I've taken quite a few shots of the moon. For now I've pretty much just taken shots of regions I thought looked interesting at the time. There is however a Lunar 100 that I ultimately want to hunt down.
Start of lunar eclipse on 4th Jan 2011
The French astronomer Charles Messier discovered many of the 110 star clusters, nebulae and galaxies commonly known as the Messier catalog. These are the ones I've managed to track down so far.
M31 is a Spiral Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, it's distance isn't precisely known but is estimated to be between 2.4 and 2.9 million light years away. Date taken: 01-10-2010 Setup used: ISO 800 11 x 30 sec subs, 0 Dark, 0 BIAS, 0 Flat
M34 is an open cluster in the constellation Perseus, it's 1,400 light years away.
Date taken: 01-10-2010 Setup used: ISO 1600 10 x 30 sec subs, 0 Dark, 0 BIAS, 0 Flat
Date taken: 05-10-2010 Setup used: ISO 800 32 x 30 sec subs, 0 Dark, 0 BIAS, 0 Flat.
M45 is an Open Cluster in the constellation Taurus, it's 380 light years away.
Date taken: 05-11-2010 Setup used: ISO 800 5 x 120 sec subs, 0 Dark, 0 BIAS, 0 Flat
Date taken: 05-11-2010 Setup used: ISO 800 5 x 120 sec subs, 0 Dark, 0 BIAS, 0 Flat
M103 is an Open Cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, it's around 8,000 light years away.
Date taken: 06-01-2011 Setup used: ISO 800 3 x 5 min subs, 3 Dark, 0 BIAS, 3 Flat
My goodness Ivan, what are you going to be into next "Alchemy" lol
ReplyDeletehehe, no idea, the jury is still out. So much to see, so much to do, so much to learn about our universe. I suspect I'll be at this one for a while.
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