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Jupiter 1st March 2004, 400 frames, Philips ToUcam Pro, Meade 10" f6.3 SCT with x2.5 Televue Barlow lens. The images were taken using QCfocus and automatically selected/stacked using Registax 2 software.

Saturn 1st March 2004, 2000 frames, Philips ToUcam Pro, Meade 10" f6.3 SCT with x2.5 Televue Barlow lens. The images were taken using QCfocus and automatically selected/stacked using Registax 2 software.

Mars July to September 2003. Philips ToUcam Pro, Meade 10" f6.3 SCT with x2.5 Televue Barlow lens. The images were taken using QCfocus and automatically selected/stacked using Registax 2 software.

Lunar eclipse, October 1985 Ektachrome 400 slide film, 15 seconds exposure at the prime focus of a 4.75 inch f9 refractor. 13 KB

The Crab Nebula, M1, 6 x 1 minute exposure taken with Starlight Xpress SX mono CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT on Losmandy G-11 mount. Processed using COAA's 'SX' program. 33KB

M8 6 x 60 seconds exposure, Starlight Express colour CCD camera. 6 inch F6 Newtonian at COAA 13 KB

M13. Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera, 12 inch f5 Newtonian. Multiple exposure shot with automatic image alignment. This is a 4 minute overall exposure. 12 KB

M16 6 x 60 seconds exposure, Starlight Express SX mono CCD camera 0.5 Metre F4.5 Newtonian telescope at COAA. 17 KB

M16 6 x 60 seconds exposure, Starlight Express SX colour CCD camera 0.5 Metre F4.5 Newtonian telescope at COAA. Image reprocessed to combine the above mono image with a colour image using AstroArt 1.5 software. 15 KB

M17 6 x 60 seconds exposure, Starlight Express colour CCD camera. 6 inch F6 Newtonian at COAA 13 KB

M20 6 x 60 seconds exposure, Starlight Express colour CCD camera. 6 inch F6 Newtonian at COAA 14 KB

M22 6 x 60 seconds exposure, Starlight Express colour CCD camera. 6 inch F6 Newtonian at COAA 11 KB

M27 using the 0.5 metre f4.5 Newtonian telescope at COAA, 7 minutes on Kodak Gold 1000 print film 20 KB

M27 using the 0.5 metre f4.5 Newtonian telescope at COAA, 6 x 60 seconds with Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera 15 KB

M42 10" F6.3 SCT. Scotch chrome 800/3200 slide film processed at 1600 asa. 10 mins exposure. 10 KB

M44, 300mm f4 lens, Etkachrome 400 slide film, Exposure 10 minutes 26 KB

M51 6 x 1 minute exposure taken with Starlight Xpress mono CCD camera. 0.5 Metre F4.5 Newtonian at COAA 9 KB

M57 Starlight Express colour CCD camera, 6 x 60 seconds. 0.5 Metre F4.5 Newtonian at COAA 12 KB

M64 Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT. 2 x 6 minute exposure. 7 KB

M65 Monochrome image from Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT. 6 x 1 minute exposure. 8KB

M66 Monochrome image from Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT. 6 x 1 minute exposure. 8KB

M76 Starlight Xpress colour 'SX' CCD camera. 10 inch F6.3 Meade SCT. Exposure 5 x one minute. 10 KB

M81 Meade 10 inch SCT at f6.3, Losmandy G-11 mount. SX colour camera. Exposure 5 minutes 15 KB

M82 Meade 10 inch SCT at f6.3, Losmandy G-11 mount. SX colour camera. Exposure 5 minutes 10 KB

M90 Meade 10 inch SCT at f6.3, Losmandy G-11 mount. SX mono camera. Exposure 6 minutes 10 KB

M95 Monochrome image from Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT. 6 x 1 minute exposure. 9KB

M96 Monochrome images from Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT. 6 x 1 minute exposure. Shows the supernova in the right hand image 16KB

M97 taken with Meade LX6/2120 10 inch F6.3 scope. 12 x 1 minute images. Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. 7KB

M98 taken with Meade 10 inch SCT at f6.3, Losmandy G-11 mount. 6 x 1 minute images. Starlight Xpress mono CCD camera. 7KB

M99 taken with Meade 10 inch SCT at f6.3, Losmandy G-11 mount. 6 x 1 minute images. Starlight Xpress mono CCD camera. 7KB

M105 Monochrome image from Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT. 6 x 1 minute exposure. 9KB

M108 Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. Meade LX6 10" F6.3 SCT. 6 x 1 minute exposure. 9KB

NGC 891 taken with Meade LX6/2120 10 inch F6.3 scope and Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. 6 minutes exposure on 28/10/1997 8KB

NGC2024 and the famous Horse Head in Orion, together with NGC1975, M42 and M43. Piggy back lens shot, Canon FTb, 300mm f4 lens, copied to Ektachrome 64 and enlarged in a slide copier. Original exposure 20 mins on Ektachrome 400. 67 KB

NGC 2403 Starlight Xpress colour 'SX' CCD camera. 10 inch F6.3 Meade SCT. Exposure 12 x one minute. 16 KB

NGC 2841 Starlight Xpress colour 'SX' CCD camera. 10 inch F6.3 Meade SCT. Exposure 12 x one minute. 17 KB

NGC 6688, prime focus shot taken with 0.5 Metre F4.5 Newtonian scope at COAA, Starlight Express monochrome SX camera 12 KB

NGC 6946 taken with Meade LX6/2120 10 inch F6.3 scope and Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. 6 minutes exposure on 28/10/1997 12 KB

NGC 7217 taken with Meade LX6/2120 10 inch F6.3 scope and Starlight Xpress colour CCD camera. 6 minutes exposure on 1st Dec 1997 22 KB

Comet Tabur, Starlight Express Colour CCD camera at the prime focus of a 12.5 inch f5.3 Newtonian telescope, exposure 4 x 1minutes. Taken under less than ideal conditions on 13th October 96 20 KB

Comet Stonehouse, Starlight Express Colour CCD camera at the prime focus of a Meade LX6/2120 10 inch F6.3 SCT, exposure 4 x 1minutes. Taken on 4th May 1998 7KB

Comet Hale-Bopp on 15th October 1996, 4 minute exposure with Starlight Express colour CCD camera. Telescope 12 inch f5 Newtonian. 24 KB

Slide of Hale-Bopp taken 28/3/97, 300mm f4, Kodak P1600 slide film 3 minutes exposure. Digitized with camcorder and Snappy frame grabber. 31 KB

Comet C/2002 C1 Ikeya-Zhang taken on 6th April 2002 using a 300mm f4 telephoto lens and Starlight Xpress MX5C colour CCD camera. Exposure 5 minutes. The image has been processed in Astroart ver 2. 11 KB

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