Chris Vedeler's Astrophotography
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      Nebula & Star clusters

M20 The Trifid Nebula
Taken 5-24-2009 
Scope: AP160
Camera: Q453 / QHY8 CCD
Exposures: 10 x 900 seconds

M42 The Orion Nebula
Taken 10-26-2008 
Scope: AP160 w/.75 focal reducer
Camera: Canon 350xt
Exposures: 

M45 The Pleiades 
Taken 10-26-2008
Scope: AP160 w/.75 focal reducer
Camera: Canon 350xt
Exposures: 

The Horsehead Nebula
Taken 10-25-2008
Winner of Cloudynights October 2008 best image
Scope: AP160 w/.75 focal reducer
Camera: Canon 350xt
Exposures: 10 x 12 minutes

M45 The Pleiades 
Taken 10-25-2008
Scope: AP160 w/.75 focal reducer
Camera: Canon 350xt
Exposures: 8 x 900 seconds

M42 The Orion Nebula
Taken 10-14-2007
Scope: AP160
Camera: Canon 350xt
Exposures: 8 x 900 seconds

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula

M16 The Eagle Nebula

M17 The Swab Nebula

NGC 281 The Pacman Nebula

NGC 7293 The Helix Nebula

M13 The Great globular cluster in Hercules

   Galaxies

M33 The Whirlpool Galaxy

M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
Taken 3/28/2009

M81 & M82 Galaxies
Taken 3/27/2009

   Solar System objects

Saturn

Comet 17/P Holmes

Jupiter

The Moon

The Moon mosaic

   Double Stars  (Click here)