Equipment - Atik 4000LE
2010
M27 - Season opening test shot
20:45 16/8/2010 UTC: First night out after summer break. First night out I usually just test everything is still worki... [Read More]
M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster
23:07 19/4/2010 UTC: After premature end with M106 I had a short opportunity to continue imaging before dawn. I could ... [Read More]
M106 Revisited
20:10 19/4/2010 UTC: I was in Artjärvi to try this again in a dark site. Unfortunately my exposures were cut shor... [Read More]
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
20:05 18/4/2010 UTC: This beautiful galaxy was up high in the sky and weather was exceptionally good. This time I put ... [Read More]
M106 LRGB
19:10 12/4/2010 UTC: This is my very first try at LRGB imaging. I finally got Nebulosity to understand SX wheel via AS... [Read More]
IC410 - The Tadpoles Ha:OIII
18:11 23/3/2010 UTC: Not the best conditions for OIII imaging. Moon high up and random thin clouds hovering all over t... [Read More]
IC410 - The Tadpoles in Ha
18:10 17/3/2010 UTC: Spring sky is pretty much void in emission nebulae, but this nice complex in Auriga is still well... [Read More]
M81 Group and Integrated Flux Nebula
18:03 12/3/2010 UTC: Most of the Nebulae are illuminated by only one or just few stars. Integrated Flux Nebula is a la... [Read More]
M42 - The Orion Nebula
17:32 7/3/2010 UTC: Long time no see - stars! It's been like four months since I've done imaging. Weather has been ve... [Read More]
2009
The California Nebula project continues
17:36 22/11/2009 UTC: Finally after almost a month sky cleared again and what a night! SQM gave almost record readings ... [Read More]
The California Nebula
20:10 29/10/2009 UTC: After a long cloudy and rainy period we finally got some nice weather (and moon of course). I had... [Read More]
The Heart Nebula Project
18:55 7/9/2009 UTC: Finally I got some time and clear sky to do SII and OIII exposures to this. Moon was nearly full... [Read More]
The Heart Nebula Project
19:51 24/8/2009 UTC: I started my next project with H-alpha. This time my target is a nice nebula IC1805 commonly know... [Read More]
The North America Nebula
20:10 21/8/2009 UTC: Finally got my H-alpha filter and immediately had clear night to finish this project. Now totalli... [Read More]
The North America Project SII
20:13 19/8/2009 UTC: Clear sky allowed me to continue this project with SII data. Clouds disturbed the session a bit, ... [Read More]
The North America Project OIII
20:13 15/8/2009 UTC: I started my first astroimaging project for this season last night. The conditions were superb, s... [Read More]
M27 - The Dumbbell in OIII
20:37 9/8/2009 UTC: I continued to fine tune the system with M27 using OIII filter. I am getting pretty sharp results... [Read More]
M51 - The Whirpool Galaxy
20:11 15/4/2009 UTC: What a spectacular conditions. SQM read almost 22 and sky was pristine and seeing was very good.... [Read More]
Spring Galaxies
20:08 31/3/2009 UTC: I was privileged to have my camera attached for the first astroimaging test with a monster teles... [Read More]
NGC4565 - The Needle Galaxy
18:55 27/3/2009 UTC: The Needle, which is also known as The Flying Saucer Galaxy, is a very attractive spiral galaxy... [Read More]
M51 - The Whirpool Galaxy
19:43 26/3/2009 UTC: We have now clear nights after each other several days in a row now. This time I decided to imag... [Read More]
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
19:10 26/3/2009 UTC: M101 is a very nice photogenic spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. The galaxy is positioned face-on and ... [Read More]
Leo Triplet
18:26 19/3/2009 UTC: Leo Triplet is a photogenic group of galaxies in the constellation Leo. This group is also known ... [Read More]
IC410 and The Tadpoles in color
17:26 8/3/2009 UTC: IC410 is a HII region in Auriga. This interesting nebula and open cluster hosts two interesting n... [Read More]
First light - IC410
20:26 7/3/2009 UTC: Atik 4000LE First Light! Weather was awful and I had some serious hassle with my gear. First of a... [Read More]