FLI-8300C Images

Last up date Feb 2010


ORION NEBULA and the RUNNING MAN

The Orion nebula aka M42 is an emmission nebula that is a star forming region. It is located at the middle star of Orion's sword. The Running Man aka NGC1977 is a reflection nebula (top of image).




 Image by  Kevin Davis, Tony Labude, and Dennis Wigley
 Date taken  10/18/09
 Location taken  Pennington Creek in Okla. during PCPPASP
 Exposure time  20 x 3 minutes = 1 hour total
 Imaging camera  Finger Lakes Microline 8300C @ + 0c
 Imaging scope  Astro Tech 80mm F7.0
 Guide camera  Meade DSI pro
 Guide scope  Astro Tech 66mm F6.0
 Mount  Meade LXD55


ANDROMEDA GALAXY
This is One of our sister galaxies Andromeda  aka M31, or NGC 224 in this photo you will see three galaxies M31 the largest of the three run the full frame of the photo M110 the the galaxy farthest away in the photo M32 is smaller and closer  to M31.

Andromeda Galaxy
 Image taken by  Kevin Davis, Tony Labude, and Dennis Wigley
 Date taken  10/17/09
 Location taken  Pennington Creek in Okla. during PCPPASP
 Exposure time  17 x 3 minutes = 51 minute total
 Imaging camera  Finger Lakes Microline 8300C @ 0c
 Imaging scope  Astro Tech 80mm F7.0
 Guide camera  Meade DSI pro
 Guide scope  Astro Tech 66mm F6.0
 Mount  Meade LXD55


HORSE HEAD and THE FLAME
The horsehead is a very tough object to observe but some what easy to catch on film or CCD.
The Target B33 or Horsehead is a dark nebula and only the back light of Ionized gas IC 434 lets us see it, the flame is NGC 2024

Horsehead and the Flame Nebula
 Image taken by  Kevin Davis, Tony Labude, and Dennis Wigley
 Date taken  10/17/09
 Location taken  Pennington Creek in Okla. during PCPPASP
 Exposure time  82 x 2 minutes = 2 hrs 44 min total
 Imaging camera  Finger Lakes Microline 8300C @ +5c
 Imaging scope  Astro Tech 80mm F7.0
 Guide camera  Meade DSI pro
 Guide scope  Astro Tech 66mm F6.0
 Mount  Meade LXD55


NGC253 the Sculptor Galaxy

Located in the constellation Sculptor this spiral galaxy is also sometimes called the silver coin galaxy.




 Image taken by  Kevin Davis, Tony Labude, and Dennis Wigley
 Date taken  10/17/09
 Location taken  Pennington Creek in Okla. during PCPPASP
 Exposure time  97 x 1 minute = 1 hr 37 min total
 Imaging camera  Finger Lakes Microline 8300C @ +5c
 Imaging scope  Astro Tech 80mm F7.0
 Guide camera  Meade DSI pro
 Guide scope  Astro Tech 66mm F6.0
 Mount  Meade LXD55

Double Cluster

2nd light for the FLI-8300C

NGC869 & NGC884




 Image taken by  Kevin Davis, Tony Labude, and Dennis Wigley
 Date taken  08/15/09
 Location taken  Choctaw, Ok a suburb of Oklahoma City
 Exposure time  7 x 1 minute = 7 min total
 Imaging camera  Finger Lakes Microline 8300C @ +10c
 Imaging scope  Astro Tech 80mm F7.0
 Guide camera  Meade DSI pro
 Guide scope  Astro Tech 66mm F6.0
 Mount  Meade LXD55


Moon - cropped from full frame

1st light for the FLI-8300C - this was not debayered = monochrome



 Image taken by  Kevin Davis, Tony Labude, and Dennis Wigley
 Date taken  08/01/09
 Location taken  Choctaw, OK a suburb of Oklahoma City
 Exposure time  3 x .014 seconds averaged
 Imaging camera  Finger Lakes Microline 8300C @ +10c
 Imaging scope  Astro Tech 80mm F7.0
 Guide camera  Not guided
 Guide scope  Not guided
 Mount  Meade LXD55