CCD ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES FROM CANBERRA

Welcome! My name is Steve Crouch and I live in Canberra in the Australian Capital territory.  Click here to see my geographical location.  Canberra is a city of about 300,000 and the skies are reasonably good at my outer suburban location. I have been involved in astronomy since the sixties. 

Click here for a list of frequently visited astronomy and space sites that includes sources for astronomical software.

My main activity is CCD imaging from my backyard observatory using the following equipment:

MAIN IMAGING TELESCOPES 31.75cm (12.5") RCOS Ritchey Chretien , Takahashi Epsilon 180ED, C14
MOUNT Losmandy HGM200
CCD CAMERAS CURRENTLY OWNED Toucam Pro II Webcam, STL11000M
IMAGING ACCESSORIES Astrophysics focal reducer, Optec focal reducer, Lumicon Giant Easy Guider, SBIG CLA-7 camera lens adapter
ADDITIONAL TELESCOPES OWNED C8, Meade ETX-90, Coronado MaxScope 40

 The following links lead to examples of my work.  The shots under the "Recent Images" heading eventually migrate to the appropriate category pages.  Older images will be progressively removed as they are replaced with newer versions.

 All images are copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and permission must be obtained for their use. 

 

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STAR CLUSTERS

 NEBULAE EPSILON 180 IMAGES

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COMET McNAUGHT

 

RECENT IMAGES AND FAVOURITES

 

ngc6362_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (676375 bytes)

NGC 6362
rcw102_STL11K_RC_HaRGB.jpg (1136996 bytes)

Ant nebula and RCW102

 hubble_moon.jpg (361053 bytes)

Almost full moon in Hubble palette

 ngc5460_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (579944 bytes)

NGC 5460

 m83_STL11K_RC_HaLRGB.jpg (274025 bytes)

M 83

 ngc5139_STL11K_RC_RGB.jpg (909480 bytes)

NGC 5139

 ngc3603_STL11K_RC_Halpha.jpg (472845 bytes)

NGC 3576 and 3603
ngc3201_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (857869 bytes)

NGC 3201

 ngc1808_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (216642 bytes)

NGC 1808

 ngc2997_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (351526 bytes)

NGC 2997

 ngc2818_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (473729 bytes)

NGC 2818

 ngc2467_STL11K_RC_HaRGB.jpg (737408 bytes)

NGC 2467

 ngc2070_STL11K_RC_Hubble_nb.jpg (555792 bytes)

NGC 2070
ngc1097_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (294928 bytes)

NGC 1097

 ngc288_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (335719 bytes)

NGC 288

 ngc246_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (191484 bytes)

NGC 246

 ngc7582_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (208806 bytes)

Grus triplet

 ngc6440_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (1487157 bytes)

NGC 6440 and NGC 6445

 ngc5986_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (736205 bytes)

NGC 5986

 

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This page has been visited   times since 18 June 1998
Last updated: 28  May 2009 (new image added)