About Astrojohn

I am a science geek! Interests Astronomy, Skiing, Philosophy, basically any form of technology including writing automation software for my observatory. I will also share this with others using the same EQMOD/Astroart tool set.

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M51- Good seeing and good target

My image of M51 in colour came out really well:

M51 Colour

Image of Supernova in M82 on 13 April 2014

Mag 13.051 V filter at 30 sec

 

Still quite visible and measurable even with full moon.

 

Image of M51 taken this month.

Notice the nice dust lanes in the spiral arms.

Taken 10 March 2014

Supernova in M82 – Image between rain and wind!

Hi all,

 

Just thought I would grab a quick image. 30 sec Vfilter 10 Feb 2014.

The Veil – 3 Sept 2013

Veil Nebula 3 Sept 2013

 

Only part of a much larger nebular area. The most popular being the ‘ Witches Broom’

M51 Not much evidence of SN Type1a now.

M51 10 December 2012

A very short exposure of the Horsehead Nebula

No time after the variable star run but just a short image, Not very good….

Horsehead Nebula in Orion