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This page displays the most recent astro-photos submitted by members of the ACA.
Last updated: Thursday, 7/15/2010 at 8:40am

This image by member John Crilly was captured on Thursday, July 15, 2010 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

M20 (NGC 6514) (Trifid Nebula) in the constellation Sagittarius
 
Image details:
    In John's own words: "No narrowband, just 20 minutes each R,G,B. I have only an hour between the time M20 pops out from
    behind a light fixture and the time it disappears behind a tree. That whole region of sky is bright red (the center of town lies
    that way) and I can see no stars at all. The teal OIII region is much larger than this image reveals; most of it is dimmer than the
    interfering light so it's lost in the noise. Some Ha and OIII exposure would bring out the red and teal nebulosities much better
    but it would take a dozen nights!"
    Telescope: AT10RC (Astro-Tech 10" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph).
    Exposures: (see above) combined in post-processing.
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial.

This image by member John Crilly was captured on Sunday, July 4, 2010 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in the constellation Cygnus
 
Image details:
    Telescope: AT10RC (Astro-Tech 10" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph).
    Exposures: multiples using Ha, red, green & blue filters then combined in post-processing.
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial.

This image by member John Crilly was captured on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 from his Urban Observatory in downtown Wadsworth, OH.

M16 (NGC 6611) (Eagle Nebula) in the constellation Serpens
 
Image details:
    Telescope: AT10RC (Astro-Tech 10" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph).
    Exposures: 10 minutes each RGB, 20 minutes Ha, then combined in post-processing.
    Mount: Takahashi NJP German Equatorial.

Beautiful work, John!  Click anywhere in the images to see the full-size versions.
If you want to see other images by John, simply click HERE.

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