North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club
Messier Images
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This is a 16 minute exposure of M1. It was taken with
a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3 telescope and a Cookbook 245 camera. The scope was
unguided during the exposure. The exposure was taken at 02:47UT on Jan 16. The image was corrected with a dark frame subtraction and a flat field
correction applied. The image was log enhanced.
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This is a 4 minute exposure of M27, the Dumbbell nebula. It was taken with a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3 telescope and a Cookbook 245 camera.
The scope was unguided during the exposure. The exposure was taken at 23:33UT on Oct 23. The image was corrected with a dark frame subtraction and a flat field
correction applied. The image was log enhanced.
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This is a mosaic of four, 4 minute exposures of M33. They were taken with a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3 telescope and a Cookbook 245 camera.
The scope was unguided during the exposures. The exposures were taken at
02:41UT on September 19. Each of the images was corrected with a dark frame subtraction and a flat field correction applied. The four images were mosaicked trying to balance the overlap region. The final image was log enhanced.
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This is a 2 minute exposure of M42, the Great Orion Nebula. It was taken with a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3 telescope and a Cookbook 245 camera. The scope was unguided during the exposure. The exposure was taken at 03:13 on Nov 13. The image was corrected with a dark frame subtraction and a flat field correction applied. The image was log enhanced.
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This is a 4 minute exposure of M78. It was taken with
a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3 telescope and a Cookbook 245 camera. The scope was
unguided during the exposure. The exposure was taken at 02:46UT on Jan 16. The image was corrected with a dark frame subtraction and a flat field
correction applied. The image was log enhanced.
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This is a 26 minute exposure of M97, the Owl Nebula. It is the
combination of 13 two minute exposures taken with a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3 telescope and a Cookbook 245 camera. The scope was unguided during any of the exposures. The exposure was taken at 2:40 UT on Feb 7. The images were corrected with a dark frame subtraction and a flat field correction applied. These images were then added together and log enhanced.
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