HPO

Astronomy

Hopkins Phoenix
Observatory


Not so Amateur Astronomy!

Deep Sky Images

Hopkins Phoenix
Deep Sky Observatory



M13
Great Globular Cluster in Hercules



M51
Whirlpool Galaxy
Near Handle of the Big Dipper


M82
Galaxy near Big Dipper

M57
Ring Nebula in Lyra

M100
Pinwheel Galaxy

M104
Sombrero Galagy in Virgo


Images taken with a 12" Meade LX200 GPS telescope with a F/3.3 focal reducer and Meade Deep Sky Imager Pro (monochrome) CCD camera modified with a TEC. Most images are 5 - 30 second exposures, with dark frames subtracted and no additional processing. An Orion Sky Glow filter was used. No guiding. No Flat frames.

Present Page Version as of 4 June 2006

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