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| Astronomy and Astrophotography |
| Jupiter: Taken with NexImage imager through the 8SE - Registax processed |
| Moon: Canon 5D reduced through Denk S2 diagonal - 8SE scope - 800 iso, 1/500th exp, f10 |
| M42 (Orion Nebula): Canon 5D, iso 1600, 19 x 30 second exposures taken with Nebulosity. Stacked with DSS. Post processing - PS CS4. |
| Andromeda Galaxy: Canon 5D, iso 1600, 10 Canon 5D, iso 1600, 10 x 2m exposures. Post processing - PS CS4. |
| Crab Nebula (M1): Canon 5D, iso 1600, 54 x 2 minute + 30 x 30 second exposures taken with Nebulosity. 1/3rd raw, 1/3rd IR-Cut Filter, 1/3 UHC-S Filter. Stacked with DSS. |
VIDEO AND STOP MOTION: Just started trying this. Click a link. Self explanatory objects.
| Horse Head Nebula: Canon 5D, iso 1600, 10 x 1 minute exposures taken with a Hyperstar lens at f2 in the 11" Celestron Edge HD SCT. Stacked with DSS. Post processing - PS CS4. |
| Great Nebula in Orion and Running Man Nebula: Canon 5D, iso 1600, 10 x 1, 5 x 2m with Hyperstar. DSS and Post processing - PS CS4. |
| The Rosette Nebula: Celestron 11" Edge HD. Canon |
| Globular Cluster near Antares - Anguilla: Canon 5D, iso 1600, 11 minute exposure (20s stacked) taken with an ED80 refractor @ f6.0, no darks, flats or bias applied. Stacked with DSS. Only processing was auto color. |
| Milkyway Core in Sagittarius - Anguilla: Canon 5D, iso 1600, 24x20 second exposures taken 25-105mm lens on Orion Teletrack mount. f 4.0. |
| Moon and Venus Rising - Anguilla: Canon 5D, iso 1600, AV exposure - 35mm. |
STILL IMAGES:
BEST STILL IMAGES: : Still early attempts, but these came out better than most. Long way to go to get good.
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| Nebulosity around the Pleiades: Canon 5D, iso 1600, 20 x 1m with Hyperstar. DSS and Post processing - PS CS4. |
| M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy: Canon 5D, iso 1600, about 1 hr of 1-2m exposures. Hyperstar. |
| Bodes Nebula (M81 and M82): Canon 5D, iso 1600, about 1 hr of 1-2m exposures. Hyperstar. |
| M86 and 'The Eyes' - Virgo Cluster of Galaxies: Canon 5D, iso 1600, about 20 minutes of 1 and 2m exposures. Hyperstar. |
| M13 - Glubular Cluster: SXVR-M25C Camera, ED127mm Refractor. 35 m of RGB subs. |
| Dumbbell Nebula: SXVR-M25C Camera, Hyperstar in C11 Edge HD through a Denkmeier diagonal and reducer lens. Test work and only 1h 30 m of RGB subs. |
| M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy: SXVR-M25C Camera, Nebulosity, DSS, PS CS4. ED127 Refractir. 2hr, 55 m of RGB subs. No darks. |
| Moon: SXVR-M25C Camera, Nebulosity, Maxim stack, PS CS4. ED127 Refractor. 30x.04s subs. |
| Orion V2.0: Nebulosity and PHD. DSS for stacking and PS CS4 post-processing. Image details: 51 minutes of 1,2 and 3 minute exposures in RGB over two nights. Un-modified Canon EOS 5D Un-modified Canon EOS 5D DSLR and a Hyperstar III lens on a Celestron 11" Edge HD SCT Telescope (f1.8). |
| Lagoon Nebula done in July, 2011 from only 28 minutes total using 4 min. sub frames and a UHC-S filter on the M25C camera. |
| Saturn using a now returned evaluation camera from Point Grey Research in Canada. The Flea3 GigE ICX445 based unit had major ghosting and bleeding issues and is now being re-evaluated for a firmware update. This was also an early LRGB attempt Processing done with Registax 6.0 and PS4. |
| Fireworks Galaxy. Low time through the ED127 refractor using the M25C camera and an IDAS-LP filter. 1 hour and 32 minutes of 3 and 4 minute sub frames. |
| ARCHIVE AND FIRST ATTEMPTS |
| I have long been interested in the this and I am now trying it. Bought my first scope on 11/1/10. The photography side of it is difficult and will take years to learn. See below for recent work and archives. |
| Click Page # below for most recent astrophotographic work - higher page # is more recent: |
| M33 Triangulum Galaxy. Low time through the ED127 refractor using the M25C camera and an IDAS-LP filter. 3 hour of 3 and 4 minute sub frames. |
| First picture - December, 2010. First scope - C8". Canon EOS 5D at F10. Got me adicted.... :) |