Some Northern objects

[Stevec35]

Hi to all


Recently I entered an informal partnership with Dean Salman who has a remotely operated observatory with a 20cm F4 Maksutov Newtonian about 50 miles from Tucson Arizona. Dean is going to allow me to use the observatory about 2-3 times a week and in return I am to provide him with some data on selected southern objects. Dean’s main speciality is the Sharpless catalog and he has a web site of his Sharpless images here:

http://www.sharplesscatalog.com/

I’ve been taking some images for a few nights now and here are the preliminary results. The camera is a QSI 583 WSG. All the images are black and white at the moment but some colour should follow soon.

M101. This has always been one of my favourite galaxies. The image is a 60 minute luminance shot taken under fairly bright moonlight.

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/M101_DSl.jpg (http://members.pcug.org.au/%7Estevec/M101_DSl.jpg)

IC405 in Auriga is also known as the “flaming star” nebula. This is 2 hours of hydrogen alpha:

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/IC405_DS.jpg (http://members.pcug.org.au/%7Estevec/IC405_DS.jpg)

PuWe1 is an incredibly faint and large planetary nebula in Lynx only discovered in 1980. It has a diameter of about 20’. This image is 5 hours 20 minutes Hydrogen Alpha.

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/PuWe1_DSt.jpg (http://members.pcug.org.au/%7Estevec/PuWe1_DSt.jpg)

Cheers

Steve

[atalas]

Great start to some nice targets Steve! should keep you busy teaming up with Dean S.

I look forward to the color!

[strongmanmike]

What great fun you will have now in your retirement Steve :thumbsup: scopes on both sides of the World now :thumbsup:

Mike

[Stevec35]

Thanks Mike. Yes it should be fun. I think I'm getting the better end of the deal with Dean.



Thanks Louie. Should be some in a few days. No La Nina to contend with in Arizona.

[Martin Pugh]

Congrats on the partnership Steve....great fun having an Obs in both hemispheres isnt it!?

Good selection of targets also and looking forward to see what you can produce from this.

cheers
Martin

[Stevec35]

Thanks Martin. It's not the sort of partnership you have though as I have absolutely no ownership but it is nice to have a colleague in the north generous enough to let me use his scope.

Cheers

Steve

[Ross G]

Great shots Steve.

You are very fortunate.


Ross.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Ross. I'm sure it's feasible for anyone to strike up an acquaintance with astrophotographers on the other side of the world.

Cheers

Steve

[midnight]

And not to mention some juicy northern targets we can't get here or would have difficulty getting being low. When I was in Ireland in Jan, there were a few nights that I so much wanted to image (pity about 23kG limits on luggage!!). Just a break from the southern targets.

Good luck Steve!:thumbsup:

Darrin...