
Observatory - THEN
|

Observatory - NOW
|
|
|

M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy and its companion NGC5195, in Canes Venatici. R (8 minutes), G (10 minutes) and B (16 minutes) with guiding correction, stacked and processed in MaxIm DL. North is up. By Ken Thomason and Rick Widmer.
|

M27, the Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula, imaged with the Shotwell CCD camera. Tracking without guiding correction, L, R, G, and B frames, approximately four minutes each, processed and stacked with MaxIm DL. North is up. Reduced from original, in which 20th magnitude stars can be seen. By Chris Anderson.
|
|
|

M1, the Crab Nebula in Taurus, imaged with the Shotwell CCD camera. Fifteen stacked images (five in R (96 sec. each), five in G (120 sec. each), and five in B (240 sec. each)). Processed with MaxIm DL. North is up. By Chris Anderson.
|

The Eagle Nebula, imaged on July 21/22, 2006. North is up. L (163 shots at 10 sec. each), R (30 shots at 20 sec. each), G (40 shots at 20 sec. each), B (70 shots at 20 sec. each). Processed in MaxIm DL and Paint Shop Pro. By Chris Anderson.
|
|
|

Comet P17/Holmes, imaged on Nov. 1, 2007 with the Shotwell CCD camera. One hundred stacked images (40 in L (30 sec. each), 20 in R, G, and B (90 sec. each)). Processed with MaxIm DL and Paint Shop Pro. North is up. By Chris Anderson.
|

Barnard's Star, the star with the greatest proper motion on the sky, moves about 1° every 350 years. (This image is approx. 0.13° from top to bottom.) Processed in MaxIm DL and Photoshop. By Chris Anderson and David West.
|
|