recent astro pics

[Bumderess]

These pictures are amazing

[welshboy]

Hi' They are great captures of the globs and M57 nice and clear with you.Mark

[nytecam]

The *Dumbbell Nebula* M27 in Vulpecula is one of my favourite deepsky targets that I return to frequently in summer - here in 2 min exposure via my 30cm Meade telescope taken earlier this week

My scope's a permanent astrograph that just takes pics [not viewed through] and I've added a logo to show, unlike the rural viewers, I'm in the city - well 9 miles from London's Picadilly Circus so plenty of light pollution but as you can see from pic I do pretty well recording faint stars impossible to view from a mountaintop through a giant amateur scope and of course, colour is a bonus

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...6x120tcut2.jpg

[artdemole]

Colours show up well.And the surrounding stars.Good shot as always.

[nytecam]

Originally Posted by artdemole

Colours show up well.And the surrounding stars.Good shot as always.

Thanks Artdemole - here's a montage of my favourite summer deepsky objects in M56 + M71 [globular starclusters] and M57 + M27 [planetary nebulae] from last night each in just 20s exposure via my 30cm 'scope. The are all in a small area of sky. The second image is the Ring Neb M57 sharpened via software to show detail within the Ring

Light pollution here in London plus a rising harvest moon ruins visual work but has little impact on the camera images which is why I take this route and puts me effectively on a *virtual mountain-top* - hope they are of interest