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Shown below are some of my favourite CCD images from 2018 

Bullet | Stars | Clusters | Nebulae | Galaxies | Moon | Planets | Comets | Asteroids/MPL | 
 

Stars

Double -Double / Epsilon Lyrae (Lyra) 
CCD Image (linear scale, 50% size)
5s exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-08-20 22:18 hUT (#423085)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

 Epsilon Lyrae - detail
(image showing that each component of the double is itself a double).

 

 

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 Clusters

NGC 2506 - Open Cluster (Monoceros)
Caldwell 54 / Herschel VI-37
CCD Image (50%)
3  x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-03-09 20:26 hUT (#416110-12)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
[larger image]

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Nebulae

NGC 7635 / Caldwell 11 / Bubble Nebula (Cassiopeia)

False Colour CCD Image (75% size, square root scale)
6x60 sec, 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-02-20  21:39hUT (#414252-58)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

NGC 7023 / Caldwel 4 (Cepheus)

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Galaxies

 

NGC 6946 - Spiral Galaxy / Caldwell 12 (Cygnus) . 
Colour CCD Image (LRGB, 75% size)
3x3 binning, average combine
L :  8 x 90s  (C Filter),  B : 8 x 90s (B Filter),
G : 5 x 60s (V Filter), R : 6 x 60s (R Filter)
2010-02-20 19:44h UT (#414129-56)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
[larger image]
 

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Moon

 

Conjunction of Venus, Mercury and New Moon, 2010-04-15
Photo, Canon ED450D  

 

Conjunction - detail

 
Annotated Digital Photo (details as above)
Click on image for larger picture

 

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Planets

Major Planets

Mars 
CCD Image (with x2.5 enlarged insert)
0.3s sec exposure (single frame), 1x1 binning, B Filter 
2010-01-19 00:05h UT  (#411458)
8" LX200 Classic (at f/10) + ST-10XME
  

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Comets

Comet 81P / Wild  on 2010-03-25
(passing through starfield in Virgo)
CCD Image (50% size, log scale)
5  x 45s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-03-25 00:23 hUT (#418120-24)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

 

 

 

 

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Asteroids / Minor Planets

No images of asteroids/minor planets taken during 2010
 

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