GAACster Rick Davis, a brand-new astrophotographer, has sent us a dozen
brand-new images of galaxies and nebulae, all taken from Beverly. You can
check out his new gallery here https://gaac.us/gallery-2/rdavis/rdavis,
and see his notes on individual images below.

The first three images listed below were all taken at Lynch Park, Beverly
on Oct 23rd 2024, using a Takahashi FS-60C w/ 6.2 reducer, ASI385MC camera
and an unguided Celestron NextStar SE mount.  They were stacked using the
ZWO ASIStudio ASILive application.

• Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
  o Lived stacked at 50 frames, 10 seconds each frame
• M31, M32, M110 - Andromeda galaxy and Friends
  o Lived stacked at 120 frames, 10 seconds each frame
• M27 - Dumbbell Nebula
  o Lived stacked at 60 frames, 10 seconds each frame

The following images were taken using different equipment, further details
below.  All were imaged in Beverly.

• NGC 7331 (Deer Lick group) and Stephans Quintet (also see the
  labelled image to ID additional objects)
  o Date: October 28th, 2024
  o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
  o Processed using Siril, 44 frames stacked at 1 minute each
  o Celestron AVX  mount

  • NGC 7814 - "the little sombrero," and NGC 7814-Labelled (also see
    the labelled image to ID additional objects)
    o Date: Nov 01, 2024
    o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
    o Lived stacked using ASIStudio, 62 frames at 30 seconds each
    o Celestron AVX  mount

  • M1, Crab Nebula
    o Date: Nov 05, 2024
    o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
    o Processed using Siril,  60 frames at 60 seconds each
    o Celestron AVX mount

  • M33, and M33-Labeled
    o Date: November 5th, 2024
    o Vixen ED81S (no reducer/flattener), ASI385MC camera
    o Processed using Siril, GraXpert, 165  frames at 60 seconds each
    o Celestron AVX mount
    o See the image with labels to identify other interesting
    objects. NGC604 was discovered by William Herschel.

  • M74
    o Date: November 7th and 9th, 2024
    o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
    o Celestron AVX mount
    o Processed using Siril, GraXpert, 320  frames at 60 seconds each

  • Pelican Nebula - IC 5070
    o Date: November 12, 2024
    o Takahashi FS-60C w/ 6.2 reducer and Baader UHC-L booster filter
    o Celestron AVX mount
    o Processed using Siril, GraXpert, 180 frames at 60 seconds each

Very nice set of images and notation, Rick,
Welcome to the wonderful realm of astrophotography,
Phil O.

On Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 04:42:14 PM EST, BARRY YOMTOV via Astro <astro@lists.gaac.us> wrote:   

Very nice images Rick  Barry
On 11/15/2024 1:14 PM EST Michael Deneen michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com wrote:          GAACster Rick Davis, a brand-new astrophotographer, has sent us a dozen brand-new images of galaxies and nebulae, all taken from Beverly. You can check out his new gallery here, and see his notes on individual images below.
The first three images listed below were all taken at Lynch Park, Beverly on Oct 23rd 2024, using a Takahashi FS-60C w/ 6.2 reducer, ASI385MC camera and an unguided Celestron NextStar SE mount.  They were stacked using the ZWO ASIStudio ASILive application.

  * Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
      o Lived stacked at 50 frames, 10 seconds each frame
  * M31, M32, M110 - Andromeda galaxy and Friends
      o Lived stacked at 120 frames, 10 seconds each frame
  * M27 - Dumbbell Nebula
      o Lived stacked at 60 frames, 10 seconds each frame

The following images were taken using different equipment, further details below.  All were imaged in Beverly.     * NGC 7331 (Deer Lick group) and Stephans Quintet (also see the
    labelled image to ID additional objects)
      o Date: October 28th, 2024
      o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
      o Processed using Siril, 44 frames stacked at 1 minute each
      o Celestron AVX  mount

  * NGC 7814 - "the little sombrero," and NGC 7814-Labelled (also see
    the labelled image to ID additional objects)
      o Date: Nov 01, 2024
      o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
      o Lived stacked using ASIStudio, 62 frames at 30 seconds each
      o Celestron AVX  mount

  * M1, Crab Nebula
      o Date: Nov 05, 2024
      o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
      o Processed using Siril,  60 frames at 60 seconds each
      o Celestron AVX mount

  * M33, and M33-Labeled
      o Date: November 5th, 2024
      o Vixen ED81S (no reducer/flattener), ASI385MC camera
      o Processed using Siril, GraXpert, 165  frames at 60 seconds each
      o Celestron AVX mount
      o See the image with labels to identify other interesting
        objects. NGC604 was discovered by William Herschel.

  * M74
      o Date: November 7th and 9th, 2024
      o Vixen ED81S, ASI385MC camera
      o Celestron AVX mount
      o Processed using Siril, GraXpert, 320  frames at 60 seconds each

  * Pelican Nebula - IC 5070
      o Date: November 12, 2024
      o Takahashi FS-60C w/ 6.2 reducer and Baader UHC-L booster filter
      o Celestron AVX mount
      o Processed using Siril, GraXpert, 180 frames at 60 seconds each    astro@lists.gaac.us
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