MESSIER OBJECTS
M001 - Crab Nebula in Taurus
  • ST8-XME w/7nm H-Alpha filter on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 32x2 minute sigma-clipped exposures, binned 2x2, January 2012
M001 - Crab Nebula in Taurus
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 30 second frame, Feb 25th 2018
M001 - Crab Nebula in Taurus
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 + UHC filter : averaged live stack of 16 x 7 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, darks and flats applied, February 9th 2019.
M001 - Crab Nebula in Taurus
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 + UHC filter : averaged live stack of 16 x 5 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, darks and flats applied, February 18th 2019 - cropped.
M013 - globular cluster in Hercules : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 19x2 minute median combined exposures, binned 2x2, June 18th 2011 - for Michèle (1951-2011)
M017 - Swan / Omega bright nebula in Sagittarius : enlargement
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 5 x 10 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018
​M020 - Trifid bright nebula in Sagittarius : enlargement
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 5 x 10 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018
M027 - Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula : enlargement
  • ST8-XME w/7nm H-Alpha filter on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 24x5 minute median combined exposures binned 2x2, July 2013
M027 - Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula : enlargement
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 10 inch SCT @f/5 : averaged live stack of 10x 11 second sub-exposures, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no flats , September 18th, 2018
M031 - Andromeda Galaxy in Andromeda
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Single 5 minute exposure, binned 2x2, November 2010
M031 / 032 / 110 - Andromeda Galaxy in Andromeda : enlargement
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 120mm EON refractor @ f/3.5-4 : 16 Registax6 combined live stacks (added) of 3 x 5 second sub-exposures, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , August 19th 2018
M031 - Andromeda Galaxy in Andromeda
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @f/5 : 16 median kappa sigma clipped 5 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018​
M031 - Andromeda Galaxy in Andromeda
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @f/5 : averaged live stack of 32 x 10 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , November 2018​ = crop
​M033 - Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 13x5 minute added exposures, binned 2x2, December 2017
M033 - Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum : enlargement
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 5 x 15 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018. Processed to accentuate the faint spiral arms.
M033 - Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum 
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 16 x 10 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , December 29th 2018
M036 - Open cluster in Auriga 
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 16 x 5 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, darks and flats applied, February 11th 2019
M037 - Open cluster in Auriga 
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 16 x 5 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, darks and flats applied, February 11th 2019
M038 - Open cluster in Auriga 
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 16 x 5 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, darks and flats applied, February 11th 2019
M042 - Great Nebula in Orion : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 93x30 seconds median combined exposures, binned 2x2, December 2010
M044 - Beehive Cluster in Cancer
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 + UHC filter : averaged live stack of 16 x 1.55 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, darks and flats applied, February 18th 2019.
M045 - Pleiades Cluster in Taurus : enlargements
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 5 x 18 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018 ... clockwise Maia, Electra, Merope and Alcyone
M051 - Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, May 17th 2014
M051 - Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 22x5 minute mean kappa sigma clip exposures, binned 2x2, March 2018. Note faint galaxies IC 4278 (Mag 15.4) to left and IC 4277 (Mag 16.5) to upper left.
M051 - Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici + crop : enlargements
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 5 x 10 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018
M056 - globular cluster in Vega
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 27x5 minute median combined exposures, binned 2x2, July 2017
M057 - Ring Nebula in Lyra
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 24x5 minute mean kappa sigma clip exposures, binned 2x2, July 2018
M061 - anticlockwise spiraL galaxy and "apparent" neighbours in Virgo
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 60 second frame, May 10th 2013 ... cf M-051 (mirrored) !!!
M063 - Sunflower Galaxy, flocculent spiral in Canes Venatici : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 24x5 minute median combined exposures, binned 2x2, April 2018
M064 - Blackeye Galaxy in Coma Berenices : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 16x2 minute added exposures, binned 2x2, early June 2011
M065 - spiral galaxy in Leo
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 60 second frame, March 2018
M066- spiral galaxy in Leo : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 9x2 minute added exposures, binned 2x2, March 2011
M066 - spiral galaxy in Leo
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/6.3 : Single 60 second frame, March 2018
M074 - clockwise spiral galaxy in Pisces : enlargement
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 20x5 minute added exposures, binned 2x2, December 2017
M074 - clockwise spiral galaxy in Pisces
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 10 x 20 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018
M076 - planetary nebula in Perseus
  • ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 21x2 minute median combined exposures, binned 2x2, December 2011​​
M076 - planetary nebula in Perseus
  • Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @f/5 : averaged live stack of 16 x 10 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , November 2018​ = crop
M081 - grand design spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, March 31st 2014
M082 - spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, March 31st 2014
M083 - barred grand design spiral galaxy in Hydra
  • ​MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, May 28th 2014
M094 - Crocodiles Eye spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici
MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, May 28th 2014
M095 - barred spiral galaxy in Leo
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 60 second frame, March 2018
M096 - spiral galaxy in Leo
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 60 second frame, March 2018
M097 - Owl Nebula in Ursa Major
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, Feb 26th 2018
M098 - anticlockwise spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices : enlargement
  • ​​ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 36x5 minute median combined exposures, binned 2x2, April 2015
M099 - clockwise spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices : enlargement
  • ​​ST8-XME on 10" SCT @f/6.3 : Stack of 18x5 minute median combined exposures, binned 2x2, May 2015
M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 60 second frame, May 3rd 2013​
M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major : enlargement
  • Sky Raider DS10c on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 : averaged live stack of 5 x 10 second frames, binned 2x2, high conversion gain, no darks or flats , Foymount, September 8th 2018
M104 - Sombrero Galaxy in Corvus
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 30 second frame, April 30th 2014
M105 (elliptical galaxy, top centre) and NGC 3384 + 3389 (spiral galaxies) in Leo
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 60 second frame, March 2018
M106 - spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, March 31st 2014
M106 - spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC XT2-428 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, Feb 26th 2018
M108 - spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, March 31st 2014
M108 - spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC XT2-418 on 10" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, Feb 26th 2018
M109 - spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
  • MC-X2 on 6" SCT @ f/3.3 : Single 40 second frame, March 31st 2014 ... note PGC 4011292 (mag 18.6) right of centre