Welcome to the Curdridge Observatory Astronomy, Telescope and Astrophotography Blog

Welcome to the Curdridge telescope observatory astrophotography blog. We explore many aspects of astronomy and astrophotography especially including projects such as telescope mounts. We have a Newtonian reflecting telescope in our budget observatory made from fence panels. Most of our imaging is done using Astrodon narrowband filters and cooled astronomy CCD cameras.

Category: Objects
Posted by: Tom How
The Sharpless catalogue of Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) regions is a goldmine of objects for the narrowband astrophotographer. The targets range from bright familiar targets to very dim obscure nebula that are extremely hard to get into decent images.

Recently I found a fantastic resource to help with planning Sharpless Catalogue imaging sessions......

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Category: Objects
Posted by: Tom How
I've been concentrating my imaging efforts on the Sharpless Catalogue of HA region lately, specifically SH2-129. I decided to find out a bit more about this object. Among other things, it is apparently called the Flying Bat Nebula!

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