Images on this page were taken using the Bradford Robotic Telescope
Images on this page copyright University of Bradford
M27 : Dumbell Nebula - planetary nebula in Vulpecula
Bradford telescope galaxy camera
1 x 60 sec OIII + 2 x 30 sec no filter = Luminance
2 x 50 sec each Red, Green, and Blue
aligned & stacked as LRGB, and processed using IRIS
M1 : Crab Nebula in Taurus -super nova remnant
Bradford telescope galaxy camera
1 x 90 sec each Luminance, Red, Green, Blue
aligned & stacked as LRGB, and processed using IRIS
then some final tweeking with Registax and Photoshop
M51 : Whirlpool Galaxy in Ursa Major
Bradford telescope galaxy camera
3 x 90 sec added together - Luminance
1 x 90 sec + 1 x 100 sec red - Red
1 x 90 sec + 1 x 100 sec red - Green
1 x 90 sec + 1 x 100 sec red - Blue
images for each layer added together, aligned & stacked as LRGB, and processed using IRIS
then some final tweeking with Photoshop
M82 : Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major
Bradford telescope galaxy camera
5 x 40 sec- Luminance, 2 x 90 sec - Red, 2 x 90 sec - Green, 2 x 90 sec - Blue
images stacked and processed using IRIS then some final tweeking with Photoshop
NGC7293 : Helix Nebula -Planetary Nebula in Aquarius
Bradford telescope galaxy camera
3 x 90 sec- Luminance, 2 x 90 sec - Red, 2 x 90 sec - Green, 2 x 90 sec - Blue
images stacked and processed using IRIS then some final tweeking with Photoshop
M33 : galaxy in Triangulum
Bradford telescope galaxy camera - no filter
4 x 90 second exposures images stacked and processed using Registax
NGC891 : edge on galaxy in Andromeda
Bradford telescope galaxy camera
3 x 90 sec- Luminance, 1 x 90 sec - Red, 1 x 90 sec - Green, 1 x 90 sec - Blue
images stacked and processed using IRIS
More information on my steps in getting this image - Link
M92 : Globular Cluster in Hercules
120 second exposure - no filter
Bradford telescope galaxy camera (C14, .67 focal reducer, FLI MaxCam ME2 fitted with a E2V CCD47-10)
adjusted the image histogram. This was the 1st image I took using the Bradford telescope.
Overexposed the center of the cluster.