Jupiter
Date: 06/28/07
From Left to Right: Callisto, Ganymede, Io, & Jupiter. (Europa was behind Jupiter)
Orion 12" XTi Dobsonian Telescope with a Meade 4000 9.4mm Super Plossil inside a T-Ring Adapter and a Variable Projection Camera Adapter.
Orion 12" XTi Dobsonian Telescope with a Meade 4000 9.4mm Super Plossil inside a T-Ring Adapter and a Variable Projection Camera Adapter.
moon
Date: 06/27/07
Orion 12" XTi Dobsonian Telescope with a Meade 4000 15mm Super Plossil inside a T-Ring Adapter and a Variable Projection Camera Adapter.
2007-09-01-moon
Celestron C11 on a Losmandy G11 Mount shot via a Canon 1DMKIII mounted prime focus with a focal reducer. 20 frames stacked and processed through RegiStax v4.
Date: 09/01/07
Celestron C11 on a Losmandy G11 Mount shot via a Canon 1DMKIII mounted prime focus with a focal reducer. 20 frames stacked and processed through RegiStax v4.
2007-09-04-M13
Date: 09/04/07
M13 Hercules Cluster. First DSO shot. Three 15 second shots stacked. I'm not happy with the sharpness. I over sharpened the shot to bring out the details. Shot with a Canon 1DMKIII attached to a Celestron C11 mounted on a Losmandy G11. We just gave the G-11 a complete overhaul the evening before and the tracking is way better. We'll get better. I promise!
Vega Tracking Test
Date: 09/04/07
Five minute test shot to verify the tracking is accurate. This shot seems to verify that our tracking is rather good. The stars behind Vega weren't even visible, yet in this shot they are pretty static without any streaking.
M31.jpg
Date: 09/05/07
First feeble attempt at M31. We only had 8 usable light frames exposed at ISO1600 for 30 seconds and 10 dark frames. We horribly needed many more long exposures to pull out the data. We'll get it next time. Canon 1DMKIII with 300mm f2.8L IS on my Losmandy G-11 mount.
M31
Date: 09/09/07
Single shot from my evenings of shots. This is to show how it looks when shot from the camera before editing. ISO 1600 4 minutes.
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Photo Bloopers: M31 when the battery dies on the mount.
Date: 09/09/07
Photo Bloopers: M31 when the battery dies on the mount.
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Photo Bloopers: M45 when someone trips over the mount's battery wire. DOH
Date: 09/09/07
Photo Bloopers: M45 when someone trips over the mount's battery wire. DOH
orion-nebula
Single shot of Orion Nebula. ISO3200 2 minutes. 300mm f2.8L + 1.4x TC.
Date: 09/10/07
Single shot of Orion Nebula. ISO3200 2 minutes. 300mm f2.8L + 1.4x TC.
Date: 10/04/07
Dumbbell Nebula taken with a C11, Hyperstar Lens, G11 mount, and Meade DSI-Pro II. 1x20s L, 1x20s R, 1x20s G, 1x20s B combined and aligned in MaxImDL
Comet17PHolmes
Date: 10/29/07
Celestron 11" SCT + F 6.3 focal reducer using a Meade DSI Pro-II camera. Luminance with IR Block filter. 30 eight second frames aligned, stacked and adjusted in Registax4.
CGE1400
First light on my CGE-1400 in my backyard. This is a 30 second shot and it was completely dark. It wasn't nearly this bright!
Date: 11/03/07
First light on my CGE-1400 in my backyard. This is a 30 second shot ISO3200 shot. It was completely dark.
m27
Celestron C11 on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C, 1x40s, 1x20s stacked
Date: 11/02/07
Celestron C11 on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C, 1x40s, 1x20s stacked
holmes
Celestron C11 on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C, 1x30s,1x15s stacked
Date: 11/02/07
Celestron C11 on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C, 1x30s,1x15s stacked
IC434
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 30x30s subs
Date: 11/03/07
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 30x30s subs
M37
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 10x10s subs
Date: 11/03/07
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 10x10s subs
M42
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 10x10s 30x30s subs
Date: 11/03/07
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 10x10s 30x30s subs
Holmes-2007-11-02
Celestron C14 on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 30x10s subs
Date: 11/03/07
Celestron C14 on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 30x10s subs
m45
Date: 11/04/07
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 50x60s subs
m101
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 60x30s subs
Date: 11/04/07
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 60x30s subs
M42
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 30x10s & 30x60s subs
Date: 11/17/07
Celestron C11 with Hyperstar on CGE Mount. Starlight Express SXVF-H9C shot at 30x10s & 30x60s subs
veil
Hyperstar 14 with SXVF-M25C - 6x60s subs
Date: 12/04/07
Hyperstar 14 with SXVF-M25C - 6x60s subs (Fred Lehman)
NGC4565
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 5x120s subs
Date: 12/18/07
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 5x120s subs
M101
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 7x120s subs
Date: 12/18/07
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 7x120s subs
IC434
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 15x4m subs
Date: 12/20/07
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 15x4m subs
M42
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 20x10s + 20x30s + 20x120s + 20x240s subs
Date: 12/20/07
C14 Hyperstar with SXVF-M25C with IDAS LPS filter. 20x10s + 20x30s + 20x120s + 20x240s subs
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Very cloudy Lunar eclipse. I could only snag these two photos before she went behind the clouds for good.
Date: 02/20/08
Very cloudy Lunar eclipse. I could only snag these two photos before she went behind the clouds for good.
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Very cloudy Lunar eclipse. I could only snag these two photos before she went behind the clouds for good.
Date: 02/20/08
Very cloudy Lunar eclipse. I could only snag these two photos before she went behind the clouds for good.
Test-M42
Date: 03/02/08
Tele Vue NP127IS First Light Image with SVXF-M25C. No Flats, No Darks, No Bias, One 4 minute shot. Color convert, levels, and DPP only in Maxim DL. Crazy!
Test M51 Color
Single 2 minute shot of M51 with NP127IS + M25C
Date: 03/04/08
Single 2 minute shot of M51 with NP127IS + M25C
Mean LeoTriplet_Color Deconvolved scaled
Date: 03/09/08
Imaging Scope: Tele Vue NP127is with Starlight Xpress SVXF-M25C w/ IDAS UV/IR Cut Filter Guide Scope: Celestron 80mm Wide Spotting with Starlight Xpress SXV Guider CGE Mount 60x4min subs acquired in MaximDL All 60 images debayered into separate RGB channels and processed individually in CCDStack Registered, Normalized, Sigma Data Reject (1%) in CCDStack Deconvolution applied on the Mean RGB Channels separately in CCDStack Color Combined and balanced in CCDStack Photoshop Crop & Frame with Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
Median-M81M82_Color-Deconvolved-scaled
Date: 03/14/08
Tele Vue NP127is with Starlight Xpress SVXF-M25C w/ IDAS L2 LPS Filter 55x5min subs
C8-M42-SXVF-M25
Date: 03/31/08
Celestron C8 @ f10 with SXVF-M25C 9x10min subs. CCD Stack DPP w/ Deconvolution & Noise Ninja
M13 - Second Attempt - C8 - SXVF-M25C
Date: 04/02/08
Celestron C8 - SXVF-M25C 25x5min subs - CCDStack & PS
Mean-M51-Deconvolved-scaled
Date: 04/20/08
Imaging Scope: Celestron C8 with Starlight Xpress SVXF-M25C @ 1260mm f6.3
Guide Scope: Celestron 80mm Wide Spotting with Starlight Xpress SXV Guider
CGE Mount
28x4min subs acquired in MaximDL Bortle Scale 2 Skies
Registered, Normalized, Sigma Data Reject (1%) in CCDStack
Deconvolution applied on the Mean RGB Channels separately in CCDStack
Color Combined and balanced in CCDStack
Photoshop Crop & Frame with Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
Guide Scope: Celestron 80mm Wide Spotting with Starlight Xpress SXV Guider
CGE Mount
28x4min subs acquired in MaximDL Bortle Scale 2 Skies
Registered, Normalized, Sigma Data Reject (1%) in CCDStack
Deconvolution applied on the Mean RGB Channels separately in CCDStack
Color Combined and balanced in CCDStack
Photoshop Crop & Frame with Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools
Lum M101
Date: 04/30/08
Tele Vue NP-127is 25x6 mins Luminance. This shot needs about 10x more exposure time to be usable. In-town graidents make for a horrid shot. I will reshoot this at my observatory. The reason I posted this image uncropped is to have you explore the area around M101. I spotted 10 galaxies hiding around it! Click on the full resolution shot and look for yourself!
Mean-Sadr-scaled
Date: 05/05/08
Nebulosity Test around Sadr in Cygnus. Tele Vue NP-127is - SVXF-M25C - Only 4x6min subs.
Mean-M27-cropped
Date: 05/05/08
Tele Vue NP-127is - Starlight Xpress SVXF-M25C - 10x6min subs - 100% crop
