Member Astrophotography
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Crab Nebula (M1) taken on January 8, 2026 with Meade 8” SCT focal reduced to 1150 mm, SVBONY SV220 dual narrowband filter (H-alpha and OIII) and ASI585MC Pro cooled camera. 223 minutes of integration (3 and 5 minute subs), processed in GraXpert and Siril using Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch.
submitted by club member Jeff Beck
NGC-6960, the Western Veil Nebula, known as the "Witches Broom". Taken on November 5, 2025 with Meade 8" SCT focal reduced to 1150 mm, SVBONY SV220 dual narrowband filter, and ASI585MC Pro camera. 114 minutes of integration, stacked from 3 minute subs, processed in GraXpert and Siril using Veralux Hypermetric Stretch.
submitted by club member Jeff Beck
Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49), an emission nebula located in the constellation Monoceros. Taken on December 12, 2025, from Somerset, NJ with Askar 71mm flat field apochromatic refractor with ASI585MC Pro Camera, using a 0.75 focal reducer and Optolong L-eXtreme Dual Bandpass filter. 3 hours integration, 120s subframes. Processed with Astropixel Processor, GraXpert, and Adobe Lightroom
submitted by club member Ron Urioste
NGC 891 - An unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. 130 30-second light frames stacked and processed in Pixinsight
submitted by club member Steve Richards
M31 Andromeda Galaxy. 75 180 sec. exposures. Astro Tech 72EDII at 432mm focal length. Processed with PixInsight.
submitted by club member Steve Richards
The Leo Triplet - M65, M66 and NGC3628. A group of interacting galaxies approximately 35 million light years from Earth.
80 exposures of 120 seconds each. Askar 71F Flat-Field Refractor with ASI585MC Pro camera
submitted by club member Ron Urioste
