Astro Images: May-June 2011

12" LX200R, Paramount ME, STL-11000M C1

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M16 - The Eagle Nebula (LX, Ha Image)

(8.2 hours total exposure - Ha 5nm 11x30 13x10 min, binned 1x1; June-July 2011)

M13 - Hercules Globular Cluster (LX, RGB Image)

(8.7 hours total exposure - L 1x20 min (!), R 8x20 min, G 10x10 min, B 12x20 min, all binned 1x1; June 2011)

NGC6888 - The Crescent Nebula (LX, HaRGB Image)

(15.2 hours total exposure - Ha 5nm 18x30 min, binned 1x1; R 4x20 min 6x10 min, G 4x10 min 6x5 min, B 5x20 min, 6x10 min, all binned 1x1; June 2011)

NGC6888 - The Crescent Nebula (LX, Ha Image)

(2.0 hours total exposure - Ha 5nm 6x20 min, binned 2x2; COLOR DATA TO COME; May 2011)

NGC4725 - Barred Spiral Galaxy (LX, LRGB Image)

(8.3 hours total exposure - L 12x20 min, binned 1x1; R 7x10 min, G 11x5 min, B 13x10 min, all binned 2x2; May 2011)

NGC4244 (Caldwell 26) - Edge-on Galaxy (LX, LRGB Image)

(3.9 hours total exposure - L 9x10 min, binned 1x1; R 6x10 min, G 5x5 min, B 6x10 min, all binned 2x2; May 2011)

M57 - The Ring Nebula (LX, RGB Image)

(2.5 hours total exposure - R 6x10 min, G 6x5 min, B 6x10 min, all binned 1x1; April 2011, processed May 2011)

M64 - The Black Eye Galaxy (also called The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy) (LX, LRGB Image)

(7.4 hours total exposure - L 12x20 min, binned 1x1; R 9x10 min, G 9x5 min, B 8x10 min, binned 2x2; May 2011)

M13 - Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (LX, RGB Image)

(2.9 hours total exposure - R 15x5 min, G 12x2 min, B 15x5 min, binned 1x1; May 2011)