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The Fireworks Galaxy
This image was taken by Dave from dark skies near Crewe, and is a stack of 6 x 10 minute exosures taken through an Orion 8" SPX Newtonian.
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The Needle Galaxy
This was taken under dark skies in Devon, and is a stack of 12 x 5 minute exposures through an Intes Micro 7" Maksutov-Newtonian.
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M82
This image was taken under dark skies in Devon, and is a stack of 12 x 5 minute exposures taken with an Intes Micro 7" Maksutov-Newtonian.
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M106
This image was also taken by Dave under dark skies near Crewe, and is a stack of 9 x 10 minute exposures taken with an 8" Orion SPX Newtonian.
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The Hercules Globular Cluster
This image was taken from dark skies in Devon, and was a single, 30 second exposure taken through the 7" Intes Micro Maksutov-Newtonian.
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The Eagle Nebula
Another image taken by Dave under dark skies near Crewe, and is a stack of 6 x 10 minute exposures taken with an Orion 8" SPX Newtonian.
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Bode's Nebula (really a galaxy)
This is a stack of 12 x 5 minute exposures taken with a 7" Intes Micro Maksutov-Newtonian from dark skies in Devon.
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The Black Eye Galaxy
This image is a stack of 10 x 5 minute exposures taken from home with the 8" Meade LX200, reduced to f/6.8.