Astrophotos taken by ALP members at Buso-Buso , Antipolo

Observation Report

ASTROPHOTOS TAKEN BY ALPERS AT BUSO-BUSO , ANTIPOLO

December 4-5, 2004

ASTROPHOTO GALLERY

Below are images taken by James Kevin Ty using 4" f/5.4 TV-101 refractor with Canon EOS 300D digital camera at prime focus on GP-DX mount with SS2000.

SUBJECT	NOTES
	M33 Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum - Had a hard time getting details out of this image because of poor hazy sky. Will try my luck again at darker skies of Caliraya , Laguna i the days to come.
	M42 Great Orion Nebula in Orion- All time favorite deep sky object whether you are a newbie or veteran observer or astrophotographer.
	M78 Planetary Nebula in Orion - a small irregular shape planetary nebula that looks like a pair of eye looking back at you :) LOL
	M31 Andromeda Galaxy in Andromeda - finally bag this elusive galaxy [reason is that it is either cloudy or raining when I want to image this bright and easy to find galaxy for the past several years already :) LOL ]
	Comet 2004 Q2 Machholz in Columba - now at mag 5.9, this brightening comet with greenish nucleus still show a short tail. :(
	M34 Open Star Cluster in Perseus - a small loose open cluster.
	NGC 1499 California Nebula in Perseus - this is a very huge reflection nebula which is easy to image under very dark skies. But in Buso-Buso, I had a hard time getting a good exposure of this nebula. This will be in my next target list at Caliraya.
	NGC884/869 Double Star Cluster in Perseus - one of the most beautiful pair of open star cluster! Stunning in my TV-101 refractor with 12mm Nagler at 45x.
	M35 Open Star Cluster in Gemini - Very nice large open star cluster.

Below are images taken by Jett Aguilar using Celestron C8 with f/6.3 reducer with Canon EOS 300D digital camera at prime focus on GP-DX mount with SS2000.

SUBJECT	NOTES
	M31 Andromeda Galaxy in constellation Andromeda - "Well, I think I got a passable unguided 2 1/2 mins exposure snapshot of Andromeda for the first time. It would be interesting what images I could get with my Stellarvue AT1010 and my MX5C CCD camera. I think I’m about ready to try out my CCD camera for the next star party."
	M42 Orion Nebula in constellation Orion - "I also took images again of the great Orion nebula, taking both slightly longer exposures (still unguided)"
	Trapezium - "I also took images of the inner core of great Orion nebula, taking both slightly longer exposures (still unguided).
	2004 Q2 Machholz - " I got a 1 minute exposure before the sky finally got covered with dense clouds. Well, I’m still quite satisfied since this is my first comet image ever!"

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