The Astronomy Club of Akron

This page displays the most recent astro-photos submitted by members of the ACA.
Be sure to click the images for full-size versions.
Last updated: Wednesday, 11/03/2011 at 4:35pm
 

This image by member John Crilly was captured in November 2011 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

M42 (NGC 1976) the Orion Nebula in the constellation Orion
 
Image details:
    Telescope: Astrotech AT65EDQ quad apochromatic refractor f/6.5
    Camera: QSI583ws
    Exposures:
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial

This image by member John Crilly was captured in November 2011 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

M1 (NGC 1952) the Crab Nebula in the constellation Taurus
 
Image details:
    Telescope: Astrotech AT12RC
    Camera: QSI583ws
    Exposures:
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial

This image by member John Crilly was captured in November 2011 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

M31 (NGC 224) in the constellation Andromeda
 
Image details:
    Telescope: Astrotech AT65EDQ quad apochromatic refractor f/6.5
    Camera: QSI583ws
    Exposures:
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial

This image by member John Crilly was captured in November 2011 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

M45 - The Pleiades open cluster in the constellation Taurus
 
Image details:
    Telescope: Astrotech AT65EDQ quad apochromatic refractor f/6.5
    Camera: QSI583ws
    Exposures:
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial

This image by member Peter Clausen was captured from: Hedensted, Denmark between 08/14/10 and 10/15/11
combined with images captured from his home in Northampton, OH

IC5070 (Pelican Nebula) in the constellation Cygnus
 
Image details:
    Telescope: AT106 (Astro-Tech 106mm f/6.5 Apo refractor)
    Camera: SBIG 8300M
    Guide scope & guide CCD: WO66 & Meade DSI Pro II
    Mount: EQ6
    Exposure time: 19 hours (!) using MaxIm and CCDCommander
    Technique: This image was taken with special narrow band filters - Ha, OIII and SII
    All processing done in Photoshop

This image by member John Crilly was captured on 10/9/2011 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) in the constellation Cygnus
 
Image details:
    Telescope: Astrotech AT65EDQ quad apochromatic refractor f/6.5
    Camera: QSI583WS
    Exposures: 20 minutes each red, green, blue
                      40 minutes H-a
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial

This image by member John Crilly was captured on 9/13/2010 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

M33 (NGC 598) in the constellation Triangulum
 
Image details:
    Telescope: Takahashi TOA-130S at F/5.8
    Camera: QSI583ws
    Exposures:
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial

This image by member Peter Clausen was captured between 7/22/10 & 7/26/10 from his home in Northampton, OH.

NGC 6960 (Veil Nebula) in the constellation Cygnus
 
Image details:
    Telescope: AT106 (Astro-Tech 106mm f/6.5 Apo refractor)
    Camera: SBIG 8300M
    Guide scope & guide CCD: WO66 & Meade DSI Pro II
    Exposure time: 9 hours 20 minutes
    Technique: This image was taken with special narrow band filters - Hydrogen (Ha) and Oxygen (OIII) combined with Ha to Red
                       and OIII to Green and Blue.

This image by member Peter Clausen was captured between 7/27/10 & 7/30/10 from his home in Northampton, OH.

IC 1396  (Elephant's Trunk Nebula) in the constellation Cepheus
 
Image details:
    Telescope: AT106 (Astro-Tech 106mm f/6.5 Apo refractor)
    Camera: SBIG 8300M
    Guide scope & guide CCD: WO66 & Meade DSI Pro II
    Exposure time: 11 hours 40 minutes
    Technique: This image was taken with special narrow band filters: Sulfur (SII-3nm), Hydrogen (Ha-5nm), and Oxygen (OIII-3nm)
                       combined with SII to Red, Ha to Green, and OIII to Blue.

This image by member Lenny Marek was captured on 9/10/2010 from his home observatory in Parma OH

NGC 7000 (North American Nebula) in the constellation Cygnus
 
Image details:
    Exposure: 20x4 minutes in H-Alpha only.
    Telescope: William Optics 66 at f5.4
    Mount: piggy-backed onto a wedge-mounted Meade LX200GPS 16"

Fantastic work!  Click anywhere in the images above to see the full-size versions.
If you'd like to see other images by these accomplished ACA astro-imagers, simply click here.

Members, let's see more of your images!!

To contact club officers with questions or comments, please visit our Contacts page
Copyright © 2011 Astronomy Club of Akron, Inc. - a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
Last modified: 02/01/12

Web hosting provided by