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Tag Archives: messier
M13 Reloaded
It’s taken me a while to get used to all the new software for controlling my HEQ5, the new imaging applications, filter wheel control and so on, but here’s my first attempt at an RGB image of M13 using the … Continue reading
Messier Globulars revisited
Having moved to a new mount I thought I’d have a try with a new camera as well. Ok, so not quite a new camera. I’ve had it for a while because I picked it up at a discount when … Continue reading
Oh, go on then, just a couple more…
Yes, two more Messier globular clusters to add to the collection. These, M10 and M14, are the last for the time being. I have a few other things I want to try out now.
Yet more Messier clusters
A change of target for the next imaging session. Having got as much as I felt I could out of M3 and M5 for the time being, I moved on to some new globular clusters. This time M53, M12 and … Continue reading
Feeding my cluster habit
Messiers 3 and 5 have become something of a fixation in my attempts to do some DSO imaging with the 127 Mak, but this night they were joined by the second Messier cluster in Hercules, M92. I think these may … Continue reading
Another crack at M3 and M5
The same details as my previous attempt the day before, but I think these ones are a little better. Focus is sharper, I think, and the colours have come through better.
Another couple of 127 Mak Messier objects
Hot on the heels of my “success” with M13, I decided to have a try at M3 and M5. I suffered the same problems with unusable subs for exactly the same reasons: it’s really pushing the mount too hard to … Continue reading
DSO Imaging with a 127 Mak
It’s often said that slow focal ratio telescopes are unsuitable for DSO imaging and in the general case I’d probably agree. However, having seen a few other imaging attempts with a 127 Mak I thought it might be interesting to … Continue reading
Messier List Completed
After two and a half years and having finally managed to locate M83 I’m pleased to say I’ve finally found every Messier object. I started with an ST80 and have gradually moved up through an ST102 and ST120 to my … Continue reading
Auriga and Cancer Wide Field images
The Messier objects in Auriga were some of the first I ever saw through a telescope and it took me ages to find them with my ST80, so I’ve been itching to get a nice wide field view of them … Continue reading