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Roboscope images
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The images on this page were taken with our new 8" LX200R ("modified Ritchey-Chretien") OTA and color camera, in light-polluted mag 4+ skies from Centreville, VA. Click on images for larger versions.
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M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. Six 3-minute images, color converted, median stacked, log-scaled to bring out fainter details, Lucy-Richardson deconvolution to sharpen the stars. Click on image for a medium-resolution version; for a full resolution version, click here. |
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M1, the Crab Nebula. Five 3-minute images, color converted, stacked, Lucy-Richardson deconvolution. Click on image for a medium-resolution version; for a full resolution version, click here. |
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M33, the Pinwheel Galaxy. Ten 5 minute images, color converted, stacked, minor background tweaking. |
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M82, irregular galaxy. Twelve 5 minute images, color converted, stacked, no other processing. |
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NGC 2024, the Flame Nebula. Three 5 minute images, color converted, stacked, 3x3 median filter, and minor background tweaking. |
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NGC 1857, an open cluster, by Brian Stearns. Four 120-second exposures, stacked and processed with CCDOps, Registax,
and Photoshop. |
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NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula. 25 minutes total exposure through light haze with a gibbous moon. |
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