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Donna's NexStar CCD Image Photo Album : Messier Objects

These images were taken with the following equipment :

Scopes : NexStar 80GT, NexStar 5i, Short Tube 80 mounted on a NexStar 5i mount
Mount Modes : both altaz and equatorial
Cameras : Modified Webcam Philips Vesta 675 SC2, Starlight Xpress MX916

 

M3 - Globular Cluster

 
M3 ST80 on NexStar 5i mount Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
June 24, 2003
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
July 17, 2003

 

M5 - Globular Cluster

 
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Modified Philips Vesta 675 SC2 Camera
April 15, 2002


M11 - Open Cluster

 
M11 Short Tube 80 on N5i mount Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
June 24, 2003
M11 NexStar 5i NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
July 17, 2003

 

M13 - Globular Cluster

 
NexStar 80GT (F5 ST80)
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
October 8, 2002
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Modified Philips Vesta 675 SC2 Camera
April 15, 2003
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
July 17, 2003

 

M15 - Globular Cluster

 
NexStar 80GT (F5 ST80)
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
October 7, 2002
NexStar 5i F6.3 MX916
February 13-14, 2004

 

M26 - Open Cluster

 
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
July 17, 2003

 

M27 - Dumbbell Nebula

 
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
July 17, 2003

 

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

 
NexStar 80GT (F5 ST80)
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
14-October-2002
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
June 24, 2003
NexStar 5i F6.3 EQ
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
December 28, 2003

 

M33

 
Short Tube 80 F/5 on NexStar 5i mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
November 15, 2003

 

M36

 
thm_M36_5x60sMedian.jpg NexStar 5i mount F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
December 22-23, 2003

 

M38 - Open Cluster

 
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
October 30-31, 2003

 

M39 - Open Cluster

 
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
June 24, 2003

 

M42 - Orion Nebula

 
NexStar 5i 0.6 Mogg Focal Reducer
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
December 1, 2002
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
October 31, 2003

NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
December 22-23, 2003

 

M44 - Beehive Open Cluster

 
NexStar 5i Mount 0.6 Mogg FR
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
March 15, 2003

 

 

M46

 
NexStar 5i Mount F6.3
MX916
December 22-23, 2003

 

M47

 
NexStar 5i Mount F6.3
MX916
December 22-23, 2003

 

 

M48 - Open Cluster

 
NexStar 5i Mount 0.6 Mogg FR
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
March 15, 2003

 

M50

 
NexStar 5i Mount F6.3
MX916
December 22-23, 2003

 

 

M51 - Spiral Galaxy

 
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
April 20, 2003
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
June 24, 2003

 

M53

 
NexStar 5i F6.3 MX916
February 13-14, 2004

 


M57 - Ring Nebula

 
NexStar 80GT
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
Oct 14, 2002
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
June 24, 2003

 

M65 and M66

 
NexStar 5i Mount F6.3
MX916
December 22-23, 2003

 

M67

 
NexStar 5i Mount F6.3
MX916
December 22-23, 2003

 

 


M81 - Galaxy

 
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Modified Webcam Vesta 675 SC 2
April 15, 2003

 

M82 - Galaxy

 
NexStar 5i 0.6 Mogg Focal Reducer
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
December 1, 2002
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
April 15, 2003

 

M84 and M86

 
NexStar 5i Mount F6.3
MX916
December 22-23, 2003

 

 

M92 - Globular Cluster

 
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
July 17, 2003

 

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy

 
Short Tube 80 F5 on NexStar 5i Mount
Starlight Xpress MX916 Camera
June 24, 2003
NexStar 5i Mount F6.3
MX916
December 22-23, 2003
(Don't ask what I did to this image. It is horrible.)

 

M103 - Open Cluster

 
NexStar 80 GT
Modified Vesta 675 SC2
October 14, 2002

 

M106

 
NexStar 5i F6.3
Starlight Xpress MX916
February 13-14, 2004

 

 


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