Phil’s Astro Images
 



 
  
 
 
  
  
 


 
 
 

Newest Images: 
Swan Nebula M17 COLOR
Whirlpool Galaxy COLOR
Veil Nebula (“Witches Broom”) COLOR
M57 Ring Nebula (2 scopes) COLOR
M57 Ring Nebula COLOR
M13 Two Scopes COLOR
M13 COLOR
 
Edge-on Galaxy NGC 4565 COLOR
 
 
Leo Triplet COLOR
M78 in Orion COLOR
 
Orion Nebula COLOR
Running Man Nebula COLOR
Galaxy M33 COLOR
Globular Cluster M15 COLOR
M16 Eagle Nebula COLOR
Pelican Nebula COLOR
Dumbbell Nebula First COLOR 
First Quarter Moon
 
Cocoon Nebula COLOR
 
Mixed image page New
Color pictures made by combining images taken
with the 6”(B&W)and 4”(Color)scopes.

Image Processing Presentation New

From talk given at the Wehr Astronomical Society in April 2005 and Northern

Cross Science foundation on Mar 2, 2006.

Contact Information:

Phil Schumacher

You can contact me at: philsch@sbcglobal.net

Image Gallery

Images taken with new NP-101 Telescope – New

Images (ST-7XME Camera & MN-61)

Images (ST-237A Camera & MN-61)

Astro-image Processing Example Updated

Articles (originally in the Wehr Astronimical Society Newsletter):

Telescope Description (MN-61 Mak-Newt)

ST-237A Camera Description

Auto-guiding to produce sharp images

Tele-Vue NP-101 Telescope

Individual Images:

Planetary & Solar System

Comet NEAT 2001Q4

Saturn

Jupiter

Mars

Moon Taken with MN-61 Mak-Newt

Moon Taken with NP-101 Refractor

Galaxies

Leo Triplet

Sunflower Galaxy (M63)

Bode’s Galaxy (M81)

Needle Galaxy (NGC4565)

M33 Triangulum Galaxy

M100 Spiral Galaxy

Blackeye Galaxy

Sunflower Galaxy

Sombrero Galaxy

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

NGC 7479 Barred Spiral

M74

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

NGC 7331 Spiral Galaxy

NGC 891 Edge-on Galaxy

IC342 in Camelopardalis

Cigar Galaxy (M82)

Spindle Galaxy M102

Star Clusters

Globular Cluster M13

Globular Cluster M13 NP-101 Scope

Globular Cluster M15

Globular Cluster M92

Owl Cluster (NGC 457)

M52 in Cassiopeia

Nebulae

Lagoon Nebula

Trifid Nebula

Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392)

Crab Nebula M1

Merope Nebula in the Pleiades

M42 Orion Nebula (ST-237)

M42 Orion Nebula (ST-7XME & NP-101)

Horsehead Nebula

Running Man Nebula

Bubble Nebula

Bubble Nebula (color)

Pac-Man Nebula

Cocoon Nebula

M17 Swan Nebula

M16 Eagle Nebula (MN-61 Scope)

M16 Eagle Nebula (NP-101 Scope)

M78 Reflection Nebula

M57 Ring Nebula (Small)

M57 Ring Nebula (Large)

M27 Dumbbell Nebula

Crescent Nebula

Veil Nebula

Flame Nebula

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Equipment:

Tele Vue NP-101 4” APO Refractor

Intes MN-61 6-inch Maksutov-Newtonian Telescope

Losmandy GM-8 Equatorial Mount

SBIG ST-7XME Camera with CFW-8 and Astrodon LRGB filters & SBIG ST-237A CCD Cameras

MaxIm DL/CCD Software

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Links:

Wehr Astronomy Society

Northern Cross Science Foundation

SBIG (Camera manufacturer)

Sci.astro.amateur

Clear Sky Clock Milwaukee, WI

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Last Revised: 16-Sep-2006

Copyright 2002-2006 Phil Schumacher