NGC 2685 Polar Ring Galaxy in Ursa Major

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 32x300s,  R=16x180s, G=15x180s, B=14x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.    Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date - February 15,  2007

NGC 3359 -  Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, L= 37x300s,  R=22x180s, G=21x180s, B=20x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.   Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date -  February 16,  2007

NGC  2683 Spiral Galaxy in Lynx

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 27x300s,  R=13x180s, G=16x180s, B=13x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.    Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date - February 22,  2007

NGC 1560 Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 27x300s,  R=9x180s, G=10x180s, B=7x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.    Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date - November 3 & 8, 2006

NGC 2146 Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, Lum= 28x300s,  R=8x180s, G=8x180s, B=8x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.30.    Lum exposures binned 1X1, RGB exposures binned 2x2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters,  RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date -  October 30 and November 2, 2006

NGC 2775-  Spiral Galaxy in Cancer

Telescope - Intes Micro MK 809 8"  Mak Cass @ f/7.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer, EFL = 1530mm

Camera -  Starlight Xpress SXV-H9

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, L= 33x300s,  R=14x180s, G=12x180s, B=12x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716.  Images acquired with CCDAutopilot 3.40.   Lum  binned 1X1,  RGB exposures binned 2X2.   Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB Sigma clip combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined and additional processing done in Photoshop CS2.

Date -  March 11, 2007