Astro-images

All photos by Jeffrey W. Mirick

Specs for images taken with a camera and lens:
Camera: Panasonic lumix DC-S5 Full Frame Camera - 26MB
Lens: 70-200 mm, F2.8 lens
Temperature: Room temperature
Star Tracking: The camera was mounted on the
Sky-Watcher Star Adventure to track the stars across the sky.
Mount: The Sky Watcher (and camera) was mounted on a camera mount capable of holding the weight of the Star tracker, camera, and lens.
Stacked images: 80 to 120 images were stacked to reduce the noise using PixInsight.
 Specs for taking images using a telescope:
Telescope: Orion 190 mm (7.5 inches) F5.6 Maksutov-Newtonian (Mak-Newt) Astrogrraph Telescope
Mount: Orion Atlas II, EQ-G Computerized Goto Mount
Camera: Orion cooled CMOS 26 MB G26 camera Temperature: Camera was cooled to 0 C
Filter: SkyGlow Broadband Filter - Light pollution filter



Nebulae

The American Nebula, NGC 7000, Cygnus Wall
Distance: 2,590 ly

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33), NGC 2024, and NGC 2023
Distance: 1,500 ly



The Elephant Trunk Nebula, ic 1396
Distance: 2,400 ly



The Pleiades (M 45)
Distance: 444 light years



Camera

Telescope

Pleiades and Mars

M45, Pleiades

Constellation Lyra

M57, NGC6720, Ring Nebula
Type: Planetary nebula
Visual Magnitude: 9, the central star is magnitude 14.8
Distance from Earth: 2570 ly
Exposure: 5 seconds, stacked 60 images

The Horsehead Nebula

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33), NGC 2024, and NGC 2023
Distance: 1,500 ly

Name: M42, NGC1976, Orion Nebula

Name: M42, NGC1976, Orion Nebula
Distance: 1,344 ly

Dark Nebula, globular clusters, and gas clouds in the constellation Scorpius

M8, The Lagoon Nebula

Dark Nebula, globular clusters, and gas clouds
in the constellation Scorpius

Crab Nebula
Dark Nebula
Trifid Nebulae, M20, diffuse nebula, 4,100 light years
Lagoon Nebulae, M8, diffuse nebula, 4,100 light years constellation Sagittatarius
 3c461, Cas-a
Dark Nebula, globular clusters, and gas clouds in the constellation Scorpius