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Images from beyond the solar system, for example of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters.

Double star Albeiro, or Beta Cygni, in the constellation of Cygnus. 10th Nov 2011.

Delta Lyrae Steph1 open cluster, in the constellation of Lyra. 10th Nov 2011.

M57 Ring Nebula - Planetary Nebula. 10th Nov 2011. 4x60 second exposures.

M31 Andromeda Galaxy. 17th Nov 2011. Canon EOS 300D at prime focus. 13 x 120 second unguided sub-exposures.

M45 Pleiades (Seven Sisters). 23rd Nov 2011. Canon EOS 300D at prime focus. 12 x 120 second unguided sub-exposures.

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy paired with NGC 5195 in Canes Venatici, 29th Dec 2011. 9 x 2 min exposures. Two smaller galaxies appear towards right and lower right - IC 4263 and NGC 5169.

M100 Type Sc Spiral Galaxy and other galaxies in Coma Berenices, 18th Feb 2012.

M37 open cluster in Auriga. 18th Feb 2012.

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major. 20th Mar 2012. Type Sc Spiral Galaxy. 24x90 second and 4x120 second exposures, total 44 mins.

NGC 7023 Iris Nebula. 19 x 2 min sec exposures. 4 x 3 min exposures. 10th Apr 2012.

M65 and M66 with NGC 3628 - galaxies in Leo. 15th Apr 2012. 80 mins total exposure from 32 individual 150 second exposures.

M5 globular cluster in Serpens, 9th Jun 2012.

M13 globular cluster in Hercules, 22nd Jun 2012.

M33 Triangulum Galaxy. 3rd Nov 2012. Canon EOS 300D at prime focus. 24 x 150 second unguided sub-exposures.

M74 Spiral Galaxy in Pisces. 10th Nov 2012.

M42 M43 Great Orion Nebula, 12th Dec 2012. Canon EOS 300D.

M81 (left) and M82 (right) including SN2014J supernova in M82, 25th Jan 2014. Luminance data only.

M63, Sunflower Galaxy, 8th Mar 2014. Luminance data only.

M3 globular cluster in Canes Venatici. 23rd Mar 2014. Luminance data only.

M51 spiral galaxy and NGC 5195. Luminance = 23 x 600 sec unbinned. RGB all binned x3. R=15 x 200sec. G=15 x 240sec. B=9 x 320 sec. 18th Apr 2014.

NGC 7635 emission nebula in Cassiopeia. H-Alpha image (8 x 30min exposures). 26th May 2014.

NGC 7822 emission nebula in Cepheus. 7x30 minute sub-exposures in H-Alpha, between May and Jun 2014.

NGC 6995 Veil Nebula in Cygnus. H-Alpha, SII and OII sub-exposures. Jul 2014.

M13 globular cluster in Hercules, LRGB image, 23rd Jul 2014.

M81 and M82 galaxies. 19th/20th May 2018.

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