IC 5070 Pelican Nebula in Cygnus 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer and Astronomik UHC filter Exposure = 10-15-20-25 sec, Live Stacked frames = 20-20-20-20 (80 total), Gain = 50 of 250 The Pelican Nebula is a large 1.5 degree-wide structure that is just off the eastern “coast” of the North America Nebula,…

NGC 869 and 884 Double Cluster (Eta and Chi Persei) in Perseus 10.1” f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer Exposure = 2 sec, Live-stacked frames = 1, Gain = 30 of 250 A beautiful star field, too many to count! The eastern-most cluster NGC 884 (chi, at bottom) is slightly dimmer and less compact…

NGC 7000 North America Nebula in Cygnus 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer and Astronomik UHC filter Exposure =5-10-15 sec, Live Stacked frames = 20-20-30 (70 total), Gain = 70 of 250 The North America Nebula is a very large deep sky object, spanning 4 to 5 degrees in the sky; in this…

IC 1805 Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia 80mm f/5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer and Astronomik UHC filter Exposure = 10-25 sec, Live Stacked frames = 15-65 (80 total), Gain = 40 of 250 Located in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way, the Heart Nebula is a very large and diffuse object spanning some…

M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer Exposure = 1.4 sec, Live Stacked frames = 351, Gain = 95 of 250 A spectacular planetary nebula, the Ring Nebula appears approximately 3 arcminutes across in this view. Slightly oval-shaped, brightest along the upper and lower outer edges, looking somewhat like…

M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer Exposure = 1.4 sec, Live Stacked frames = 351, Gain = 95 of 250 A spectacular planetary nebula, the Ring Nebula appears approximately 3 arcminutes across in this view. Slightly oval-shaped, brightest along the upper and lower outer edges, looking somewhat like…

M27 Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposure = 15 sec, Live Stacked frames = 15-15-15 (45 total), Whitepoints = 255-220-180, Gain = 10 of 250 M27 is an impressive planetary nebula at almost any level of magnification, roughly 7 arcminutes across. Two distinct lobes in the North-East and South-West directions have distinctly…

M52 and NGC 7635 Salt-and-Pepper Cluster and the Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer and Astronomik UHC filter Exposure = 10-18-25 sec, Live Stacked frames = 20-20-60 (100 total), Gain = 50 of 250 NGC 7635, or the Bubble Nebula (right), also known as Caldwell 11, is a beautiful…

NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula in Cepheus 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer and Astronomik UHC filterExposure = 10-18-25 sec, Live Stacked frames = 20-20-60 (100 total), Gain = 50 of 250 The Wizard Nebula, also known as Harry Potter and the Golden Snitch, is a fairly difficult object to locate visually; I had…

M8 Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with Astronomik UHC filter Exposure = 5-7.5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 20-20 (40 total), Gain = 50 of 250 M8 is a giant H II emission nebula in the Milky Way, about 4000 light years away. Despite lying low in my Bortle 8 skies it…