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Jupiter showing Great Red Spot - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f24, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 410 x 1/33 second exposures, processed in Registax 2, July 2008
Saturn - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f24, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 107 x 1/33 second exposures, processed in Registax 12, Feb 2008
Mars - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f24, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 518 x 1/25 second exposures, processed in Registax 1, Feb 2008
Moon, Mare Tranquillitatis and Lamont (lunar phase 35%), Meade  LX200 SCT  f10, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 142 x 1/50th second exposures, processed in Registax 2, Feb 2008
Moon, Rabbi Levi and Lindenau (lunar phase 35%), Meade  LX200 SCT  f10, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 64 x 1/100th second exposures, processed in Registax 2, Feb 2008
Moon, Theophilus (lunar phase 35%), Meade  LX200 SCT  f10, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 132 x 1/250th second exposures, processed in Registax 2, Feb 2008
M78 - Bright Nebula in Orion, Mag 8, 8' x 6'
- 10" LX200 f4.2, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 10 minutes
M79 - Globular Cluster in Lepus, Mag 7.7, 9.6" - 10" LX200 f4, Starlite Xpress MX5 CCD. Single 3 minute exposure.
Comet 8P/Tuttle (Approx mag6) in Pisces. Sum of ten x 30s exposures. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Jan 2008
M46, Open Cluster in Puppis, Mag 6.1, also shows Planetary Nebula NGC2438. 10" Meade LX200 f3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Two exposures of 1 minutes each, summed together.
M42, Orion Nebula - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 20 second exposure, Jan 2008
M93, Open Cluster in Puppis- 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. One minute exposures, Jan 2008
NGC2359, Duck Nebula in Canis Major - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 8 minutes, Jan 2008
Mars - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f24, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 409 x 1/50 second exposures, processed in Registax 2, Dec 2007
Comet 17P/Holmes (Approx mag2.5) in Perseus. Average of ten x 30s exposures. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. October 2007
M31, The Andromeda Spiral Galaxy, A different perspective taken with an f2 55mm lens attached to a Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD, guided with a 10" LX200. 3 minute exposure, Sept 2007
NGC6894, Nice ring nebula, in Cygnus, Mag 12.3, 55" - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Average of 3 exposures, each 3 minutes, Sept 2007
M27 Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 6 minutes. Sept 2007
Mercury and 1.8% crescent moon, May 17th 21:00 BST, Picture taken with digital land camera.
Supernova 2007af in NGC5584 in Virgo, 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of 3 three minute exposures: effective exposure 9 minutes. April 2007
NGC4725, Barred Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices, Mag 9.3, 10.7' x 7.6' - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures; Effective integration time 15 minutes, April 2007
NGC3227, SBa Spiral Galaxy in Leo, Mag 10.4, 4.1' x 3.9' - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures; Effective integration time 15 minutes, April 2007
NGC3242, Ghost of Jupiter, in Hydra, Mag 7.7, 1.1' - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Average of 3 exposures, each 3 minutes, April 2007
M91, SBb Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices, 10.1, 5.2' x 4.2'. - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4 Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 9 minutes.
m64.gif (20133 bytes) M64, Blackeye Galaxy (Sa) in Coma Berenices, M8.5, 10.5' x 5'
- 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD.
Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 12 minutes.
NGC3115, 'Spindle Galaxy', E-S0 Spiral Edge on Galaxy in Sextans, - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 12 minutes.
Saturn - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f24, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 307 x 1/25 second exposures, processed in Registax 12, Apr 2007
Lunar Eclipse, 3rd March 2007. Start of totality. Sum of ten images, each 0.5s at f3.5 using Sanyo C6 digital camera
NGC7293, Helix Nebula, in Aquarius, Mag 7.3, 12.6' - 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 5 exposures : Effective integration time 15 minutes, Oct 2006  
M30, Globular Cluster in Caprocornus, Mag 6.9, 12", Meade MX200 SCT f4, Starlite Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of 8 one minute exposures
Comet C/2006 M4 Swann (Approx mag4) in Corona Borealis. Montage of images, each a sum of 5 to 8 one minute exposures. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. October 2006
Comet m4 Swan - in Corona Borealis at Mag 4, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 8 x 60 second images summed on Comet. October 2006
Comet 4P Faye (Mag 10) in Cetus. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of 8 one minute images. October 2006
Uranus, showing the moons Titania and Oberon - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f10, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 50 second exposure, September 2006
Neptune - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f10, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 1 minute exposure, September 2006
Comet 177P/Barnard - in Draco at Mag 11, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 60 second images summed on Comet. September 2006
Jupiter - 10" Meade LX200 SCT  f24, Philips TouCam Pro Webcam. Sum of 126 x 1/33 second  exposures, processed in Registax 2, May 2006
Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann -fragment B - in Corona Borealis at Mag 7.9, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 30 second images summed on Comet. April 2006
Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann -fragment C - in Corona Borealis at Mag 8.5, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 9 x 30 second images summed on Comet. April 2006


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