Posts Tagged ‘ATIK 16HR’

The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

 M101, NGC 5457  was discovered by Pierre Méchain in March 27, 1781 was one of the last entries in Charles Messier’s catalog. It was one of the first “spiral nebula” identified as such, in 1851 by William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse.   Also visible is NGC 5474 (to the...
September 22nd, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae Imaged by Donal McDonnell

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in bright nebula IC 434, in the constellation of Orion.  The Flame nebula can be seen to the bottom left of the image. The red glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis. The darkness...
August 17th, 2009 | Donal McDonnell | Read More

M42 Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

The Orion Nebula (also designated Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south of Orion’s Belt and is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye.   It is approximately1,344±20 light years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth.  It...
August 13th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

M81 Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode’s Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Lookup M81 on SEDSM81 – click to enlargeImaged using a Takahashi FSQ-106ED and  Atik 16HR.   40 minutes exposure (10 x 4min subframes)
August 13th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Veil Nebula Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

The Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop or the Witch’s Broom Nebula, is a large, relatively faint supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area of ~3×3 degrees; about...
August 13th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Leo Triplet Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It consists of the spiral galaxies M65, the M66, and the NGC 3628. Lookup Leo Triplet on SEDSLeo Triplet – click to enlargeThe image was taken with an Orion...
August 13th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Horsehead Nebula Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in bright nebula IC 434) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion located just below Alnitak, the star furthest left on Orion’s Belt.  It is part of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It...
August 13th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

M81 and M82 Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

The M81 Group is a group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major that contains the  galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82 (as well as several other galaxies with high apparent brightnesses). Lookup the M81 Group on SEDS M81 and M82 - click to enlarge Image taken with Takahashi FSQ-106ED (F5) and Atik...
August 12th, 2009 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More

Comet Swan Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

This comet flared dramatically from seventh magnitude to fourth magnitude in October 2006, to become a naked eye object. Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) is a non-periodic comet discovered in June of 2006 by R Matson of Irvine, California and M Mattiazzo of Adelaide, South Australia. in publicly available images...
August 13th, 2006 | Peter Campbell-Burns | Read More