Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)

Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy. Its blue-green color is the result of diatomic carbon being burned off the comet as it passes through space [Wikipedia].

Date: 2015.01.10. 21:30~21:41
Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea
Telescope: FSQ-106ED (FL: 530 mm, F/5.0)
Mount: iOptron iEQ45
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Exposure: ISO 800 30 sec x 20

The Andromeda Galaxy (M 31)

The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth.

Date: 2015.09.19-20.

Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea

Telescope: FS-60CB with a focal reducer (FL: 264 nm, F/4.4)

Guide scope: CCTV lens (FL: 100 mm, F/3.5)

Mount: Unitec SWAT-300

Camera: SBIG STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters

Guide camera: QHY5L-II-C

Exposure: Ha (1bin) 300s x 4, (2bin) 300s x 5; L (1bin) 300s x 2, 180s x 7, 120s x15;

RGB (1bin) 120s x 5/each, (2bin) 120s x 5/each

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396), bright nebula in Cepheus

Date: 2015.09.13.~14.
Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea
Telescope: FS-60CB with a focal reducer (FL: 264 mm, F/4.4)
Guide scope: CCTV lens (FL: 100 mm, F/3.5)
Mount: Unitec SWAT-300
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters
Guide camera: QHY5L-II-C
Exposure: Ha 300s x 15, L 300s x 5, RGB (2bin) 300s x 5/each

The Butterfly Nebula and Sadr (IC 1318)

The diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr (or Gamma Cygni), located in the center of Cygnus's cross.
Date: 2015.09.09. ~ 10.
Location: Daejeon Education Training Institute, Gongju, Korea
Telescope: FS-60CB with a focal reducer (FL: 264 mm, F/4.4)
Guide scope: CCTV lens (FL: 100 mm, F/3.5)
Mount: Unitec SWAT-300
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters
Guide camera: QHY5L-II-C
- Exposure: Ha 300s x 5, L 300s x 5, RGB (2bin) 300s x 3/each
- Image Processing: PixInsight

 

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443)

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) is a Galactic supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini.

- Date: February 8, 13-14, 2015
- Location: Daejeon education training institute, Gongju, South Korea
- Telescope: FSQ 106ED f/5.0 w/ ST-80 f/5.0
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for autoguide
- Exposure: Ha 600s * 9, RGB 300s * 6/each
- Image Processing: PixInsight

The Lagoon Nebula (M 8, NGC 6523)

The Lagoon Nebula is an emission and giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.

- Date: May 26, 2015
- Location: Unknown, South Korea
- Telescope:FSQ106ED f/5.0 w/ ST-80A f/5.0
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for guide
- Exposure: L 300s x 1, Ha 300s x 1, RGB 300s x 1/each
- Image Processing: (L 20% and Ha 80%) + RGB, Dark/Bias/Flat applied, PixInsight

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20)

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.

- Date: August 14, 2015
- Location: Jeoksang-san, Muju, South Korea
- Telescope: FSQ106ED f/5.0 w/ FS60CB f/5.9
- Mount: iEQ45
- Camera: STF-8300M w/ Baarder filters, QHY5L-II-C for guide
- Exposure: L 300s * 10, Ha 300s * 5, RGB(2bin) 300s * 5/each
- Image Processing: (L 20% and Ha 80%) + RGB, Dark/Bias/Flat applied, PixInsight