Prime focus Astrophotography with the 8.5'' Newtonian

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All taken with 8.5'' F6 Newtonian and Canon 1000D DSLR at prime focus with a LP filter. ISO1600 unless stated. Processed with GIMP and/or DSS.
Each object is usually shown either 4x4 binned ( ~4''/pixel) or 2x2 binned (~2''/pixel), both cropped to 600x400. For large objects the full frame (3888x2592) may be scaled to 600x400 (~6''/pixel), whilst very small objects are shown unbinned (~1''/pixel - actually 0.94'').

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M1 - 4065s

M1 - 4065s

M2 - 960s

M3 - 2280s

M5 - 1044s

M5 - 1044s

M13 - 2970s

M13 - 2970s

M15 - 2340s

M15 - 2340s

M27 - 2010s

M27 - 2010s

M31 - 2562s

M32 - 540s

M33 - 8190s

M33 - 8190s

M34 - 750s

M35 + NGC2158 - 630s

M36 - 2610s

M37 - 1800s

M38 - 690s

M42 - 4100s

M46 - 600s

M47 - 480s

M50 - 750s

M51 - 3245s

M51 - 3245s

M52 - 2040s

M53 - 2310s

M56 - 2040s

M56 - 2040s

M57 - 2550s

M57 - 2550s

M57 - 2550s

M58 - 810s

M59/60 - 1710s

M60/NGC4647 - 1710s

M61 - 1650s

M61 - 1650s

M63 - 2295s

M64 - 2056s

M65 - 4140s

M66 - 4140s

M65/66 - 4140s

M67 - 1170s

M71 -1980s

M71 -1980s

M74 - 5685s

M74 - 5685s

M76 - 1980s

M77 - 1650s

M77 - 1650s

M78 - 6240s

M81 11070s

M81 11070s

M82 - 3495s

M82 - 3465s

M82 supernova - 1950s

M82 supernova - 750s

M85 - 1440s

M84/6 - 2700s

M87 + jet - 1590s

M87 - 1590s

M87 - 1590s

M88 - 900s

M89 - 840s

M90 - 1680s

M92 - 1980s

M92 - 1980s

M94 - 1560s

M95 - 3105s

M95 supernova - 1485s

M96 - 1350s

M97 - 3250s

M98 - 1650s

M98 - 1650s

M99 - 2340s

M99 - 2340s

M100 - 1830s

M101 supernova 2011fe - 45s

M101 supernova 2011fe - 2614s

M103 - 870s

M105 - 2925s

M106 - 4970s

M108 - 1755s

M109 - 7110s

M109 - 7110s

M110 - 1410s

NGC40 - 900s

NGC147 - 2130s

NGC185 - 1590s

NGC188 - 1800s

NGC404 - 1710s

NGC457 - 810s

NGC467/470/474 - 3060s

NGC520 - 2400s

NGC559 - 1800s

NGC637 - 870s

NGC654 - 750s

NGC659 - 660s

NGC660 - 2850s

NGC663 - 1470s

NGC672/IC1727 - 3780s

NGC672/IC1727 - 3780s

NGC772 - 4730s

NGC869/884 - 690s

NGC891 - 7380s

NGC891 - 7380s

NGC925 - 4905s

NGC935/IC1810 - 1410s

NGC1023 - 2405s

NGC1245 - 1920s

NGC1275 (Abell 426) - 4200s

NGC1333 - 6345s

NGC1501 - 870s

NGC1501 - 870s

NGC1514 - 2520s

NGC1514 - 2520s

NGC1528 - 1530s

NGC1555, 1290s

NGC1579 - 4800s

NGC1788 - 2310s

NGC1807/NGC1817 - 690s

NGC1893 - 1260s

NGC1907 - 660s

NGC1931 - 3660s

NGC1975 - 1980s

NGC1999 - 2610s

NGC2022 - 1230s

NGC2022 - 1230s

NGC2024 - 3690s

NGC2163 - 1200s

NGC2170 - 690s

NGC2194 - 1230s

NGC2244 - 2160s

NGC2261 - 1650s

NGC2264 - 3675s

NGC 2264 (Cone Nebula) - 4710s

NGC2266 - 1680s

NGC2371 - 3810s

NGC2392 - 1290s

NGC2403 - 4860s

NGC2419 - 4305s

NGC2419 - 4305s

NGC2420 - 1470s

NGC2420 - 1470s

NGC2537 - 2610s

NGC2537 - 2610s

NGC2683 - 2340s

NGC2775 - 1710s

NGC2832 (Abell 779) - 3330s

NGC2832 (Abell 779) - 3330s

NGC2841 - 3285s

NGC2841 - 3285s

NGC2903 - 4005s

NGC2903 - 4005s

NGC2964/68 - 2850s

NGC3003 - 1740s

NGC3079 - 2580s

NGC3079 - 2580s

NGC3158 group - 3930s

NGC3158 group - 3930s

ngc3184 - 3015s

NGC3193 (Hickson 44) - 3654s

NGC3226/7 - 3060s

NGC3294 - 2430s

NGC3344 - 3240s

NGC3395/6 - 2520s

NGC3413/24/30 - 2520s

NGC3413/24/30 - 2520s

NGC3607/8 - 1290s

NGC3613/9 - 1140s

NGC3628 - 3445s

NGC3718/29 - 1650s

NGC3842 (Abell 1367) - 1680s

NGC3842 (Abell 1367) - 1680s

NGC4085/8 - 2220s

NGC4147 - 3000s

NGC4214 - 1575s

NGC4244 - 2010s

NGC4244 - 2010s

NGC4449 - 2355s

NGC4565 - 2850s

NGC4565 - 2850s

NGC4564/7/8 - 840s

NGC4567/8 - 840s

NGC4631 - 2310s

NGC4631 - 2310s

NGC4656 - 780s

NGC4874 (Abell 1656) - 3375s

NGC4874 (Abell 1656) - 3375s

NGC5005 - 870s

NGC5005 - 870s

NGC5053 - 2130s

NGC5053 - 2130s

NGC5466 - 2220s

NGC5466 - 2220s

NGC5866 - 600s

NGC6210 - 510s

NGC6229 - 1920s

NGC6426 - 600s

NGC6543 - 600s

NGC6572 - 540s

NGC6760 - 1200s

NGC6781 - 2100s

NGC6781 - 2100s

NGC6791 - 660s

NGC6804 - 870s

NGC6826 - 720s

NGC6842 - 1200s

NGC6888 - 4169s

NGC6891 - 570s

NGC6894 - 780s

NGC6905 - 690s

NGC6934 - 1350s

NGC6939 - 2460s

NGC6946 - 4935s

NGC6946 - 4935s

NGC6992 - 4590s

NGC7006 - 1890s

NGC7008 - 2895s

NGC7008 - 2895s

NGC7023 - 8400s

NGC7026 - 750s

NGC7027 - 480s

NGC7048 - 2340s

NGC7048 - 2340s

NGC7129 - 2670s

NGC7142 - 2310s

NGC7318 (Stephan's Quintet)- 4380s

NGC7331 - 12780s

NGC7331 - 12780s

NGC7332/9 - 2070s

NGC7332/9 - 2070s

NGC7448 - 720s

NGC7479 - 3360s

NGC7479 - 3360s

NGC7619/26 - 1590s

NGC7635 - 2190s

NGC7662 - 285s

NGC7788/90 - 1350s

NGC7789 - 1170s

NGC7814 - 3180s

NGC7814 - 3180s

IC289 - 3480s

IC289 - 3480s

IC348 - 780s

IC351 - 780s

IC405 - 8550s

IC434 - 4650s

IC1396 - 2250s

IC2149 - 600s

IC2233 - 2610s

IC3568 - 1650s

IC5146 - 5099s

Abell 04 (PN) - 3900s

Double QSO Q0957+561- 2580s

Comet Hartley-2 - 870s

Comet C/2012 K5 Linear - 1650s

Comet Panstarrs - 1020s

Comet Jacques - 900s

Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 - 860s

Asteroid 2012 DA14 - 9 x 30s

Nova Delphinus 2013 - 390s

Mars

Jupiter and three moons

Jupiter, 2x barlow

Jupiter and four moons

Uranus with Oberon and Titania

Jupiter

Jupiter

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