at approximately 06h 40m 50s +09d 37m 00s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC 1176, 14.5" f5 Newtonian,
150 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (33k)
UGC 1176 is a dwarf irregular
Galaxy (larger of the two) in Pisces that is just 50 minutes WSW
of the much larger Messier 74
Center of this image is
about 01h 39m 55s +15d 54m 15s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC
3697 ('Integral Sign' galaxy), 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 80
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (43k)
A 'disturbed' Sb peculiar
Galaxy in Camelopardalis located at 07h 11m 21s +71d 50m 06s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC
4305, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 180
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (73k)
This interesting Dwarf Irregular
Galaxy is fairly large (7.9 x 6.3 arc minutes), but faint (11.1
blue magnitude), and is also known as Holmberg II and Arp 268.
UGC 4305 is part of the M 81 / NGC 2403 galaxy group. Located
in Ursa Major at 08h 19m 12s +70d 43m 15s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC
5373, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 135
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (67k)
This irregular ImIV-V Galaxy is
in Sextans and is also known as Sextans B. The 'seeing' during
this exposure was very bad, with the ST4 autoguider numbers averaging
between A4 to AE! Some slight E-W trailing can be seen. Located
at 10h 00m 00s +05d 19m 57s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC
5470 (Leo I), 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"),
120 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (74k)
This is the most famous (and easiest
to find) of the faint Leo dwarf galaxies. UGC 5470 is classified
as an E3 in most of my sources, but the CDS
information indicates it is a dwarf (elliptical) Galaxy. Regulus
(Alpha Leonis, 1.4 magnitude) is just a little over 20 arc minutes
due south of Leo I, and the lines cutting through the galaxy are
the northern spikes from my second support vanes.
UGC 5470 is located at
10h 08m 28s +12d 18m 27s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC
12281, 14.5" f5 Newtonian stopped to f6(12"), 110
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (29k)
This slender little thread
of a Galaxy in Pegasus is located at 22h 59m 12s +13d 36m 21s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC
12342 (bottom) and UGC 12350, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 120
minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (52k)
UGC 12342 is the really interesting
galaxy in this image. It is cataloged as a 'strongly peculiar'
Sc Galaxy. UGC 12342 is a possible disturbed pair with UGC 12350,
is just 12 minutes to the NNE (galaxy at the top). Center of this
image in Pegasus is about 23h 05m 05s +16d 45m 25s
SprintScan 4000 scan
UGC 12613, 14.5" f5 Newtonian,
165 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (67k)
This last UGC galaxy is faint
(aren't they all) at 12.6 visual magnitude, and fairly large at
5.0 x 2.7 arc minutes. It is classified as a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy,
and is also known as the 'Pegasus Dwarf'
Located in Pegasus at
23h 28m 34s +14d 44m 48s
SprintScan 4000 scan
V838 Mon, 14.5"
f5 Newtonian, 90 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 (77k)
This interesting object is a new
Nova light echo shell that has developed since January 2002. The
"V" is for variable. This is the 838th variable star
discovered in the constellation Monoceros. This object is would
be classified as a type of Planetary Nebula, and is presently
about 2.5 x 2.2 arc minutes in size.
This image is a Picture Window 2.5 blend of the 90
minute February
2003 image and a 14.5
" at f6 (12") March 2003
image
V 838 Mon is located at
07h 04m 05s -03d 50m 51s
SprintScan 4000 scan
vdB
142 in IC 1396, 14.5" f5 Newtonian, 85 minutes on hypered
Tech Pan 2415 (159k)
This has become a popular field
to image; however, there is confusion as to the actual positional
identity of the object known as 'vdB 142'. According to the "Atlas
of Galactic Nebulae", by Th. Neckel and H. Vehrenberg, the
object they designate as GN 21.35.1.02 (vdB 142) is a faint blue
reflection nebula to the northwest of the star near the eastern
end of LDN 1105 (dark lane). The sinuous dark lane (LDN 1105)
with the bright rim and embedded dark markings is not vdB 142.
I have placed a small arrow in my image to point out the position
of vdB 142.
See this image by Gary Stevens and note the location of vdB 142
by its blue color
Location of vdB 142 is
21h 36m 39s +57d 30m 29s
SprintScan 4000 scan
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