Latest additions, M81, NGC 2170, IC 410

19/01/2013 (20:35) by PetriK

These images are the latest images taken remotely with Searchlight Observatory Network’s equipment.

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PK164+31.1 Ha

07/12/2012 (09:19) by PetriK

Latest New Mexico addition, supernova remnant PK164+31.1. This is one of my favorite nebula and I will try to shoot LRGB later when the Moon and weather allows.

This is 200 minutes of Ha.

Searchlight Observatory Network, NM, USA.

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The Monkey Head Nebula

16/11/2012 (15:19) by PetriK

Latest image is the famous Monkey Head Nebula. This image is a combination of Ha and LRGB frames taken in New Mexico with Searchlight Observatory Network’s 16 inch RCA and Apogee Alta U42 CCD.

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Vdb 152 in Kefeus

25/11/2011 (17:31) by Petri Kehusmaa

Long time since last post. I’ve been very busy with my regular day job which has demand a lot of my valuable ‘free’ time as well. Last night was clear and moonless for a long time so I kicked my self out to shoot some additional frames on this challenging target. Now I have total of 5.5 hours of data. I’ll continue shoting this when time, clouds and moon allows.

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More data for M16

08/07/2010 (14:21) by Petri Kehusmaa

We shot some more RGB frames for M16 with NG Telescope. Now the total exposure time for LRGB is 215 minutes.

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M17 Swan Nebula with NG Telescope

27/06/2010 (09:37) by Petri Kehusmaa

Latest image from Australia is M17 alias Swan Nebula. This is a narrowband image taken with Ha, OIII and SII filters. Exopsures are Ha:OIII:SII=120:20:40. Ha was also used as luminance layer in Photoshop.

M17 Narrowband with HST palette

M8 Lagoon Nebula with NG Telescope

16/06/2010 (15:35) by Petri Kehusmaa

RGB image of this great looking nebula. Exposures RGB=25:15:20 minutes only!

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M20 with NG Telescope and Extra Data

15/06/2010 (16:07) by Petri Kehusmaa

Me and J-P Metsävainio were able to get some more images for this nebula. Here is updated version with new data added.

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M16 with NG Telescope

20/05/2010 (21:16) by Petri Kehusmaa

This is v0.1 of this beautiful nebula. Mora data needs to be acquired.

Acquired with NG Telescope (operated by Bert Candusio)
Images: J-P Metsävainio / Petri Kehusmaa
Processing: Petri Kehusmaa

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M20 with 16″ RCOS NG Telescope

20/05/2010 (21:10) by Petri Kehusmaa

Today I was able to continue using this magical telescope in Australia. Scope was operated by Bert Candusio locally and I used the control computer with VNC.

Image data by J-P Metsävainio and Petri Kehusmaa.

Image processing by Petri Kehusmaa

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