Pretty Pictures  02 July 2006

I had 30 minutes to spare before commencing a photometry run on minor planet 826, Henrika, so I snapped a few frames of  showcase objects from the summer sky. It's easy to see the "Eagle" but what do you call the creature near the upper left hand corner?
 

M16- Meade 0.36m SCT@ f/6.37/AP1200GTO/TCF-S/ST10XME/Astronomik 13nm Ha filter/ 3 x 180seconds. Really this is only 9 minutes! Image frame acquired at 0.6 arcsecs/pixel resolution.
 
 

M27- Meade 0.36m SCT@ f/6.37/AP1200GTO/TCF-S/ST10XME/Astronomik 13nm Ha filter/ 5 x 180seconds.
Image frame acquired at 0.6 arcsecs/pixel resolution. Reduced 50%