Astronomy @ 2fDesign

This site is dedicated to the Astrophotography
work of Rob Beck

Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Latest Images....

NGC6744 Spiral Galaxy in Pavo

6th June 2005, Palmerston North, NZ.

- 14x4min shots, C9.25 @ f/6.3, Webcam AutoGuide, ST80 & K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D, ISO1600. Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Processed in Photoshop

Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius (M8)

6th June 2005, Palmerston North, NZ.

- 10x3min shots, C9.25 @ f/6.3, Webcam AutoGuide, ST80 & K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D, ISO1600. Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Processed in Photoshop

Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius (M20)

Omega(Swan) Nebula in Sagittarius (M17) M=6.0 , D=5.0k LY

30th May 2005, Palmerston North, NZ.

- 13x3min shots, C9.25 @ f/6.3, Webcam AutoGuide, ST80 & K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D, ISO800. Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Processed in Photoshop

Tarantula Nebula in LMC

6th May 2005, Taupo, NZ. AstroPhoto2005.

- 5x2min shots, C9.25 @ f/10, Webcam AutoGuide, ST80 & K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D, ISO1600. Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Cuves only in Photoshop

M65 & M66 Spiral Galaxies (in Leo) part of the "Leo Trio"

6th May 2005, Taupo, NZ. AstroPhoto2005.

- 13x3min shots, C9.25 @ f/6.3, Webcam AutoGuide with ST80 & K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D, ISO1600. Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Cuves only in Photoshop

M83 Spiral Galaxy (in Hydra)

6th May 2005, Taupo, NZ. AstroPhoto2005.

- 6x3min shots, C9.25 @ f/10, Webcam AutoGuide, ST80 & K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D, ISO1600. Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Cuves only in Photoshop

NGC4038/39 Interacting Spiral Galaxy Pair (Corvus) M~10.7 D~60Million LY

5th April 2005, Palmerston North, NZ. Also known as Antennae, Ring-Tail & Comma Galaxies. NGC4038 is the lower buldge & NGC4039 the upper buldge.
- 6x4min shots, C8 @ f/10, Webcam AutoGuide with ST80 & K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D, ISO1600. Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Cuves only in Photoshop. Noise reduction with Neat Image

NGC1977 - Running Man (Landing Eagle) Nebula in Orion

Taken 6th Mar2005, Plamerston North , NZ.

- 7x2min, C8 telescope f/6.3. Star-Mate Guided
- Canon 300D DSLR camera, ISO1600
- Stacked. Levels, Layer Mask Processing etc. in Photoshop/NeatImage

M42 - Great Nebula in Orion

Taken 13th Jan2005, Ahiaruhe, WairarapaNZ.

- 6x1min + 6x3min, C8 telescope f/10. Star-Mate Guided
- Canon 300D DSLR camera, ISO800
- Stacked. Levels, Layer Mask Processing etc. in Photoshop

Horshead Nebula in Orion

Taken 13th Jan2005, Ahiaruhe, WairarapaNZ.

- 6x4min, C8 telescope f/6.3. Star-Mate Guided
- Canon 300D DSLR camera, ISO1600
- Stacked. Levels, contrast etc. in Photoshop

Eta Carinae Nebula Region incl. NGC3372 Keyhole Nebula

Taken 11th Jan 2004, Palmerston Notrth, NZ.

- 10x3min (Dark Frame Subtracted)auto guided exposure, C8 telescope f/10
- Guiding with Star-Mate, ToUCam, & K3CCDTools2. ST80 at f/12.5
- Canon 300D DSLR camera, ISO1600
- Stacked. Levels, contrast adjusted in Photoshop

NGC1566 Spiral Galaxy (Dorado) M~9.4 D~40Million LY

5th Jan 2005, Palmerston North, NZ.

- 8x3min shots, C8 @ f/10, Webcam AutoGuide with K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D DSLR camera, ISO1600
- Exposure, Guiding, & Focus using Star-Mate
- Stacked & Cuves only in Photoshop.

NGC1313 Galaxy (in Reticulum)

7th Nov 2004, Palmerston North, NZ.

- 8x4min shots, C8 @ f/6.3, Webcam AutoGuide with K3CCDTools
- Canon 300D DSLR camera, ISO1600
- Stacked. Levels, contrast adjusted in Photoshop
Note NGC1313A companion Galaxy lower right (in large image).

Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)

Taken 19th Dec2004, Palmerston North, NZ. (1st 1/4 Moon)

- 10x2min auto-guided exposures, C8 @ f/6.3
- Canon 300D DSLR camera, ISO800
- Stacked. Levels, contrast adjusted in Photoshop

moon phases

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