Galaxies and star clusters
Andromeda Galaxy M31 with LRGB-filters
Andromeda Galaxy photographed from the remotely operated GRAS observatory in New Mexico 16.02.2009.
Telescope G14: TAK FSQ 106mm ED med STL1100M. L (5x1 min) RGB (3x1 min per filter). FOV: 116'x84'.
Callibrated, removed bad pixels, combined lrgb and gamma-adjusted with MaximDL. Fine adjustments
of contrast and colors and crop/rotate in Photoshop. Noise suppression with NeatImage.
See full versjon before cropping (156'x254').
NGC5131 Omega Centauri in RGB
NGC5131 photographed from the remotely operated
GRAS observatory in in Australia 14.08.2006.
Telescope A6: Intes 150mm med ST10. RGB, 1 min per filter. FOV: 46'x33'.
Prosecessed with MaximDL and
Photoshop: calibrated, combined rgb, contrast adjustments.
Full size version .
M51 "Whirpool" galaxy in LRGB
M51 photographed from the remotely operated
GRAS observatory in New Mexico, 23.05.2006.
Telescope A1: Takahashi 300mm with FLI-IMG1024. FOV: 22.2'x15.5'.
LRGB, 3x3 min through each filter.
Binning 2x2 for color exposures.
Prosecessed with MaximDL and Photoshop: calibrated,
stacked, combined lrgb, contrast and color adjustments.
See larger version ,
full size .
NGC104 Cluster in Tucana with LRGB-filters
NGC104 photographed from the remotely operated
GRAS observatory in Australia 19.09.2006.
Telescope A6: Intes 150mm med ST8. LRGB, (3x1:2x1:2x1:2x1) min. FOV: 45'x31'.
rosecessed with MaximDL,
Photoshop, Neatimage and ImageReady: calibrated, combined rgb, contrast adjustments, animation.
Each animation frame is 10 times (2.5 magnitudes) brighter than the previous.
See full ssize version .