Kevin Bennett

M76 - The Little Dumbell

Kevin Bennett — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:40:55 GMT

M76 - The Little Dumbell

LX-200R 10" at f/10
87 images of 60 second subexposures
Processed with DeepSkyStacker and AIP4Win

NGC 7662 - The Blue Snowball

Kevin Bennett — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:51:40 GMT

NGC 7662 - The Blue Snowball

LX-200R 10" at f/10
35 images of 60 second subexposures
Processed with DeepSkyStacker and AIP4Win

M42 - The Orion Nebula

Kevin Bennett — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:23:41 GMT

M42 - The Orion Nebula

LX-200R 10" at f/6.3
48 images of 60 second subexposures
Processed with DeepSkyStacker and AIP4Win

NGC 869

Kevin Bennett — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:05:17 GMT

NGC 869

NGC 869, one half of the "Double Cluster" (with NGC 884)

LX-200R 10"
0.5x Antares focal reducer
100 images of 8 second subexposures
Processed with DeepSkyStacker and AIP4Win

M1 - The Crab Nebula

Kevin Bennett — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:04:00 GMT

M1 - The Crab Nebula

LX-200R 10"
60 images of 60 second subexposures (1 hour total)
Processed with DeepSkyStacker and AIP4Win
(Alternate processing method from the previous M1 image)

M77 (also NGC 1068)

Kevin Bennett — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:02:13 GMT

M77 (also NGC 1068)

LX-200R 10"
Antares 0.5x focal reducer for an effective focal ratio of f/5
47 images of 60 second subexposures (47 minutes total)
Processed with DeepSkyStacker and AIP4Win

M1 Crab Nebula

Kevin Bennett — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:50:13 GMT

M1 Crab Nebula

M1 - The Crab Nebula

LX-200R 10"
60 images of 60 second subexposures (1 hour total)
Processed with DeepSkyStacker and AIP4Win

M77 First try

Kevin Bennett — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:33:57 GMT

M77 First try

M77 First try
30 60-second exposures at f/10

M35 Open Cluster

Kevin Bennett — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:38:09 GMT

M35 Open Cluster

M35 Open Cluster - stack of 19 images, each 30 seconds at f/10.

Jupiter - 10/18/08

Kevin Bennett — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:55:36 GMT

Jupiter - 10/18/08

Jupiter at f/20, with Ganymeade (and Io, very faintly on the right edge). 203 stacked images, of 0.0575 sec exposure.

Uranus - 10/24/08

Kevin Bennett — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:34:17 GMT

Uranus - 10/24/08

Uranus, with Oberon, Titania, and Umbriel. You can just make out Umbriel in the glare on the lower side of the planet. Stacked 76, 30 second exposures.

M2, 10/24/08

Kevin Bennett — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:04:45 GMT

M2, 10/24/08

M2, stack of 19, 30 second exposures

Uranus, annotated - 10/24/08

Kevin Bennett — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:36:31 GMT

Uranus, annotated - 10/24/08

Uranus, with Oberon, Titania, and Umbriel identified. Stack of 76 images, 30 second exposures.

Neptune, with Triton (10/24/08)

Kevin Bennett — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:16:08 GMT

Neptune, with Triton (10/24/08)

Neptune, with triton. 2 second exposures, 78 exposures stacked.

M15 - 10/08/08

Kevin Bennett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:28:38 GMT

M15 - 10/08/08

M15 taken on 10/8/08, with 15 second exposures.

NGC 3242 - The Ghost of Jupiter

Kevin Bennett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:21:34 GMT

NGC 3242 - The Ghost of Jupiter

NGC 3242 - The Ghost of Jupiter. Images were taken on 5/20/07, and reprocessed using AIP4WIN on 6/21/2008. See "Nebulae - 2007 and earlier" for the original version.

Jupiter, with transit of Europa

Kevin Bennett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:13:32 GMT

Jupiter, with transit of Europa

Jupiter taken on 9/1/08. Shows Ganymeade, Io, and Europa, with Europa's shadow on the face of Jupiter.

Jupiter - 6/28/06

Kevin Bennett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:05:10 GMT

Jupiter - 6/28/06

Early Jupiter photo, taken on 6/28/06

Jupiter - 6/25/06

Kevin Bennett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:00:15 GMT

Jupiter - 6/25/06

Early Jupiter photo taken 6/25/06

M15 - 30 second exposures

Kevin Bennett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:29:37 GMT

M15 - 30 second exposures

M15 taken on 10/8/08, with 30 second exposures.