Members Image Gallery

Below are images taken by ASAW members. Click on the thumbnails to see larger images.

Doug Braidwood

Doug's images were taken with a variety of telescopes and imaging hardware. His current setup includes a 10" RC and a Takahashi FSQ 106ED on a G11 mount. His main camera is an Atik 11002M mono CCD.

Helix Nebula, Nebula Imaged with RC10" and Atik 11002 mono, using Ha and OIII Narrow band filters. 2 hrs of each filter Mapped as RGB HaOIIIOIII 1 Hrs of each filter.

Horse Head Nebula, Imaged with RC8" and Atik 11002M mono. RGB at 1hr exposure each colour plus 2 Hrs Ha mapped HaHARGB.
M42 Great Orion Nebula imaged with FSQ106ED and QHY8Pro OSC camera. 2 hrs total exposure showing extensive dust around this region.
NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula, Nebula imaged with using Ha and OIII Narrow band filters. 2 hrs of each filter Mapped as RGB HaOIIIOIII 2 Hrs of each filter.
Eta Carina Nebula Imaged using Ha and OIII Narrow band filters. 2 hrs of each filter Mapped as RGB HaOIIIOIII 2 Hrs of each filter.
Corona Australis, RGB image of this area taken with Takahashi FS102 with reducer fitted and a QHY8Pro OSC camera. Total exposure of 1.5 Hrs.
NGC 6188 is a synthetic RGB using 2hrs of each Ha and OIII mapped as RGB in the form Ha,OIII,OIII. Image taken with an 8" RC and Atik 11002M Mono camera.

Harry Akkerman

All of Harry's images have been taken with a Skywatcher ED80 and Canon EOS400D (unmodified) from his 
home observatory. He uses an HEQ5 PRO mount guided with PHD and a StarShoot Autoguider mounted on a modified
finderscope. Images were captured and processed using Nebulosity 2 and Photoshop 7.

Pleiades (Seven Sisters), stack of 50 x 2 min. 
Radio Galaxy Centaurus A, stack of 20 x 5 min.
Eta Carina Nebula, stack of 14 x 2 min.
Open cluster IC2602 (Southern Pleiades), stack of 20 x 2 min, with fishing line cross in front of lens.
M16 (Eagle Nebula), stack of 30 x 5 min.
Galaxy M83, stack of 10 x 10 min.
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae, stack of 19 x 1 min.