Astrophotography by John Murphy

 

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Messier Objects

M1 Crab Nebula

14th January 2007

Deep Sky: 45 minutes

RGB: 48 minutes

Crab Nebula in Taurus

(Supernovae remnant)

M1 Crab Nebula

1st March 2009

Clear: 6x5minutes

Crab Nebula in Taurus

(Supernovae remnant)

M1 Crab Nebula

1st March 2009

H-alpha: 12x5minutes

Crab Nebula in Taurus

(Supernovae remnant)

M3

9th June 2008

Deep Sky: 15 minutes

Globular Cluster

M13

31st May 2006

Clear: 44minutes

Globular star cluster in Hercules

M14

5th June 2008

Deep Sky 10 minutes

Globular star cluster

M16

5th June 2008

Deep Sky: 60 minutes

Eagle Nebula

M17

5th June 2008

Deep Sky: 20 minutes

Swan / Omega Nebula

M20

9th June 2008

Deep Sky: 720 seconds

Trifid Nebula

M27

29th June 2006

Clear: 60 minutes

RGB: 80 minutes

Dumbbell Nebula

(Planetary Nebula)

M27 B&W

29th June 2006

Clear: 60 minutes

Dumbbell Nebula in B&W to enhance detail

(Planetary Nebula )

M31 M32 M110

31st October 2008

Deep Sky: 6 tile mosaic

Andromeda Galaxy

(Spiral Galaxy)

M33

10th September 2007

Clear: 120 minutes

RGB: 54 minutes

Triangulum Galaxy

(Spiral Galaxy)

M35

21st January 2007

 

Open Cluster in Gemini

(Open Cluster)

M42, M43

14th January 2005

RGB: 30 minutes

Vixen GP, Canon 300D SLR

Orion Nebula

(Emission Nebula)

M42, M43 B&W

23th November 2008

Deep Sky: 2 tiles of 40 minutes

Orion Nebula

(Emission Nebula)

M45 M45 Pleiades

17th October 2009
4 tiles of  36 minutes Pleiades

(Star Cluster / Reflection Nebula)

M46

29th December 2007

Deep Sky: 1 minute

(unguided)

Star Cluster with planetary nebula

M51

23rd May 2009

Deep Sky: 36 x 5 minutes

Whirlpool Galaxy

(Spiral Galaxy)

M57

4th June 2006

RGB: 60 minutes

Ring Nebula

(Planetary Nebula)

M63

11th February 2008

Clear: 120 minutes

Sunflower Galaxy

(Spiral Galaxy)

M64

11th February 2008

 

Clear: 12 x 5minutes

Spiral Galaxy

M65

14th March 2007

Clear: 65 minutes

RGB: 36 minutes

Leo Triplet

(Spiral Galaxy)

M66

14th March 2007

Clear: 65 minutes

RGB: 36 minutes

Leo Triplet

(Spiral Galaxy)

M65 M66 NGC3628

20th, 21st, 28th March 2009

NGC3628 21x5min Clear

M65 M66 17x5min Clear

Leo Triplet

M67

14th March 2009

Deep Sky: 11x2 minutes

Open Cluster

 M76 Dumbbell Nebula Deep Sky: 12 minutes Little Dumbbell

(Planetary Nebula)

M78 & NGC 2071

5th January 2008

Deep Sky: 65 minutes Reflection Nebula in Orion
M81

2nd February 2008

 

Clear:

Deep Sky:

Bodes Galaxy

(Spiral Galaxy)

M82

18th March 2009

H-alpha 4h 20m

L 2h 5m

Red 1h 5m

Blue 1h 18m

Cigar Galaxy

M82 H-alpha

16th March 2009

12nm H-alpha 4h 20m

Cigar Galaxy in H-alpha

The Eyes, M86, M84

5th March 2009

Deep Sky 14x5minutes

South West part of Markarian's Chain. Virgo Galaxy Cluster.

M95

M95

14th March 2010

Deep Sky: 16 x 10min
Red: 12 x 5min
Blue: 12 x 5min
Barred Spiral (Leo)

M96

1st March 2009

Clear: 12x5minutes Spiral Galaxy

M97 Owl

M97

29th January 2010

H-alpha 60 minutes Owl Nebula

(Planetary Nebula)

M101

M101

29th March 2009

Deep Sky: 41x5 minutes

Spiral Galaxy

M104

29th March 2009

Deep Sky: 24x5 minutes

Sombrero Galaxy

(Spiral Galaxy)

M106M106

15th May 2010
Clear: 25x5 minutesSpiral Galaxy

(Seyfert)
M108

9th June 2008

Deep Sky: 30 minutes Edge on spiral Galaxy
M109

4th March 2010
Deep Sky: 3hr 20min
RGB: 3hr
Barred Spiral
in
Ursa Major


Caldwell Objects

C11

1st August 2006

Deep Sky: 120 minutes

RGB: 128 minutes

Bubble Nebula

(Emission Nebula)

C11 H-alpha

10th September 2009

H-alpha: 100 minutes Bubble Nebula in H-alpha

(Emission Nebula)

C12

18th July 2006

Clear: 135 minutes

RGB: 128 minutes

Fireworks Galaxy

(Spiral Galaxy)

C14

11th October 2008

Mosaic of 3 tiles

15 minutes per tile

Red filter

Double Cluster in Perseus

C15

16th July 2006

Clear: 28 minutes

RGB: 29 minutes

Blinking Nebula

(Planetary Nebula)

C19

10th September 2007

Deep Sky: 120 minutes

RGB: 54 minutes

Cocoon Nebula

(Emission Nebula)

C20  
30th August 2010
 10 frames of H-alpha
Most frames were
6 x 10minutes
North American Nebula
and Pelican Nebula

(Emission Nebla in Cygnus)
C23

29th August 2006

Clear: 35 minutes Edge on spiral galaxy in Andromeda (NGC 891)

C24

15th September 2007

Clear: 120 minutes

RGB: 36 minutes

Perseus A and the Abell 426 Galaxy Cluster

C27

29th June 2008

Deep Sky: 33 minutes

Red: 10 minutes

Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
C30

15th September 2007

Clear: 60 minutes

RGB: 23 minutes

Deer Lick Galaxy Group in Pegasus (NGC 7331)
C33

24th July 2006

Clear: 60 minutes Veil Nebula

(Supernova Remnant)

Veil Nebula C33 mosaic

24th July 2006

Ha: 35 tiles
35 x 3 x 10 minutes
Veil Nebula mosaic
C39 Eskimo Nebula

29th December 2007

Deep Sky: 15 minutes Eskimo nebula in Gemini.

NGC 2392

(Planetary Nebula)

Rosetta C49 / C50 Rosetta Nebula

3rd / 4th January 2010
H-alpha: 6 frames,

5.7 hours
Rosetta Nebula in Monoceros

Caldwell 49 / 50

(Emission nebula)
PacmanC56 Pacman Nebula

9th September 2009
H-alpha: 16x600s

2 hours 40 minutes
Pacman Nebula in Cassiopia

Caldwell 56 / NGC 281

(Emission Nebula)

C63 Helix Nebula

12th September 2009

H-alpha: 70 minutes Helix (The eye of God)

NGC 7293

(Planetary Nebula)


NGC / Deep Sky

Stephan's Quintet

15th September 2007

Clear: 60 minutes

RGB: 23 minutes

Stephan's Quintet

(Galaxy Group)

NGC 1977

13th November 2007

Deep Sky: 90 minutes The Running Man

(Reflection Nebula)

IC434 Horse Head nebula

22nd January 2007

Clear: 70 minutes Horse Head Nebula

(Dark molecular cloud)

NGC 2024

10th December 2007

Deep Sky: 20 minutes Flame Nebula

(Emission Nebula)

NGC 2264

10th February 2010
H-alpha: 51 minutes Cone Nebula

(Emission Nebula)
sn2010bjNGC 2357 & SN2010bj

16th April 2010
Clear: 20 x 5 minutes

Total = 1h 40m
Supernovae in edge on galaxy
NGC 3628

20th March 2007

Clear: 70 minutes Part of Leo Triplet

(Spiral Galaxy)

NGC 4088 & SN2009dd

22nd April 2009

Deep Sky: 22x5minutes

Supernovae SN2009dd in Spiral Galaxy

Draco Galaxy TrioNGC 5981, 5982, 5985

12th April 2010
Clear: 5 hours
Red: 13x300s
Blue: 13x360s
Draco Galaxy Trio

Pelican Nebula

12th September 2009

4 frames of H-alpha:

60, 60, 60, 80 minutes

Emission Nebula in Cygnus


Planets

Mars 2nd October 2005

16th October 2005

 
Jupiter 1st April 2005

12th April 2005

28th May 2005

Includes Jupiter - Io transit animation
Saturn 1st April 2005

20th April 2009

 


Moon

Phase 13%

30th June 2008

1 x 0.1 seconds  

Phase 22%

7th June 2008

1 x 0.04 seconds Lunar 100 22%
Phase 36%

10th May 2008

1 x 0.03 seconds Lunar 100 36%
Phase 47%

11th May 2008

1 x 0.1 seconds Lunar 100 47%

Phase 58%

12th May 2008

1 x 0.08 seconds Lunar 100 58%
Phase 68%

13th May 2008

1 x 0.1 seconds Lunar 100 68%

Phase 77%

26th February 2007

10 x 0.2 seconds

Lunar 100 77%
Full Moon

2nd April 2007

10 x 1/200th second

 
Aristoteles

5th April 2006

Phillips Toucam  
L29 Rima Ariadaeus

5th April 2006

Phillips Toucam Lunar 100 58%
L45 Maurolycus

5th April 2006

Phillips Toucam Lunar 100 58%

 

Constellations

Orion