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, STL6303E
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, 2010 and permission must be obtained for their use. 

 

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RECENT IMAGES AND FAVOURITES

 

ngc6872_STL6303_RC_LRGB.jpg (395117 bytes)

NGC 6872

 ngc3199_STL6303_Hubble.jpg (562392 bytes)

NGC 3199

 m17_STL11K_RC_HaRGB.jpg (546668 bytes)

M17

 uks1_STL6303_RC_IR_LRGB.jpg (826167 bytes)

UKS1 in near infrared

 m8_STL6303_RC_IR_LRGB.jpg (813847 bytes)

M8 in near infrared

 ngc6334_STL6303_RC_IR_LRGB.jpg (707682 bytes)

NGC 6334
ngc6380_STL6303_RC_IR_LRGB.jpg (713068 bytes)

NGC 6380

 ngc5128_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (547666 bytes)

Centaurus A

 ic4499_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (656553 bytes)

IC 4499

 ngc5286_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (802602 bytes)

NGC 5286

 ngc4833_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (1029533 bytes)

NGC 4833

 ngc4696_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (440011 bytes)

NGC 4696
ngc3293_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (604835 bytes)

NGC 3293

 ngc3372_STL11K_RC_Halpha.jpg (388352 bytes)

NGC 3372

 ngc3132_STL6303_RC_RGB.jpg (435130 bytes)

NGC 3132

 ngc2442_STL11K_RC_LLRGB.jpg (352440 bytes)

NGC 2442

 ngc2736_STL6303_RC_HaRGB.jpg (425965 bytes)

NGC 2736

 m46_STL6303_RC_LRGB.jpg (563730 bytes)

M46
ngc1841_ST11K_RC_luminance.jpg (219637 bytes)

NGC 1841

 ngc1935_STL11K_RC_LHaRGB.jpg (1123707 bytes)

NGC 1935

 ngc456_STL11K_RC_LRGB.jpg (814708 bytes)

NGC 456

 ngc346_STL11K_RC_Halpha.jpg (493431 bytes)

NGC 346

 m8_STL11K_RC_Halpha.jpg (212994 bytes)

M8

 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

 

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This page has been visited   times since 18 June 1998
Last updated: 7 August 2010 (new image added)