Member Pictures

  • Object: M27 (Dumbbell Nebula)

  • Photographer: Ott, Jerry jerald.ott@navy.mil

  • Date and Time:6-27 and 6-28-09

  • Location: Ridgecrest, CA USA.

  • William Optics FLT 98 Flourostar refractor. f6.3, FL618. Orion ST-80 Refractor and Orion Guide Camera with PHD v1.10.4 guiding software.

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  • Comment: Imaged and Processed with Meade Envisage software using Dark Subtract. Processed for LRGB in Nebulosity 2.1.4. Additional processing in Nebulosity and Photoshop CS3.




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  • Photographer:Earl Wilson

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  • Orion from Anza Borrego SP
  • Photographer:Susan Ridgway

  • Date and Time:12/31/08

  • Location: Clark dry lake, Anza Borrego SP, California

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  • M8
  • Photographer: David Gregg starz6@verizon.net

  • Date and Time: 07/25/08

  • Location: Frazier Park, California

  • Equipment: FSQ106 on an MI-250 mount. Camera:ST2000XM

  • Exposure: LRGB 60:100:45:60 min




  • M42 - Orion Nebula
  • Photographer: David Gregg

  • Date and Time:3/08/08

  • Location:Lockwood Valley , Calif

  • Equipment:4" refractor

  • Exposure: 70 min



  • Object: Horsehead Nebula In Orion

  • Photographer: Ott, Jerry jerald.ott@navy.mil

  • Date and Time: December, 29 2008

  • Location: Ridgecrest, CA USA.

  • Equipment: Orion Short Tube 80 f/5.0 FL 400mm

  • Exposure: 200, 30 second images. Stacked

  • Comment: Imager:an Orion Starshoot Deep Space Color Imager 1.Processing: Stacked and Processed with Nebulosity 2.0.9.




  • Object: M45 "The Pleiades"

  • Photographer: Ott, Jerry jerald.ott@navy.mil

  • Date and Time: 31 Dec 2008

  • Location: Ridgecrest, CA USA.

  • Equipment: William-Optics 110mm Flourostar Refractor, f/7.0 FL 770mm. Orion .5x Focal Reducer

  • Exposure: 9, 5 Minute images.

  • Comment: Guided with Jerry Ott's Orion Short Tube 80mm Refractor with Orion Starshoot Guide Camera.Imaged and Processed with Nebulosity 2.0.9. Additional Processing with Photoshop CS3.




  • Helix Nebula
  • Photographer: David Gregg starz6@verizon.net

  • Date and Time: August and September 2007

  • Location: Lockwood Valley (Mt. Pinos) , CA

  • Equipment: C8 on an MI-250 mount

  • Exposure: 7 hours




  • Object:Veil Nebula NGC6992

  • Photographer: David Gregg starz6@verizon.net

  • Date and Time: September, 2007

  • Location: N/A

  • Equipment: 4" Tak FSQ106

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  • Object: Venus and Moon

  • Photographer: Carroll Evans

  • Date and Time:May 19, 2007

  • Location:Ridgecrest, CA

  • Equipment:Nikon D-50 digital camera 300 mm lens

  • Exposure: 1/60 second




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