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My newest image is of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. You can see a larger version of this shot on my Canon DSLR page. This shot was taken on 7/18/09 under the relatively dark skies of Dewey, Arizona, and is the result of a stack of 117 subs. I think this may be my best astro image yet. Gee, it seems that more subs ends up in an improved result. Maybe I am not too old to learn, after all.
This next image is a "redo" of a previous image taken with the Hyperstar 3 equiped N11GPS. I added 87 additional subs taken on 7/21/09 to a smaller series of subs I originally took on 4/20/09. By getting the total number of subs up to 127 images, I have gained much more detail within the nebula. All of these subs were taken under the very light-polluted skies of Tempe, Arizona. This is an image of M8, the Lagoon Nebula.
This next image is also a "redo" of a previous image taken with the Hyperstar 3 equiped N11GPS. I added a large number of additional subs on 7/12/09 to an image I also took on 4/20/09. By getting the total number of subs up to over 100 images, I have gained much more detail and the feeling of depth within the nebula. All of the subs were taken under the very light-polluted skies of Tempe, Arizona. This is an image of M16, the Eagle Nebula.
This shot of M13 was taken with my modified Canon 1000XS using the Nexstar 11GPS with the Hyperstar3 system on 5/06/09. I was just testing how sensitive the Hyperstar really is, so this shot is the result of a stack of 3 and 5 second subs taken at ISO 400 and 800.
I really like spiral galaxies at a angle to our point of view. This shot of NGC4565 is an impressive example. This was taken from my light-polluted driveway in Tempe, Az on 3/31/09 using my Hyperstar equipped N11GPS. It is a stack of 22 30-sec ISO-400 subs.
