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TOC M1 page 756 x 483 M1, Crab Nebula gallery

M-3 378 x 242 Exposure time: 3 x 2 minutes. File size: 24 kb.

M-3 756 x 483 Instrument: 12.5"- f:5 Newtonian
Date: 130303 - Exposure time: 4 x 30 sec.

M-13 1392 x 1040 Instrument: 12.5"- f:5 Newtonian
Date: 290407 - Exposure time RGBL: 80 minutes.

M-27 - Variable star, "Goldilocks", discovered by Leos Ondra in 1991. 252 x 242 Variable star in M-27. Data in HTML document.

M-27 Super G800 We have done some C O L O R work too. The Fuji Super G800 Press turned out to be very good for this purpose. This image of M-27 is a 21 minutes exposure. File size 243 kb.

M-27 Dumbbell Nebula 1392 x 1040 First colour image taken with SXV H9 CCD camera. 2 minutes.
Date: 22-08-04. Instrument: 12.5" - f/5 Newtonian

M-27 1392 x 1040 Most recent colour image taken with SXV H9 CCD camera. Exposure time 2 hours.
Date: 02-10-07. Instrument: 12.5" - f/5 Newtonian

M-27 1392 x 1040 First colour image taken with 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 2 x 3 minutes, binning, 2 x 2. Luminance: 3 x 3 minutes.
Date: 14-08-05 - 22:40 UT. Click here for hi res. version of image

M27-nova
Four different dates 1392 x 1040 Nova reported by Wolfgang Renz based on test image made by Joerg Hanisch. Left image First colour image taken with 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 2 x 3 minutes, binning, 2 x 2. Luminance: 3 x 3 minutes.
Right image taken with 12.5" F/5 Newtonian. Exposure time: 6 x 2 minutes.
Follow up image August 27 - 2005 - 23:56 UT

M-27 NOVA 1392 x 1040 Instruments: 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 3 x 4 minutes, binning, 1 x 1. Luminance: 3 x 4 minutes.
Date: August 31 - 2005 - 22:15 UT
Hi res image - 2.4 Mb

M-27 1392 x 1040 Instruments: 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 3 x 4 minutes, binning, 1 x 1. Luminance: 3 x 4 minutes.
Date: September 5 - 2005 - 22:00 UT

M-27 1392 x 1040 Instrument: 12.5" f/5 Newtonian. SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 4 x 3 minutes, binning, 1 x 1. Luminance: 5 x 3 minutes.
Date: October 7 - 2005 Click here for hi res. version of image

M-27 DEEP 1392 x 1040
6248 x 4176 RGBL taken with 12,5" F:5 Newton and SXV H9. Added 30 min. OIII and 40 min. Ha taken with 14,5" F:4,2 Newtonian and ASI2600 mono PRO. BlurXT and NoiseXT used.
Date: 2005-2022

M-42, The Orion Nebula HTP 2415 Exposure time: 30 minutes. Developed in MWP-2. File size: 61 kb.

The Trapezium 1392 x 1040 Instrument: 12.5" f/5. 520 secs. Date: Nov. 6th. 2004

M42 1392 x 1040 Instrument: 80 mm f/7.5 Sky-Watcher. SXV H9. Exposure time: 1,5 hours. Date: December 2006 and january 2007

M42 1392 x 1040 Instrument: 80 mm f/7.5 Sky-Watcher. SXV H9. Exposure time: 1,5 hours. Date: December 2006, January 2007 and February 2007

The Trapezium 378 x 242 Field size: 2,2 x 1,7'. Exposure time: 2 sec. Focal length 9.9 m - eyepiece projection. File size: 40 kb.

M-57, The Ring Nebula 755 x 242 Exposure time: RGBL 8x2 minutes. Reduced frame - higher resolutiuon. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian - fl.= 158 cm. Date: September 27. 2003.

M-57, The Ring Nebula 1392 x 1040 Exposure time: RGBL 9x30 sec. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian - fl.= 158 cm. Camera: SXV H9 Date: September 28 - 2005.

M-57 The outer envelope 1392 x 1040 The outer envelope. RGB total exposure time: 1 hour. 40 minutes H-Alpha. Taken with SXV H9 CCD camera.
Date: 13-08-07. Instrument: 12.5" - f/5 Newtonian

M-76 1392 x 1040 Instrument: 12.5"- f:5 Newtonian
Date: 21-09-2006 - Exposure time: 68 minutes

M-76 Little Dumbbell 2289 x 1717 A newer and much improved version.
Date: 2025-09-22/23/24 - Exposure: Ha,O3,R,G,B each 180 sec. totalling 183 min.
Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.

M-94 378 x 242 No exposure data available. File size: 17 kb.

Owl Nebula 755 x 242 Exposure time: 4 x 4 minutes. Date: April 13. 2001. File size: 17 kb.

M-97
Owl Nebula 1392 x 1040 Date: 07-02-2005. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9. Exposure time: Luminance, 5 x 8 min. color 3 x 4 mins. for each color

M-97
Owl Nebula 1392 x 1040 Date: 30-04-2013 and 05-05-2013. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9. Exposure time: 4 hours

NGC 188 1392 x 1040 Exposure time: 3 x 4 minutes. Date: 14/01-2005 - taken with 12.5" Newtonian. SXV H9 camera

NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
4000 x 2673 Exposure time: R,G,B, O3, Ha and Luminance. 30 min. each - Totalling 150 min.
Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Dates 2023-10-16.

NGC 1514 1996 x 1497 Exposure: R,B,G Ha & OIII each 11 frames of 180 sec. totalling 165 min.
Date: 2025-11-16. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Click here for full field

NGC 2392
Eskimo nebula 755x483 Exposure time: 8 x 15 seconds. Feb. 9. - 2004.

NGC 2392
Eskimo Nebula 1392 x 1040 Exposure time: 15 minutes. Date: 20/03-2006 - taken with 12.5" Newtonian. SXV H9 camera

NGC 2392
Eskimo Nebula 1600 x 1200 Lots of short exposures: L,R,G,B each 30 x 5 sec. Totalling 10 min. Date: 2025-03-14
Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono

NGC6543 - Cat Eye
In color 1392 x 1040 Cat Eye Nebula measures only 18". Instrument: 12.5" f/5 Newtonian. LRGB composit. Luminance 3 x 20sec. at 1392 x 1040 mode. Crominance: 3 x 20. Date: 02-04-2005

NGC6543 - Cat Eye
With halo 2048 x 1449 A mix og short - 30sek. - and longer - 180 sek. exposures through R,G,B,Ha and O3 filters,
revealing an extended halo around the objects luminous core.
Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Dates 2025-09-27.

NGC 6823
6212 x 4176 Exposure time: R,G,B, O3, Ha Frames of 180sek. Totalling 165 min.
Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Dates 2025-09-23/25.
Close Up

NGC6992 - Veil Nebula
In color 6248 x 4176 East-North-Eastern part of the nebula taken over more sessions. Instrument: 14.5" f/4,2 Newtonian. LRGB composit. Camera: ASI2600 mono PRO. Date: Oktober 2023

NGC 7635
The Bubble Nebula 696 x 520 Exposure time: 19 x 180 secs. - October 5 - 2005.

NGC 7635
The Bubble Nebula 1392 x 1040 Exposure time: 4,5 hours - September 4 and 8 - 2007

NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball cropped Exposure time: colour: 20 x 60 sec. Instrument: 12,52 f:5 Newtonian. Camera: QHY8L.
Later supplemented with Lum.: 400 x 1 sec. 14,5" - F: 4,2 Newtinian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.

NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball
With halo cropped Exposure time: colour: 20 x 60 sec. Instrument: 12,52 f:5 Newtonian. Camera: QHY8L.400 x 1 sec.
Later supplemented with Lum.: 30 x 500 sec. OIII - 34 x 10 sec. sec. 14,5" - F: 4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.

IC 410 - NGC 1893 1392 x 1040 Exposure time: H-alpha,17 x 4 minutes. RGB 3 x 4 minutes

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula HTP 2415 Exposure time: 60 minutes - Feb. 17 1993. Developed in D-76 for 14 minutes. Only part of the negative is shown. File size: 108 kb.

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula 696 x 520 Exposure time: 8x240 seconds - Jan. 31 2005. H-Alpha pass filter. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula 1392 x 1040 Exposure time: 8x540 seconds - Feb. 1. 2005. H-Alpha pass filter. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula 696 x 520 Exposure time: 3 x 300 for RG and B. 7 x 300 seconds for luminance - Nov. 14. 2004. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9 at 2x2 binning

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula 1392 x 1040 A combination of the two images above. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula 1392 x 1040 194 minutes. H-Alpha filter. Dates: 2012-02-19 and 25. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula 1681 x 1268 540 minutes. HA, RGBL. Dates: 2014-12-20, 23 and 26. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: Atik 383L - 2 x 2 binning. BlurXterminator used.

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula 6248 x 4176 RGB: 6 x 300 sec. H: 2 x 300 sec. L: 13 x 600 sec. Dates: 2022-02-26 and 2022-3-02. Instrument: 14.5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Three sessions. BlurXterminator used.

IC 1396 Elephant Trunk
1889 x 1417 Exposure time: H,R,G,B Totaling 415 min. Date: 2014-09-29 and 2015-11-20. Camera Atik 383L.

IC 5070
Pelican Nebula 3110 x 2030 Date: 2018-09-03 and 2014-09-02 (Ha)
12,5" f:5 Newtonian - Camera: QHY8L color + Resolution enhanced with H_Alpha frames by ATIK 383L
Exposure time: 5 x 300 sec.Color + 8 x 300 sec. H_Alpha

LBN 949 - The Rosette Nebula Kodak 200 ASA Exposure time: 40 minutes. File size: 170 kb.

PK 104-29.1 - Jones 1 3228 x 2421 Exposure: R,B,G 10 x 120 sek, Ha 5 x 120 sek and OIII 16 x 120 sek, totalling 102 min.
Date: 2025-08-26. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.

PK 219+31.1 - Abell 31 3124 x 2088 Exposure time: H: 11 x 600, OIII: 6 x 600, S2: 1 x 600, B: 3 x 600, G: 3 x 600, R: 3 x 600, L: 3 x 600.
Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Date 2022-03-05.

Object	CCD/Film	Comments
TOC M1 page	756 x 483	M1, Crab Nebula gallery
M-3	378 x 242	Exposure time: 3 x 2 minutes. File size: 24 kb.
M-3	756 x 483	Instrument: 12.5"- f:5 Newtonian Date: 130303 - Exposure time: 4 x 30 sec.
M-13	1392 x 1040	Instrument: 12.5"- f:5 Newtonian Date: 290407 - Exposure time RGBL: 80 minutes.
M-27 - Variable star, "Goldilocks", discovered by Leos Ondra in 1991.	252 x 242	Variable star in M-27. Data in HTML document.
M-27	Super G800	We have done some C O L O R work too. The Fuji Super G800 Press turned out to be very good for this purpose. This image of M-27 is a 21 minutes exposure. File size 243 kb.
M-27 Dumbbell Nebula	1392 x 1040	First colour image taken with SXV H9 CCD camera. 2 minutes. Date: 22-08-04. Instrument: 12.5" - f/5 Newtonian
M-27	1392 x 1040	Most recent colour image taken with SXV H9 CCD camera. Exposure time 2 hours. Date: 02-10-07. Instrument: 12.5" - f/5 Newtonian
M-27	1392 x 1040	First colour image taken with 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 2 x 3 minutes, binning, 2 x 2. Luminance: 3 x 3 minutes. Date: 14-08-05 - 22:40 UT. Click here for hi res. version of image
M27-nova Four different dates	1392 x 1040	Nova reported by Wolfgang Renz based on test image made by Joerg Hanisch. Left image First colour image taken with 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 2 x 3 minutes, binning, 2 x 2. Luminance: 3 x 3 minutes. Right image taken with 12.5" F/5 Newtonian. Exposure time: 6 x 2 minutes. Follow up image August 27 - 2005 - 23:56 UT
M-27 NOVA	1392 x 1040	Instruments: 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 3 x 4 minutes, binning, 1 x 1. Luminance: 3 x 4 minutes. Date: August 31 - 2005 - 22:15 UT Hi res image - 2.4 Mb
M-27	1392 x 1040	Instruments: 80 mm f/11 APO-Nikkor and SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 3 x 4 minutes, binning, 1 x 1. Luminance: 3 x 4 minutes. Date: September 5 - 2005 - 22:00 UT
M-27	1392 x 1040	Instrument: 12.5" f/5 Newtonian. SXV H9 CCD camera. Color: 4 x 3 minutes, binning, 1 x 1. Luminance: 5 x 3 minutes. Date: October 7 - 2005 Click here for hi res. version of image
M-27 DEEP	1392 x 1040 6248 x 4176	RGBL taken with 12,5" F:5 Newton and SXV H9. Added 30 min. OIII and 40 min. Ha taken with 14,5" F:4,2 Newtonian and ASI2600 mono PRO. BlurXT and NoiseXT used. Date: 2005-2022
M-42, The Orion Nebula	HTP 2415	Exposure time: 30 minutes. Developed in MWP-2. File size: 61 kb.
The Trapezium	1392 x 1040	Instrument: 12.5" f/5. 520 secs. Date: Nov. 6th. 2004
M42	1392 x 1040	Instrument: 80 mm f/7.5 Sky-Watcher. SXV H9. Exposure time: 1,5 hours. Date: December 2006 and january 2007
M42	1392 x 1040	Instrument: 80 mm f/7.5 Sky-Watcher. SXV H9. Exposure time: 1,5 hours. Date: December 2006, January 2007 and February 2007
The Trapezium	378 x 242	Field size: 2,2 x 1,7'. Exposure time: 2 sec. Focal length 9.9 m - eyepiece projection. File size: 40 kb.
M-57, The Ring Nebula	755 x 242	Exposure time: RGBL 8x2 minutes. Reduced frame - higher resolutiuon. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian - fl.= 158 cm. Date: September 27. 2003.
M-57, The Ring Nebula	1392 x 1040	Exposure time: RGBL 9x30 sec. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian - fl.= 158 cm. Camera: SXV H9 Date: September 28 - 2005.
M-57 The outer envelope	1392 x 1040	The outer envelope. RGB total exposure time: 1 hour. 40 minutes H-Alpha. Taken with SXV H9 CCD camera. Date: 13-08-07. Instrument: 12.5" - f/5 Newtonian
M-76	1392 x 1040	Instrument: 12.5"- f:5 Newtonian Date: 21-09-2006 - Exposure time: 68 minutes
M-76 Little Dumbbell	2289 x 1717	A newer and much improved version. Date: 2025-09-22/23/24 - Exposure: Ha,O3,R,G,B each 180 sec. totalling 183 min. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.
M-94	378 x 242	No exposure data available. File size: 17 kb.
Owl Nebula	755 x 242	Exposure time: 4 x 4 minutes. Date: April 13. 2001. File size: 17 kb.
M-97 Owl Nebula	1392 x 1040	Date: 07-02-2005. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9. Exposure time: Luminance, 5 x 8 min. color 3 x 4 mins. for each color
M-97 Owl Nebula	1392 x 1040	Date: 30-04-2013 and 05-05-2013. Instrument: 12.5" Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9. Exposure time: 4 hours
NGC 188	1392 x 1040	Exposure time: 3 x 4 minutes. Date: 14/01-2005 - taken with 12.5" Newtonian. SXV H9 camera
NGC 281 Pacman Nebula	4000 x 2673	Exposure time: R,G,B, O3, Ha and Luminance. 30 min. each - Totalling 150 min. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Dates 2023-10-16.
NGC 1514	1996 x 1497	Exposure: R,B,G Ha & OIII each 11 frames of 180 sec. totalling 165 min. Date: 2025-11-16. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Click here for full field
NGC 2392 Eskimo nebula	755x483	Exposure time: 8 x 15 seconds. Feb. 9. - 2004.
NGC 2392 Eskimo Nebula	1392 x 1040	Exposure time: 15 minutes. Date: 20/03-2006 - taken with 12.5" Newtonian. SXV H9 camera
NGC 2392 Eskimo Nebula	1600 x 1200	Lots of short exposures: L,R,G,B each 30 x 5 sec. Totalling 10 min. Date: 2025-03-14 Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono
NGC6543 - Cat Eye In color	1392 x 1040	Cat Eye Nebula measures only 18". Instrument: 12.5" f/5 Newtonian. LRGB composit. Luminance 3 x 20sec. at 1392 x 1040 mode. Crominance: 3 x 20. Date: 02-04-2005
NGC6543 - Cat Eye With halo	2048 x 1449	A mix og short - 30sek. - and longer - 180 sek. exposures through R,G,B,Ha and O3 filters, revealing an extended halo around the objects luminous core. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Dates 2025-09-27.
NGC 6823	6212 x 4176	Exposure time: R,G,B, O3, Ha Frames of 180sek. Totalling 165 min. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Dates 2025-09-23/25. Close Up
NGC6992 - Veil Nebula In color	6248 x 4176	East-North-Eastern part of the nebula taken over more sessions. Instrument: 14.5" f/4,2 Newtonian. LRGB composit. Camera: ASI2600 mono PRO. Date: Oktober 2023
NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula	696 x 520	Exposure time: 19 x 180 secs. - October 5 - 2005.
NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula	1392 x 1040	Exposure time: 4,5 hours - September 4 and 8 - 2007
NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball	cropped	Exposure time: colour: 20 x 60 sec. Instrument: 12,52 f:5 Newtonian. Camera: QHY8L. Later supplemented with Lum.: 400 x 1 sec. 14,5" - F: 4,2 Newtinian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.
NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball With halo	cropped	Exposure time: colour: 20 x 60 sec. Instrument: 12,52 f:5 Newtonian. Camera: QHY8L.400 x 1 sec. Later supplemented with Lum.: 30 x 500 sec. OIII - 34 x 10 sec. sec. 14,5" - F: 4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.
IC 410 - NGC 1893	1392 x 1040	Exposure time: H-alpha,17 x 4 minutes. RGB 3 x 4 minutes
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	HTP 2415	Exposure time: 60 minutes - Feb. 17 1993. Developed in D-76 for 14 minutes. Only part of the negative is shown. File size: 108 kb.
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	696 x 520	Exposure time: 8x240 seconds - Jan. 31 2005. H-Alpha pass filter. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	1392 x 1040	Exposure time: 8x540 seconds - Feb. 1. 2005. H-Alpha pass filter. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	696 x 520	Exposure time: 3 x 300 for RG and B. 7 x 300 seconds for luminance - Nov. 14. 2004. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9 at 2x2 binning
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	1392 x 1040	A combination of the two images above. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	1392 x 1040	194 minutes. H-Alpha filter. Dates: 2012-02-19 and 25. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: SXV H9
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	1681 x 1268	540 minutes. HA, RGBL. Dates: 2014-12-20, 23 and 26. Instrument: 12.5" f:5 Newtonian. Camera: Atik 383L - 2 x 2 binning. BlurXterminator used.
IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula	6248 x 4176	RGB: 6 x 300 sec. H: 2 x 300 sec. L: 13 x 600 sec. Dates: 2022-02-26 and 2022-3-02. Instrument: 14.5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Three sessions. BlurXterminator used.
IC 1396 Elephant Trunk	1889 x 1417	Exposure time: H,R,G,B Totaling 415 min. Date: 2014-09-29 and 2015-11-20. Camera Atik 383L.
IC 5070 Pelican Nebula	3110 x 2030	Date: 2018-09-03 and 2014-09-02 (Ha) 12,5" f:5 Newtonian - Camera: QHY8L color + Resolution enhanced with H_Alpha frames by ATIK 383L Exposure time: 5 x 300 sec.Color + 8 x 300 sec. H_Alpha
LBN 949 - The Rosette Nebula	Kodak 200 ASA	Exposure time: 40 minutes. File size: 170 kb.
PK 104-29.1 - Jones 1	3228 x 2421	Exposure: R,B,G 10 x 120 sek, Ha 5 x 120 sek and OIII 16 x 120 sek, totalling 102 min. Date: 2025-08-26. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono.
PK 219+31.1 - Abell 31	3124 x 2088	Exposure time: H: 11 x 600, OIII: 6 x 600, S2: 1 x 600, B: 3 x 600, G: 3 x 600, R: 3 x 600, L: 3 x 600. Instrument: 14,5" f:4,2 Newtonian. Camera: ASI 2600 mono. Date 2022-03-05.

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Last update: February 10 - 2026

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