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For the last few years I've been having a go at astrophotography. Still a lot to learn, especially on the processing side. And more equipment to save up for. Below is a list of all the deep space images I've taken along with a few of the better planetary/moon images, most recent first. For a list sorted by type click here. The best ones are all available on My AstroBin Profile. Please don't steal anything here without permission (there are far better pictures of these things available elsewhere anyway).

Everything captured prior to 28 April 2020 was done with no flat calibration frames (I didn't have the equipment to take them easily) or bias frames (didn't know to take them). Many of these images were originally very poorly processed in Photoshop. The versions presented here were all very quickly reprocessed using StarTools in late August 2020.

All deep-sky images here were captured with an Esprit 80ED apo refractor, AZ-EQ6 mount and an unmodified EOS600D DSLR. Data is stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools. Images of the planets and moon are mostly done with a Skymax 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain with the ZWO ASI224MC camera, somewtimes with a barlow, and stacked with Autostakkert!

Deep-sky objects

Date		Main Identifier	Other Identifiers	Name	Notes	Links
2020-08-15		NGC 6523	M8	The Lagoon Nebula	Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log | StarTools Log	Astrobin | Wikipedia
2020-08-15		IC 2944	C 100	Running Chicken Nebula	This was just a quick test to see what it looked like. Barely 1h30m integration time. Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2020-05-19		NGC 3372	C 92	Eta Carina Nebula	10h24m integration time - the longest (by far) until this point. First time taking an image over multiple nights. Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log	Astrobin | Wikipedia
2020-04-28		NGC 2070		Tarantula Nebula	This was just a quick test to see what it looked like. Only a little over 1 hour of integration time. Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Astrobin | Wikipedia
Early un-calibrated (no flats or bias, limited or no darks) and very quickly processed images:
2020-04-26		NGC 3372	C 92	Eta Carina Nebula	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2020-04-25		NGC 4594	M104	Sombrero Galaxy	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2020-04-24		NGC 5236	M83	Southern Pinwheel Galaxy	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2020-04-24		NGC 3532	C 91	Wishing Well Cluster / The Pincushion Cluster	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2020-04-22		NGC 5128	C 77	Centaurus A	Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2020-04-11		NGC 3372	C 92	Eta Carina Nebula	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2019-06-26		NGC 3372	C 92	Eta Carina Nebula	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2019-01-05		NGC 5128	C 77	Centaurus A	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2019-01-05		NGC 3532	C 91	Wishing Well Cluster / The Pincushion Cluster	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2019-01-05		NGC 3372	C 92	Eta Carina Nebula	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2019-01-05		NGC 104	C 106	47 Tucanae	Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2019-01-04		NGC 1976	M42	Orion Nebula	Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2018-12-08		NGC 253	C 65	Sculptor Galaxy	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia
2018-10-06		NGC 253	C 65	Sculptor Galaxy	Notes | DeepSkyStacker Log	Wikipedia
2018-10-05		NGC 55	C 72	The Whale Galaxy	DeepSkyStacker Log | APT Log	Wikipedia

Moon and Planets

Date		Name	Notes	Links
2020-05-06		Moon	Mosaic of a 98% illuminated moon. First attempt with MoonPanoramaMaker v1.0.1. Camera gain was a little high.	Astrobin | Wikipedia
2018-08-08		Jupiter	At 21:34. Skymax 127 on AZ-EQ6, ZWO ASI224MC.	Astrobin | Wikipedia
2018-08-01		Saturn	At 20:10. Skymax 127 on AZ-EQ6, ZWO ASI224MC, BST Starguider 2x barlow Must have been unusually good seeing on this night.	Astrobin | Wikipedia
2018-08-01		Mars	At 19:34. Skymax 127 on AZ-EQ6, ZWO ASI224MC	Astrobin | Wikipedia