Equipment Site Info Links Planet Finder WB9DLC Ham Radio Astronomy Home
Dew Control N8i Images ****** ************* Light Polution Filter N8i Alignment

Real N8i Visual Images

I bet you thought that you would find a page of images that I have taken with my modified web cam or my Nikon Cool Pix camera or my Astrovid camera.  Sorry to disappoint you but I haven't tried any imaging - YET!

What I do is search the web for images that best represent what I have seen visually through my Nexstar 8i.  These images may not be real impressive, but they might give others a realistic idea of what they can expect to see.  If you want to see 'Hubble-quality' images, this is not the place.  One of the nicest compilation of images can be found here: http://www.astroimages.org.

M27 - Dumbell
LPR Filter		 M57 - Ring Nebula
LPR Filter		 M1 - Crab Nebula
Actually looked better		 M13
Best Globular		 M104 - Sombrero Gxy
This is pretty accurate

 

M51 - Whirlpool Gxy
At zenith - pretty accurate		 M81 and M82
Both in 32mm eyepiece		 Dble Cluster - Perseus
Barely fits in 32mmeyepiece		 M11 - Wild Duck Cluster M35
Nice winter open cluster

 

M4
Near Anteres - not impressive		 M92
Nice cluster near Hercules		 M42
The best in the sky!		 ET Cluster
Yes, it looks like E.T. !!		 M31 Andromeda Gxy

 

Eskimo Nebula
I learned about averted vision		 Albireo - Scout Double
copyright © 1997-2003 by Jeffrey A.MacQuarrie - Great Color!		 NGC6826 Blinking Planetary
Now you see it - now you don't!		 M94/NGC4736
Pretty easy to see		 NGC7662 - Blue Snowball
This is a little more color than I could see - but close

 

NGC6309 - Box nebula
2 PLN combine to form a box

M17 - Omega/Swan Nebula
 Might look better with a filter

M16 - Eagle Nebula
Maybe could see some nebula
No eagle!

M76 - Little Dumbell
Not quite this bright - Bigger than I imagined

NGC7009 - Saturn Nebula
Very close to what I see

 

 

 

 

 

Double-Double in Lyrae - Near Vega
With 9mm eyepiece on a good night - easily see both double stars.  Also companion 10.5 mag forms triangle.  Good optics test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

YES - you can find better images.  I might even be able, at some point, to take better images.  But these are pretty close to the visual impression that these objects present through the 8 inch SCT.  More to come...