In late January, I went out to Joshua Tree National Park for several nights with a fellow amateur astronomer, Jerry Day. I decided to try out a new "autoguider" (used to lock the telescope onto a star). These are two of the images I captured those nights. I used a Canon 50D mounted on a 600mm refractor telescope, polar aligned and guided, shot at prime focus for about ten minutes at ISO 800, yielding 12X magnification.
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| HORSEHEAD NEBULA | | |
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Horsehead Nebula (IC434) is located in the Orion Constellation, 1500 light years from Earth.
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| ROSETTE NEBULA |
The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) is located in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. It is about 5200 light years from Earth and has a diameter of 130 light years. Very Large!
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| Photo by Jerry and Kim Day |
I hope you enjoy the photos,
Bill Myerchin
1 comment:
Bill, I've been doing some reading up on the universe (that is an odd statement). I am amazed at your images. What else is out there.
Marsha
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