NGC 6618

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Sat Aug 18 11:48:01 2007 UTC

M17, Also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, located in Sagittarius. Imaged from Calhoun County, WV. Date:8/12/07.. Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer.. 378mm f4.8 Canon 20D ISO-800.. 28 X 3:16 Lights.. 28 Darks.. 28 Flats.. Processed with Images Plus V 2.80A Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

 

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Markarian's Chain of Galaxies

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Apr 29 14:09:01 2009 UTC

Markarian`s Chain of Galaxies in Virgo Date: Imaged 3/21/09... Location: Gilmore Ohio site... Scope: Takahashi FSQ-106 @ 530mm f5... Camera: Canon 20D... Mount: Losmandy G11, Unguided.... Image stats: 65 X 150sec ( 2hrs 43min )... Dark frames: 42... Flat frames: 21... Bias frames: 20... Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Miller.

The Triangulum Galaxy...M33

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sat May 2 13:20:01 2009 UTC

This summers attempt at imaging M33, The Triangulum Galaxy... Takahashi FSQ-106ED.. F5 / 530mm.. Losmandy G11...Unguided... Canon 20D ISO-800... 43x 180sec = ( 2hrs 9minutes), 25 Dark frames, 25 Flat frames.. Ohio, Stillwell Site, 8/31/08... Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3.. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller.

M46 / NGC-2438

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Tue Mar 24 02:49:01 2009 UTC

M-46 and Planetary Nebula NGC-2438 Location: Near Gnadenhutten Ohio.. Date: 3/20/09... Temp: 20°.... Takahashi FSQ 106ED @ 530mm F5... Losmandy G11 Unguided... Canon 20D..ISO-800.."27 X 150sec..42 Darks..20 Flats...20 Bias frames".. Processed Images Plus V3.5A, PS-CS3... Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Miller.

Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin 2/23/09

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Apr 29 15:24:01 2009 UTC

Probably my last view and image of Comet Lulin, the clouds have now returned. I cant complain though, three clear nights in one week and the views of the comet were just Great!!. Location: Stillwell Ohio.. Date: 2/23/09... Temp: 7°.... Takahashi FSQ 106ED @ 530mm F5... Losmandy G11 Unguided... Canon 20D..ISO-1600.."21 X 120sec..20 Darks..20 Flats...20 Bias frames" Processed Images Plus V3.5A, PS-CS3, Stacked on comet nucleus... Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Miller.

Comet Lulin Cruising through Virgo

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Apr 29 16:16:01 2009 UTC

In this latest image you can see the dusty reddish anti-tail and the fainter ion tail...This has turned out to be a really pretty comet.. Location: Stillwell Ohio.. Date: 2/21/09... Temp: 15°.... Takahashi FSQ 106ED @ 530mm F5... Losmandy G11 Unguided... Canon 20D..ISO-1600.."16 X 135sec..15 Darks..20 Flats...20 Bias frames" Processed Images Plus V3.5A, PS-CS3, Stacked on comet nucleus... Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Miller.

Crescent Moon, Jupiter, Mercury.

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Apr 29 21:07:01 2009 UTC

Date: 12/29/08... Location: Silver Creek Park, Norton Ohio.. Tripod mounted Canon 20D... Canon 70-210mm lens @ 70mm f8... ISO-800, 2.5 Sec exposure. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Lunar Corona

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sun Oct 19 23:35:01 2008 UTC

As soon as i went outside this morning around 7:00am i was treated to a very vivid Lunar Corona. The 32° freezing temperature this morning had created a cold fog and the sky was also covered in very high thin cloud. The image is a great representation of what it looked like visually. Date: 10-18-08.. Canon 20D..,Canon 100mm f2.8 USM Macro lens @ f4...ISO-800.. 1/6 sec...exposure. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller.

The Triangulum Galaxy...M33

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Apr 29 17:17:01 2009 UTC

This summers attempt at imaging M33, The Triangulum Galaxy... Takahashi FSQ-106ED.. F5 / 530mm.. Losmandy G11...Unguided... Canon 20D ISO-800... 43x 180sec = ( 2hrs 9minutes), 25 Dark frames, 25 Flat frames.. Ohio, Stillwell Site, 8/31/08... Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3.. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller.

Perseus Double Cluster / NGC 869

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Apr 29 21:30:01 2009 UTC

and NGC 884... Takahashi FSQ-106ED.. F5 / 530mm.. Losmandy G11...Unguided... Canon 20D ISO-800... 29 x 150sec, 20 Dark frames, 20 Flat frames.. Stillwell Ohio Site, 8/02/08... Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3.. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller.

M8 / Lagoon Nebula

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Fri Jul 4 03:49:01 2008 UTC

First light test image with the new Takahashi "Q".. Takahashi FSQ-106ED.. F5 / 530mm.. Losmandy G11...Unguided... Canon 20D ISO-800... 35 x 135sec, 20 Dark frames, 22 Flat frames.. Stillwell Ohio Site, 7/02/08... Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3.. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller.

2/20/08 Lunar Eclipse

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Fri Feb 22 19:45:01 2008 UTC

2/20/08 Lunar Eclipse.. 10" SCT / f6.3 reducer, Canon 20D.. 2 Seconds @ IS0-400.. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Jupiter Venus Conjunction 1/31/08

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Fri Feb 1 22:33:01 2008 UTC

1/31/08 Jupiter Venus Conjunction.. Imaged from Silver Creek Park, Norton Ohio at 12:01 UT.. Closest conjunction was to occur on Feb 1st but a winter storm was expected to move in so i had to take my shot a day early.. Venus is the top star, Jupiter is just below.. 2 seconds / ISO-200 / Canon 100mm USM Macro @ f4.5 / Canon 20D.. Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Horsehead / Flame Nebula

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Apr 29 20:04:01 2009 UTC

Also known as Barnard 33, a Dark nebula in the bright nebula IC 434, IC 434 is located just below the bottom " left " most star " Alnitak" in Orion`s belt. The Flame is just below and slightly left of Alnitak. Canon 20D Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Losmandy G11...Unguided exposures.. Image Date: 1/04/08 Calhoun County Park, Grantsville WV.. A balmy 2 degree night... 64 x 3 Minutes @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 35 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus V3.0, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Messier / M45

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Jan 9 09:30:01 2008 UTC

Messier M45: Also know as the Pleiades star cluster and The Seven Sisters. The cluster lies about 425 Light years away in the Constellation Taurus and its age is around 100 Million years old. Canon 20D Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Losmandy G11...Unguided exposures.. Image Date: 1/04/08 Calhoun County Park, Grantsville WV.. A balmy 2 degree night... 28 x 3 Minutes @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 25 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus V3.0, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

Comet Holmes in 08

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sun Jan 6 01:28:01 2008 UTC

Comet Holmes remains a nice object viewed from a dark sky site, the file size is 300k to help preserve the small galaxies that can bee seen around Holmes in this image, notably NGC-1138 just below comet Holmes. Canon 20D Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Losmandy G11...Unguided exposures.. Image Date: 1/04/08 Calhoun County Park, Grantsville WV.. A balmy 2 degree night... 15 x 3 Minutes @ ISO-800... 20 Darks... 20 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus V3.0, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Miller

C/17P 37 Days Later

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sat Dec 1 16:47:01 2007 UTC

I had clear skies on the night of 29/11/07, the moon was not due to rise until about 3:30 UT so i took the opportunity to image comet Holmes once again. 37 days after the initial Super Outburst on 23/10/07... North is Up, East is Left in the image... Image date: 29/11/07... Time: 1:50 - 2:35 UT... ED80mm f6.3 reducer (378mm f4.7) IDAS-LPS Filter... Losmandy G11 Unguided... Canon 20D ISO-800... 30 x 90 seconds... 22 Darks...22 Flats... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Cropped image... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

C/17P Holmes encounters Alpha Persei

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Mon Nov 19 22:32:01 2007 UTC

Comet Holmes encounters Mirfak " Alpha Persei " Image Date: 11/19/07...Between 3-4 UT Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... 39 x 90 sec @ ISO-800... 28 Darks... 32 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

C17/P Holmes / Mirfak Mel-20

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Thu Nov 15 16:31:01 2007 UTC

Holmes / Mirfak Mel-20 In this image the camera was oriented in a more NW-SE orientation to include Mel-20 the open star cluster that surrounds Mirfak " Alpha Persei " Image Date: 11/13/07... Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... 31 x 90 sec @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 11 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet Holmes nears Mirfak

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Nov 14 21:00:01 2007 UTC

Comet Holmes continues to approach the 1.79 magnitude star Mirfak ( 33 Alpha Perseus ). It will make its closest approach Nov 20th.. Image Date: 11/13/07... Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... 20 x 90 sec @ ISO-800... 25 Darks... 11 Flats... Cropped image... Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements... Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

*C/17P-Holmes*

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sun Nov 11 00:52:01 2007 UTC

Comet C17/P Holmes ** Had another clear night to image Comet Holmes so i imaged it again with the 80mm scope since its halo had grown so large. Date: 11/07/07... Time: 11:10 EST... Location: Norton Ohio, U.S.A.. Orion 80ED / f6.3 reducer = ( 384mm f4.8 ).. Hutech IDAS LPS filter... Canon 20D.. 10 x 1 minute @ ISO-1600... 10 Darks.. 10 Flats.. Processed: Images Plus, Photoshop Elements. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

*Comet C/17P Holmes*

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Sun Nov 4 16:10:01 2007 UTC

Comet C17/P Holmes * It was another great night to observe and image Comet Holmes again, the seeing and transparency was great!.. Date: 11/03/07.. Time: 4:05 UTC.. Location: Norton Ohio, U.S.A.. Meade SCT 10" @ f6.3 (1575mm).. Canon 20D...Unmodified.. 6 x 30 seconds @ ISO-1600.. 12 Darks.. 10 Flats.. Processed: Images Plus..Photoshop Elements Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet C17/P Holmes

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Wed Oct 31 19:21:01 2007 UTC

Comet C17/P Holmes This comet is just fantastic, i can easily see the comet naked eye under the light of a blazing full moon and light pollution. Visually through the 10" at f10 using a 30mm Masuyama eyepiece (85x) power, the comet appeared a green/blue grayish colored tint. I cant wait to image and observe this comet again from a dark site and moonless conditions.. Date: 10/29/07.. Location: Norton Ohio, U.S.A.. Meade SCT 10" @ f6.3 (1575mm).. Canon 20D.. 10 x 30 seconds @ ISO-200.. 10 Darks.. 10 Flats.. Processed: Images Plus.. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet 17/P Holmes

Submitted by: Dave Miller at Fri Oct 26 21:43:01 2007 UTC

Comet 17/P Holmes .. "Super Outburst", Went from a Mag 17 comet to a Mag 2.2 comet in just over a 24hr period. Easily naked eye under a full moon, i could even see the comet through the 9x50 finder while covered by occasional clouds. Blazin Full Moon, 10/25/07 ED80mm / f6.3 reducer...378mm f4.8 IDAS LPS Filter.. 13 x 30 seconds ISO-200... 10 Darks.. 15 Flats.. Processed Images Plus.. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

8/28/07 Lunar Eclipse

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Thu Aug 30 01:43:01 2007 UTC

Imaged from Norton Ohio, Silver Creek Park. Time: 6:04 am.. EST. Tripod mounted 20D Canon 210mm lens @ f4 ISO-400 2 Seconds Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

NGC 869 / 884

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Thu Aug 16 15:31:01 2007 UTC

NGC 869 / 884 also known as The Double Cluster in Perseus. Imaged from Calhoun County, WV. Date:8/12/07.. Orion ED80mm / f6.3 reducer.. 378mm f4.8 Canon 20D ISO-800.. 10 X 3:16 Lights.. 15 Darks.. 15 Flats.. Processed with Images Plus V 2.80A Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

7/01/07 Venus/Saturn Conjunction

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Mon Jul 2 21:06:01 2007 UTC

Venus Saturn Conjunction, 7/01/07 10:01pm EST. Silver Creek park, Norton Ohio. Canon 20D, Canon 70-210mm lens @ 70mm f11, ISO-400, 4Sec. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Earthshine

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Wed Mar 21 15:37:01 2007 UTC

Spring has arrived. The equinox occured at 8:07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on 3/20/07, the Sun crosses the equator heading north for the year.

Image Details: Date: 3/20/07 Time: 8:36 PM EST. Location: Silver Creek, Norton Ohio.. Canon 20D, Tripod mounted Canon 70-210mm lens set at 210mm F5.6 IS0-800 2 Second exposure. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Venus Mercury 2/05/07

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Tue Feb 6 19:55:01 2007 UTC

A beautiful sight on a Very cold February evening. Date: 2/05/07 Time: 6:46 PM EST. Location: Silver Creek Park, Norton Ohio Temp: -16 °C Canon 20D, Canon 70-210mm lens @ 70mm F8.0 ISO-800 4-seconds Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Sat Jan 13 22:18:01 2007 UTC

10/1/07 5:55 EST. Canon 20D Canon 70-210mm lense @ 210mm f5.6, IS0-100 "1/8" Sec. Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Miller

The Andromeda Galaxy M31

Submitted by: dmiller2@neo.rr.com at Tue Nov 28 21:09:01 2006 UTC

Date/Location: 24/11/06 Calhoun County WV. Scope: Orion ED80mm / Meade f6.3 reducer Mount: Losmandy G11..Unguided Camera: Canon 20D @ ISO-800 Settings: 40 x 90sec.. 20 Darks.. 15 Flats Processing: Images Plus V2.75, Photoshop Elements Copyright (c) 2006 Dave Miller

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