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| Astronomy and Astrophotography - Archives 2 |
| 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. |
| 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.... :) |
| Click Page # below for archived astrophotographic work - higher page # is more recent: |
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| 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. Below is archives of first and early attempts. Links to Photo of the week or Gallery of best has the most recent work. |