Friday, September 25, 2015

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


Monday, September 21, 2015

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

Sunday, September 20, 2015

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

Saturday, September 19, 2015

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