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Open Clusters

M45 - The Pleiades
lens  Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L USM at f/2.8
camera  Canon EOS 40D
film  ISO 400
exposure  18x 360s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  6th of September - Montlaux, France
comment  3000 x 2000
m45

M35 and IC443
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 200mm f/2.8
camera  Modified Canon EOS 20D
filter  Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 Front Filter
film  ISO 1600
exposure  14x 360s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  15th and 16th of April 2007 - Any-Martin-Rieux, France
comment  Open Clusters: M35, NGC2158, Collinder 89, IC2156 and IC2157
comment  Nebulae: IC443, LBN845, Sh2-249 and IC444
comment  3450 x 2300 (3MB!)
m35 and ic443

M35 and IC443
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 200mm f/2.8
camera  Canon EOS 20D
filter  Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 Front Filter
film  ISO 1600
exposure  12x 300s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  22nd of December 2006 - Any-Martin-Rieux, France
comment  Open Clusters: M35, NGC2158, Collinder 89, IC2156 and IC2157
comment  Nebulae: IC443, Simeis 247, Sh2-249 and IC444
comment  Galaxy: PGC143077 as a few pixels in the hi-res version
comment  3000 x 2000
m35 and ic443

M38 and The Flaming Star
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 200mm f/2.8
camera  Canon EOS 20D
filter  Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 Front Filter
film  ISO 1600
exposure  12x 300s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  22nd of December 2006 - Any-Martin-Rieux, France
comment  Objects recognizable: M38, IC405, IC410/NGC1893, IC417/Stock8, NGC1907 and LBN794
comment  2100 x 1400
m38 and the flaming star

M45 - The Pleiades
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 200mm f/4
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 1600
exposure  14x 300s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  18th of December 2006 - Any-Martin-Rieux, France
m45

Mel111 - The Hair of Berenice
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 200mm f/2.8
camera  Canon EOS 20D
filter  Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 Front Filter
film  ISO 1600
exposure  12x 300s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  22nd of December 2006 - Any-Martin-Rieux, France
comment  Background galaxies: NGC4393, NGC4448, NGC4494, NGC4559, NGC4562 and NGC4565
mel 111

M38, NGC1907, NGC1931, IC 405, IC 410 and Sh2-234
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 200mm f/2.8
camera  Canon EOS 20D
filter  Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 Front Filter
film  ISO 800
exposure  30x 120s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  21th of November 2006 - Hove, Belgium
m38, ngc1907, ngc1931, ic405, ic410 and sh2-234

M45 - The Pleiades
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 190mm f/2.8
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 800
filter  Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 Front Filter
exposure  16x 120s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  19th of November 2006 - Hove, Belgium
comment  First exposure on newly arrived Losmandy GM8
m45

M44 and Saturn
lens  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 1600
exposure  Mosaic of 4 frames of 9x60s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  31st of January 2006 - Hove, Belgium
m44 and saturn

M44 and Saturn
lens  EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM at 70mm f/4
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 1600
exposure  45 exposures of 5s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  27th of January 2006 - Achtmaal, The Netherlands
m44 and saturn

M35 and NGC2158
lens  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 800
exposure  15 exposures of 120s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  3rd of January 2006 - Hove, Belgium
m45

M45 - The Pleiades
lens  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 800
exposure  23 exposures of 120s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  5th of November 2005 - Hove, Belgium
m45

M45 - The Pleiades
lens  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 800
exposure  6 exposures of 120s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  11th of October 2005 - Hove, Belgium
m45

h & Chi Persii
lens  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 800
exposure  30 exposures of 30s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  11th of October 2005 - Hove, Belgium
h & chi persii

h & Chi Persii
lens  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 400
exposure  6 exposures of 30s
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  17th of August 2005 - Hove, Belgium
h & chi persii

M11 in the Scutum cloud
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM at 159mm f/4
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 400
exposure  33 minutes of combined exposures
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  13th of August 2005 - Fornet-Dessus, Switzerland
comment  Up to 13 Barnard dark nebula and several open clusters are visible
m11

M24 and M17
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM at 200mm f/4
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 400
exposure  20 minutes of combined exposures
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  10th of August 2005 - Fornet-Dessus, Switzerland
comment  M24 is not a star cluster but rather a window on the next arm in our galaxy
m24 and m17

M45 - The Pleiades
lens  Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM at 200mm f/4
camera  Canon EOS 20D
film  ISO 400
exposure  20 minutes of combined exposures
processing  Processing in Photoshop CS2 and Iris
location  10th of August 2005 - Fornet-Dessus, Switzerland
comment  A nasty reflection caused some additional nebula
m45

M67
telescope  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon New F-1
film  Fuji Sensia II 400
exposure  8 minutes
processing  Processing in Photoshop 6.0, Neat Image and Iris
location  6th of February 2005 - Hove, Belgium
m67

NGC2244
telescope  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon New F-1
film  Fuji Sensia II 400
exposure  8 minutes
processing  Processing in Photoshop 6.0, Neat Image and Iris
location  6th of February 2005 - Hove, Belgium
ngc2244

M35 and NGC2158
telescope  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon New F-1
film  Fuji Sensia II 400
exposure  15 minutes
processing  Processing in Photoshop 6.0, Neat Image and Iris
location  12th of January 2005 - Hove, Belgium
m35

M45 - The Pleiades
telescope  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon New F-1
film  Fuji Sensia II 400
exposure  2 minutes
processing  Crop, levels, curves and unsharp masking in Photoshop 6.0 and noise reduction in Iris
location  12th of January 2005 - Hove, Belgium
m45

NGC6910 and Sadr, Gamma Cygni
telescope  Takahashi FS-102
camera  Canon New F-1
film  Fuji Sensia II 400
exposure  4 minutes
processing  Crop, levels, curves and unsharp masking in Photoshop 6.0 and noise reduction in Iris
location  15th of May 2004 - Hove, Belgium
ngc6910
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