What Dave Did

Elephant Rise by Dave Walker

M33 Triangulum Galaxy by Dave Walker Via Flickr: 24 minutes worth of M33, the Triangulum galaxy, just after the Moon set and before it got too low. 98 shots of fifteen seconds each as it was so windy, taken with a CentralDS Astro 60D cooled to -22°C at ISO 1600, through a SkyWatcher Quattro 8CF, Skywatcher Light Pollution Filter and Baader Coma Corrector, mounted on a SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro. Rough-and-ready process in DeepSkyStacker, Images Plus, Photoshop CS6 and Picasa.

Rosette by Dave Walker Via Flickr: 20 minutes of NGC2237 under heavily light polluted skies. CentralDS Astro60D at -15°C, Astronomik CLS EOS Clip, Canon EF 100-400, SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro

The Seven Sisters by Dave Walker Via Flickr: 30 minutes of the Pleiades under heavily light polluted skies. Will have to go somewhere darker to get that nebulosity. CentralDS Astro60D at -15°C, Astronomik CLS EOS Clip, Canon EF 100-400, SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro

Pretty Sky by Dave Walker Via Flickr: It would seem to be pretty sky season.

Sleeping Goblin by Dave Walker Via Flickr: Snoozing on his fungus perch

Sunshine Flight by Dave Walker Via Flickr: Solar imaging and plane spotting at once.

Sunset at Sea by Dave Walker Via Flickr: Dramatic skies at dusk

Orion Wide by Dave Walker Via Flickr: 22 shots of 1 minute each at ISO 1600 with a modified Canon 40D through a Vivitar 200mm lens on a Vixen Polarie.

Road Tree by Dave Walker Via Flickr: OK, not everywhere do you find a tree just growing in the middle of the road...

Avro Vulcan by Dave Walker Via Flickr: XH558 arrives at Southport Air Show.

Moon Riders by Dave Walker Via Flickr: The Harvest Moon over Billinge Lump. Just a single shot, but processed the RAW file three ways - one for the Moon, another for the foreground and another for the whole scene, then used layers to blend them all back together as one again.

Bubble Nebula by Dave Walker Via Flickr: NGC7635 close-up. It was a bit windy, so I was limited to 15 second subs. So I took 240 of them, totaling one hour of integration. Taken with a full-spectrum modified Canon 40D through a Skywatcher Quattro 8CF.

Godlee Sunset by Dave Walker Via Flickr: View from the Godlee Observatory - Manchester Astronomical Society