This is from Dave D. in the US.
M42
MX716 CCD
ST-80 refractor
Cave Astrola stepper drive
conversion

This is from Dave D. in the US.
M51 before and after the super nova
Cave Astrola stepper drive
conversion
This is from Dave D. in the US.
M16, 23 miutes, 60-70 second exposures stacked, unguided.
Piggybacked 80 mm refractor, 14 mm H-A filter.
Cave Astrola stepper drive
conversion
This is from Martin F. in AU
M104 was 40 Minutes with a little guiding.
C8 SCT on Vixen GP Mount
Fuji Sensia 400 ASA
Enlarged and cropped.
This is from Martin F. in AU
M22
20 Minutes tracked no guiding
Fuji Sensia 400 ASA
Enlarged and cropped.

This is from a new user, Melvin Helm in the US.
His first and second attempts.
M27 Dumbell Nebula.
35 sec. exposure, SAC-9
CCD camera.
Stepper driven SkyView Pro mount.
8" F5 Newt.
This is also from Melvin Helm in the US.
His second of 2 raw images.
M57 Ring Nebula.
35 sec. exposure, SAC-9
CCD camera.
Stepper driven SkyView Pro mount.
8" F5 Newt.
This is also from Melvin Helm in the US.
Lagoon Nebula.
35 sec. exposure, SAC-9
CCD camera.
Stepper driven SkyView Pro mount.
8" F5 Newt.
This is also from Melvin Helm in the US.
M47
35 sec. exposure, SAC-9
CCD camera.
Stepper driven SkyView Pro mount.
8" F5 Newt.
From Melvin Helm. in the US. New Meade CCD camera,
M31.
Stepper driven SkyView Pro mount.
This is from Martin F. in AU
M83, 50 Minutes exposure with a around 4 small adjustments
in guiding.
Fuji Sensia 400 ASA
This is from Martin F. in AU
M8, was just a straight 25 minutes exposure, no guiding.
Shot with Fuji Provia 400 ASA
Another great shot from Melvin Helm.
Stepper driven SkyView Pro mount.
Another great shot from Melvin Helm.
The Eagle Nebula, M16
Stepper driven SkyView Pro mount.
From Melvin Helm
Veil Nebula
Stepper driven Parallax mount
From Melvin Helm
Bubble Nebula
Stepper driven Parallax mount
From Martin F. in AU once again.
Centaurus-A, a 60 minute exposure.
From Martin F. in AU once again.
C8 SCT on Vixen GP mount, Nikon FE2
Kodak E200 ASA, 50 minute exposure with some guiding
From Martin F. in AU once again.
M17 The Swan Nebula. C8 SCT on Vixen GP mount,
Nikon FE2
Kodak E200 ASA, 30 minutes exposure
From Martin F. in AU once again.
NGC 7293 Helix Nebula. C8 SCT on Vixen GP mount, Nikon
FE2
Kodak E200 ASA, 70 minute exposure with some guiding.
From Melvin Helm in California. The North American
Nebula.
Finger Lakes Instruments MaxCam 10CM. A Nikon 300
mm F2.8 lens (AstroDon Ha filter) was used on the Parallax mount. This
is a sigma-combine of nine 30-minute exposures (4.5 hours total exposure
time).
From Melvin Helm in California, the Heart Nebula.
Finger Lakes Instruments MaxCam 10CM. A Nikon 300
mm F2.8 lens.
The mount is one of our stepper drive conversions
on a Parallax mount.
From Alan Thometz in Montana, M33.
Custom made GEM, 16" NEWT, SBIG ST-8
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