Bryan's Astrophotos

 

New! 01/09

NGC 5005 Galaxy Field
  • Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Sixteen 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Orion Atlas EQ-G.

12/08

M100 and NGC 4312 Galaxy Field
  • Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Eighteen 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO.

12/08

NGC 2264, The Cone & Foxfur Nebula Complex
  • Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Twenty-nine 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO. Awarded Editors' Choice by "Sky and Telescope" Magazine's online photo gallery!

9/08

IC434 , The Horsehead Nebula (fourth version)
  • Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Twenty-two 5 minute shots and Six 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO.


9/08

IC 5146 , The Cocoon Nebula
  • Taken with the Orion 190mm Mak-Newt Astrograph. Six 5 minute shots and Twenty-three 8 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the AP900GTO.


9/08

M33, The Pinwheel Galaxy
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED. Fifteen 10 minute shots combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider


New! 9/08

NGC 7635 , The Bubble Nebula
  • Taken with the Intes-Micro/ITE MK10, 10" f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Five 30 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. I used an off-axis guider and SSDSI guide cam. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO.


New! 9/08

IC 1396, A Huge Diffuse Nebula in Cepheus
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED. Twenty-three 10 minute shots combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider. This nebula includes VDB 142 which is known as the "Elephant Trunk". It's a very faint nebula, but also pretty cool, and just huge. Without checking an Atlas, I am sure this thing takes well over 4º of sky.


New! 9/08

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED. Nineteen 10 minute shots combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider


New! 8/08

NGC 253, The Sculptor Galaxy
  • Taken with the Orion EON 120mm ED. Eight 15 minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider


New! 8/08

NGC 7023, The Iris Nebula in Cepheus
  • Taken with the Orion EON 120mm ED. Four 15 minute and three 30 mins shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Sirius EQ-G, StarShoot AutoGuider


7/08

NGC 6559, Nebula Complex in Sagittarius
  • Taken with the Orion/Vixen 114 ED. Seven 12minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.


7/08

IC 5070, The Pelican Nebula
  • Taken with the Orion/Vixen 114 ED. Forteen 12minute shots combined using the Orion StarShoot Pro. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.

3/08

M4, Globular Star Cluster in Scorpio
  • Taken with the Orion EON 120mm ED Apochromatic Refractor. Ten 5 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider. I'm usually not to keen on shooting star clusters but this was a nice early morning shot that filled up more of my frame than I thought (note that the shot is still cropped).


2/08

M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy (Revised)
  • Taken with the ITE/Intes-Micro 10" f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Five 40 minute shots for luminance, 3x12 min red, 3x11 green, and 3x13.3 min blue using the ST-10ME with Custom Scientific LRGB filters. I've always wanted to shoot this galaxy with some serious image scale. The new 10" Mak is starting to stretch its wings :)


01/08

NGC 2392, The Eskimo Nebula
  • Taken with the ITE/Intes-Micro 10" f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Six 2 minute shots of H-alpha and OIII using the Orion SSDSMI II. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider with Radial Guider.


12/07

M100 and NGC 4312
  • Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Twenty 7 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider. There are several background galaxies in this shot that I still want to identify.


12/07

IC434/B33, The Horsehead Nebula
  • Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Fifteen 7 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.


12/07

M65, M66 and NGC3628, The Leo Trio (Revised)
  • Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Twelve 7 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.


12/07

Comet Holmes
  • Taken with the Orion 6" f/ Imaging Reflector. Fourteen 3 minute shots combined using the Hutech modified Canon 350D @ ISO400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, StarShoot AutoGuider.


9/07

NGC 6946 in Cepheus, revised
  • My FAVORTIE spiral galaxy. Taken with the Intes-Micro 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (1066mm). Nine 15 minute shots for luminance, 4x15minR, 4x15minG, 4x17minB with the ST-10ME CCD. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO.
  • Special thanks to Ken Sablinsky for use of the ST-10ME CCD.


08/07

The Total Lunar Eclipse August 28th 2007
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED f/5.3. Five 1 second shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 1600. Mounted on the Orion Sirius EQ-G.


06/07

M17, The Swan Nebula
  • Taken with the Intes-Micro/ITE 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian. Six 6minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


05/07

NGC 6992, Part of the Veil Nebula
  • Taken with the Orion 120ED refractor with a f/7.5 (900mm). Twelve 9 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


03/07

NGC 5005, 5033,Galaxy Group in Canes Venatici
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm).Eighteen 10 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 400. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding. There are tons of little galaxies everywhere on this one so I had fun with it and labeled the ones the planetarium software could find.


03/07, Captured 01/07

NGC 3628, M65 & M66 The "Leo Trio" Galaxy Group
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Ten 10 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding. Check out the uncropped wide angle version, many little galaxies can be seen below, some are fainter than magnitude 16! I want to retake the Leo Trio portion with the Mak-Newt this year and get some nicer up-close detail on these beautiful galaxies.


New! 03/07, Captured 01/07

NGC 2244, The Rossette Nebula
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Fourteen 7 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.

10/06

B33, The Horsehead Nebula - Revised
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Sixteen 8 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


10/06

NGC 1499 (The California Nebula)
  • This is the first posted shot with my Canon 350D after it was modified by Hutech. It is 2.5x more sensitve in red than stock and I was still able to reset the white balance and use it during the day. Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with a f/4.4 reducer at prime focus (~502mm). Eleven 8 minute shots were combined using the modidied Canon 350D at ISO 800. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


9/06

M27 (The Dumbbell Nebula)
  • Taken with the SSDSI and the new MN76 optics at CalStar 2006.


8/06

NGC 253 (The Sculptor Galaxy)
  • An awesome galaxy, visually or photographically. Taken with the Intes-Micro 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (1066mm). Nineteen 8 minute shots were combined using the Canon 350D SLR. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


2/06 to 1/07

M45 (The Pleiades Star Cluster - Revised)
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor with f/4.4 reducer (~502mm f/5.3). Eleven 7minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D SLR. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


6/06

M101 Face-on Spiral Galaxy (revised)
  • Taken with the Intes-Micro 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (1066mm). Eight 8 minute shots were combined using the Canon 350D SLR. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.
  • Click here for the special wide field version (taken with 114ED)


3/07

M42 (Orion Nebula), Revised
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor at prime focus (600mm f/5.3). Five 6 minute shots were combined using the modified Canon 350D. Mounted on the AP900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


9/06

M1 (Crab Nebula), Revised
  • Taken with the ITE/Intes-Miro MN-76 7" f/6 Maksutov-Newtonian at prime focus (~1066mm). Thirtyseven 3 minute shots were combined using the Orion StarShoot Deep-Space CCD imager. Mounted on the Astro-Physics 900GTO, ST-4 guiding.


7/05

M16 (Eagle Nebula)
  • Taken with the Vixen 130ED refractor at prime focus (860mm f/6.6). 45 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Celestron CGE with ST-4 guiding. "Pillars of Creation" are just seen the center mass of the nebula.


7/05

NGC 6946 Sprial Galaxy in Cepheus
  • Cepheus strikes again! Taken with the Vixen 130ED refractor at prime focus (860mm f/6.6). 45 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Celestron CGE, manually guided.



7/23/04

NGC 7000 & IC 5070 (North America & Pelican Nebula)
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor at prime focus (600mm f/5.3). 90 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Losmady G11 with ST-4 guiding (A2s). Very little processing with color curves, the red & pinkish hue is pretty much what the film saw. Click here for the monster high-res version...ohh yeah.


7/23/04

M31 (Andromeda Galaxy, M32 & M110 included)
  • Taken with the Vixen 114ED refractor at prime focus (600mm f/5.3). 45 minute exposure on Kodak E200, pushed two stops. Mounted on the Losmady G11 with ST-4 guiding (A2s). I am beginning to improve my technique here & I was able to get a better scan from the film.
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