Benoit Schillings CCD Web Page
mail : benoit.schillings@gmail.com
After a few years of waiting, I finally decided to update my web page and start posting the (long) backlog of images I took with my new telescope.
On the picture above, you can see the state of the 18 inch Newtonian as it was a few months back, the scope is now rebuilt on top of a trailer which I can use to bring my equipment to dark sites.
Click on the image above for more details on the setup
New images :
Another Dragon nebula at prime focus this time
Older images
| Object | Instrument | Exposure time | Image scale | Notes | AO-7 | |
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NGC 4151 | 18 inch Newtonian | 240 minutes | 0.42 "/pixel | Image taken from Palo Alto | Yes |
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VDB 142 | 12 inch Maksutov | 90 minutes | 0.43 "/pixel | Image taken from Chews Ride Area | Yes |
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Mersinus | 18 inch Newtonian | stack of 50x 0.03 seconds | Resolution of about 0.2 " | Stack of webcam image with custom software to warp the images to a best overlay state. | No |
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Horsehead nebula | 7 inch AP | 3 hours | Taken from New Mexico skies with a 1k * 1k Site chip based camera | No | |
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M66 | 18 inch Newtonian at F/9 | 4 hours | 0.42 " /pixel | Taken From Palo Alto | Yes |
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M42 fragment | 18 inch Newtonian at F/9 | 30 minutes | 0.42 " /pixel | Taken from Palo Alto | Yes |
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M27 (H-Alpha) | 18 inch Newtonian at F/9 | 180 minutes | 0.42 "/pixel | Taken from Palo Alto | Yes |
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M64 (black Eye) | 18 inch Newtonian at F/12 | 120 minutes | 0.37 " /pixel | Taken from Palo Alto | Yes |
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NGC 1333 area | 8 inch Schmidt | 250 minutes | 4 "/pixel | Taken from Death Valley | No |
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NGC 7549 Group = ARP 99 | 18 inch Newtonian at F/9 | 90 minutes | 0.43 "/pixel | Taken From Chews Ride, California | Yes |
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NGC 6207 (Near M13) | 18 inch Newtonian at F/9.5 | 60 minutes | 0.41 "/pixel | Taken from Palo Alto. This is the well know galaxy near the field of M13 | Yes |
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M51 | 18 inch Newtonian at F/9.3 | 300 minutes | 0.4 "/pixel | Taken From Palo Alto | Yes |
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ABELL 39 | 18 inch Newtonian at F/8 | 240 minutes | 0.5 " | Taken from Palo Alto. OIII + H-Alpha filter This is a FAINT Planetary nebulae, total magnitude of 13.7, about 50 times fainter than the ring nebula |
Yes (slow guiding, 1 fps) |
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Fragment of the North America nebula | 18 inch Newtonian at F/9 | 1 hour | 0.43 "/pixel | Taken from Chews Ridge. This is an unfiltered image | Yes |