SpaceDoc Astroimages

2 Galaxies M31 and M33

Chris — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:50:37 +0000

2 Galaxies from last night my best shot at M31 yet, this is less than 1/2 the size of the original photo, it is one huge Galaxy

And M33 the Pinwheel or Triangulum, quite a noisy photo but you can see star forming regions (nebulae) within this distant galaxy ( arrows point to them they look only like red blobs from this distance but there is some structure)

Pac Man Nebula

Chris — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:01:03 +0000

waca waca waca waca

Jupiter with Impact scar and Shadow Transit

Chris — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:31:09 +0000

1st go this year poor visibility and only just visible over trees

Pillars of Creation

Chris — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:09:48 +0000

Not a great image but if you look at the middle of the image you can see the tall pillars that Hubble so famously captured

My First Sunspot

Chris — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:19:35 +0000

After 18 months with no decent activity the sun finally produced a stunning sunspot - hopefully there will be more to come soon…

The Veil Nebula Complex

Chris — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:20:59 +0000

The remnants of a Supernova that occured 10,000 years ago and is 2000 light years away

The original image is over 2m in diameter so much of the detail has been lost in this presentation I’m afraid

This segment is referred to as the Witches Broom

Two more Solar Images from today…

Chris — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:51:55 +0000

Solar Prominence

Chris — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:34:34 +0000

Very hard area of imaging and one I am only just getting to grips with - hopefully I will get better soon
This was taken on the morning of the 31st May and was about 5-6 x the size of the Earth from base to tip!

Deep Space Mosiac

Chris — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:37:01 +0000

Modded 350d 3 hours of 7 minute subs

This is my first go at combining photos, these two nebulae are huge and sit within Cygnus the swan.

To the left is the North American Nebula which looks like the continent and to the right is the Pelican ( its beak extends to the left )

New Lunar Camera :)

Chris — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:57:11 +0000

New Camera - this is My first go at Plato - more to come when I work out how to use this potentially fantastic bit of kit

Imaging Source DBK4