The Simpson’s Astronomy Homepage

 

Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9C 1394 * 1040 pixel 1 shot colour camera cooled to –35C

Telescope: Celestron CGE 1100 – 280mm aperture f3.3 = 850mm focal length

 

M13 Globular cluster circumnavigating the Milky Way

M51 Interacting galaxies and dust lanes far far away

NGC581 Open star cluster in the Milky Way with red giant and blue dwarf stars

 

 

Telescope: William Optics 80mm aperture f7.5 = 600mm focal length

NGC6992 Part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in the Milky Way

M57 The Ring Nebula, a planetary nebula caused by the explosive death of a star similar to our own

The Horsehead A body of interstellar dust that resembles a seahorse and obscures the bright emission nebula behind it. The bright star is Alnitak the leftmost star of Orion’s belt.

M33 The Whirlpool Galaxy, this has several spiral arms similar to the Milky Way

M31 The Andromeda Galaxy, one of the galaxies that travels with the Milky Way as part of our local group

M42 The Orion Nebula, the brightest nebula in the sky situated just underneath Orion's belt