M45 – The Pleiades – Kelling Heath, Sep 2015
Another image taken at Kelling Heath Star Party – M45, the Pleiades in Taurus. This is the closest star cluster to us, and glows blue with the young stars, embedded in whispy nebulosity. Captured...
Another image taken at Kelling Heath Star Party – M45, the Pleiades in Taurus. This is the closest star cluster to us, and glows blue with the young stars, embedded in whispy nebulosity. Captured...
This is only my second attempt at this lovely object – it seems to have passed me by in an imaging sense up until now, and the hazy prevented me from doing too much...
Due to the haziness, the IOW star party became a cluster-gathering exercise. The shorter subs meant that the haze wasn’t so much of a problem, so I decided to capture some objects I’d never...
Next image from the IOW Disciples of the Dark Arts star party 2014. This is the famous double cluster in Perseus. It’s the most incredible set of objects (in fact it’s NGC869 and NGC884)...
This is the first of my images from the Disciples of the Dark Arts star party in the Isle of Wight at the end of September. This was my first start party, and although...
A quick single 60s exposure at ISO 1600, of M37, the brightest open cluster in the constellation of Auriga. M36 and M38 are close by, but not quite as spectacular as this beauty. This...
The Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters) is an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus, the bull. It’s the closest star cluster to earth. This is a single exposure, taken at...
This is M13, the great cluster in Hercules. It’s globular cluster with around 300,000 stars in total. This is a single 5 Minute sub, with no darks, flats etc. It was taken initially as...
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