Nebulae & Galaxies: Submissions for SAPC2006

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:28 pm

SingAstroPhotography Challenge 2006

Please add your photo into the Singastro albums either in your personal gallery or in the relevant album, and then post a message with the link of the photo in this thread with the following information: Date taken, a brief description of the photo, and a brief description of equipment used and how you took it:

Everyone else, please click on the photos to view full size and give your ratings and comments!

Current Submissions:

<img src="http://www.singastro.org/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=564">
"M87 and its jet of sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light" by Jean-Yves

<img src="http://www.singastro.org/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=614">
"Crab nebula" by JY

<img src="http://www.singastro.org/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=615">
"NGC 1365" by JY

<img src="http://www.singastro.org/files/orion_m42_small_131.jpg">
"M42" by cataclysm

<img src="http://www.singastro.org/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=607">
"M42 Orion Nebula" by Kochu

<img src="http://www.singastro.org/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=621">
"Horse Head & Flame Nebula" by cataclysm

<img src="http://www.singastro.org/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=630">
"The Great Orion Nebula, M42" by perseid

JY · Post by JY » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:12 am

Hi,

Here is an image taken in June 2006 showing M87 and its jet of sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light ... It's rather dim, I hope you can see it ...

http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage ... pic_id=564

- Imaged from my balcony in Singapore
- LX200GPS 12"at f10 with field derotator
- ST8 NABG camera and AO7
- 5 images @ 3 minutes each taken on 26 June and 2 images @ 5 minutes each taken on 27 June.

Passing clouds did not let me get more data ... to be continued next year ...

Cheers

Jean-Yves

JY · Post by JY » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:12 pm

Hi,

Very clear skies last saturday night.
Here is M1 taken that night, 1 hour exposure. next will be the color shots if the sky clears up!

Cheers

Jean-Yves

http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=614

JY · Post by JY » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:32 pm

Another one ... acquisition damaged by dew, I'll try another time ...

JY

http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=615

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:07 pm

Added m42 by Cataclysm and Kochu

Post by **perseid** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:07 am

Took this image of M42 in the morning of 28 December 2006.

It was taken from my observatory in Penang with my Canon 300D camera. The telescope used is MN56 (Mak-Newt 5inch F6).
The image is a stack of 28 images, each 120 seconds at 1600ASA setting.
Processing: Image reduction, colour correction on stars, selective sharpening on nebula and resize.
Autoguided with guidedog ...woof, woof
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage.php?pic_id=630

kochu · Post by **kochu** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:39 am

Great shot CK,

Glad to note that you got clear skies at Penang around this time. Here we are not so lucky

Wishing you and family a happy and prosperous New Year

Kochu/29-12-06
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cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:01 am

Took this image of M42 in the morning of 28 December 2006.

Wow! BEEAAUTIFULLL !!!

wucheeyiun · Post by **wucheeyiun** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:07 am

Yes, this is one of the best M42 i seen taken this part of the region...

( OT ) and if CK does not mind, i manage to unavel all 5 trapizium stars from you shot, which is very rare, to be taken even from Penang, some of the best M42 i have seen are taken in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Frankly

, This is one of the best i have ever seen.

Post by **perseid** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:54 pm

wucheeyiun wrote:Yes, this is one of the best M42 i seen taken this part of the region...

( OT ) and if CK does not mind, i manage to unavel all 5 trapizium stars from you shot, which is very rare, to be taken even from Penang, some of the best M42 i have seen are taken in Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Thank you all for the fine word of encouragement.

For a few days this week, the sky here has been wonderful. Maybe, most of the clouds decided to "camp" above Singapore or Johor where there were flooding.

I was using the trapezium stars to do the fine focusing. In future, I'll try to take a high resolution image centered at the trapezium. The image posted has been reduce 75%. I can send you the HR version if needed.

While I'm happy with the current result, I regretted not having a H-a narrowband filter to increase the contrast and details.

(Sorry for the OT, do start a new thread for further comments)

Nebulae & Galaxies: Submissions for SAPC2006

Nebulae & Galaxies: Submissions for SAPC2006

M87 with Jet

M42