After spending six months busking to raise enough money for a ccd camera, these are our first images. They are taken in monochrome, as we felt that this was the easiest way to begin imaging with such a sophisticated camera.

The Leo Triplet of galaxies. This image consists of ten 200 second subs taken with the Skywatcher ED80 achromatic refractor mounted on top of the Meade LX 200.

A revisited image of the Rosette Nebula. This image consists of 21 x 200 second subs using a hydrgen-alpha filter, combined with nine 3 minute luminance subs, which were used to take the image further down this page. All were taken with the Skywatcher ED80 apochromatic refractor, mounted on top of the Meade LX200.

The Flame Nebula. This is a stack of five 3 minute subs taken through the Skywatcher ED80 apochromatic refractor mounted on top of the Meade LX200.

The Horsehead Nebula. This is a stack of ten 150 second subs taken with a hydrogen-alpha filter, through the Skywatcher ED80 apochromatic refractor mounted on top of the Meade LX200.

The Whirlpool Galaxy. This is a stack of twelve 200 second subs taken with the Skywatcher ED80 apochromatic refractor mounted on top of the Meade LX200.

The Rosette Nebula. This is a stack of nine 3 minute subs taken with the Skywatcher ED80 apochromatic refractor mounted on top of the Meade LX200.

The Pinwheel Galaxy. This was taken under dark skies in Devon whilst on holiday. It is a stack of ten 5 minute subs taken through a 7-inch Intes-Micro Maksutov-Newtonian.

The Orion Nebula. This was taken with fifteen 3 minute subs through the Skywatcher ED80 apochromatic refractor mounted on top of the Meade LX200.