Galaxies
The Milky Way 1
Our own galaxy, visible on a spectacularly clear night in Bethlehem, CT. Image is a single frame, 25 second exposure at ISO 6400 with a Canon T3i, 18mm lens at f/3.5.
The Milky Way 2
Our own galaxy, visible on a spectacularly clear night in Bethlehem, CT. Image is a single frame, 25 second exposure at ISO 6400 with a Canon T3i, 18mm lens at f/3.5.
The Leo Triplet
The Leo Triplet of galaxies, featuring NGC 3628 up at the top, M66 on the bottom/left, and M65 towards the right. Whole image is taken through the Takahashi FSQ-106 telescope, with images of each galaxy through the Meade LX200 16" at f/5 composited in for extra detail. Total image exposure time is about 3 to 4 hours, in LRGB.
M63 - Sunflower Galaxy
The Sunflower galaxy. Image by S. Riley and J. Reynolds.
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
This 4 image mosaic of the largest and only naked eye visible galaxy in the sky was taken over 6 nights in late fall 2014 (October - November). It was shot through the Takahashi FSQ-106ED with the SBIG ST-10XME camera with each of the 4 sections comprised of roughly 45 minutes of Luminance, 20 minutes of the colors Red, Green, and Blue, using 2 minute 30 second exposures binned 1x1 for each filter. Processing done in MaximDL, PixInsight, and Photoshop.
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Our nearest neighbor Galaxy. Imaged through the Takahashi FSQ-106. Will eventually become a composition of multiple images to encompass the whole galaxy.
M33 - Triangulum Galaxy Revision 2
The best of both worlds- this images combines the wide field optical quality of the Takahashi FSQ-106 with the light gathering power of the 16" Meade. Cropped from the full size image, the base images are the same as the previous M33 image, with 16" images of the core aligned and seamlessly blended. Processing done in MaximDL and Photoshop, done by M. Polansky.
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
This is M51, imaged through a Meade 16" Schmidt Cassagraine.
30x Stacked Images, 10 seconds each, through Red, Green, and Blue Filters.
M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
Image of M51 through the Meade 16" at f/6.3, taken 3/31/13. Image is composed of Red, Green, Blue, and Luminance images (R:7, G:8, B:15 seconds binned 3x3, L:7 seconds binned 2x2). Roughly 15 minutes worth of exposure for each filter. I'll call this a work in progress, as it's still early in the season for M51!
M81 - Spiral Galaxy
A spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. About 20 minutes of exposure with Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue filters- L binned 1x1 with 1 minute exposures, RGB binned 2x2 with 30-45 second exposures.
M82 - Supernova Revisited
More and longer exposures of the M82 Supernova. Details in the image!
M82 - Supernova
A type 1a supernova was detected in M82 on January 23rd. We managed to image it on January 24th. Details included in image!
NGC 891
Color Composite LRGB 40:12:12:12 min. 2x2 binned, ST-10 on 16" @ f/6.3
NGC 2903
NGC 2903
M33 - Triangulum Galaxy
Imaged through the Takahashi FSQ-106, with the ST-10XE CCD, LRGB, probably around 2 hours of combined exposure over 2 nights in mid October 2012. Image by M. Polansky
M31 - Andromeda 2019
Captured with a 70mm apochromatic refractor telescope using Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, and Hydrogen-Alpha filters.