Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - Darren Thibodeau
Software Maxim DL for acquisition, guiding, calibration and initial median combine for each channel
Photoshop CS was used for final image color combine and post acquisition processing.
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| | Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) in Cygnus |
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Telescope, Takahashi FSQ 106
Mount, Takahashi EM200
Camera, SBIG STL11000
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Takahashi FS 60C
Guide Camera, SBIG ST402
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| | Lagoon Nebula (M8) & Trifid Nebula (M20) in Sagittarius |
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Telescope, Takahashi FSQ 106
Mount, Takahashi EM200
Camera, SBIG STL11000
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Takahashi FS 60C
Guide Camera, SBIG ST402
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| | Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
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Telescope, Takahashi FSQ 106
Mount, Takahashi EM200
Camera, SBIG STL11000
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Takahashi FS 60C
Guide Camera, SBIG ST402
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| | Orion Nebula (M42) |
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Telescope, Takahashi FSQ 106
Mount, Takahashi EM200
Camera, SBIG STL11000
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Takahashi FS 60C
Guide Camera, SBIG ST402 |
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| North American Nebula (NGC 7000) in Cygnus |
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Telescope, Takahashi FSQ 106
Mount, Takahashi EM200
Camera, SBIG STL11000
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Takahashi FS 60C
Guide Camera, SBIG ST402 |
| | Hercules Cluster (M13) |
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Telescope, Takahashi TOA150
Camera, SBIG ST2000
Mount, Takahashi EM400
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Self Guided
Guide Camera, Self Guided |
| | Whirlpool Galaxy (M51a) |
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Telescope, Takahashi TOA150
Camera, SBIG ST2000
Mount, Takahashi EM400
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Self Guided
Guide Camera, Self Guided |
| | Edge on Spiral Galaxy (NGC 5907) |
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Telescope, Takahashi TOA150
Camera, SBIG ST2000
Mount, Takahashi EM400
Filters, AstroDon LRGB
Guide Scope, Self Guided
Guide Camera, Self Guided |
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| Saturn by Brian Feldman |
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Lastly the image of Saturn was taken by my good late friend Brian Feldman with my TMB205 Apochromatic Telescope before he shipped it to me. This is not my image but I would like to see it attributed to him on your site. Brian was a great guy and a good friend. I miss him a great deal.
Details for this image:
Telescope, TMB205 F5
Camera, Phillips ToUCam
Software processing: Registax
Mount, Takahashi NJP
Credit to Brian Feldman, May, 1967 ~ May, 2009 |
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - Howard Eskildsen - The Sun in Calcium
Altitude: 30°, Seeing 2", Sky condition: Hazy, Cirrus, Wind: Calm
Telescope: Orion 80 ED Refractor, Equatorial Mount, electric Drive
Aperture: 80mm, FL 600mm, F/7.5, Solar Filter: Lunt B600 calcium K-Line
Photo System: DMK 41 AU02.AS, 2-image composite
Howard Eskildsen PO Box 830415, Ocala, FL 34483, HowardEskildsen@msn.com
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| | The Sun in Calcium (Ca-K) |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2088, 2009 October 06, 13:51 UT
Photo File #091006CaK |
| | The Sun in Calcium (Ca-K) |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2088, 2009 October 06, 13:53 UT
Photo File #091006CaKb |
| | The Sun in Calcium (Ca-K) |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2088, 2009 October 06, 13:54 UT
Photo File #091006CaKc |
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Saturday, October 3, 2009 - Rob Johnson
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| | Heart Nebula |
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| The Heart Nebula was taken on the morning of 20 Sep 2009 with a Takahashi FSQ-106 (8x300s @ f/5 ISO 1600) |
| | The Sun in Hydrogen-Alpha |
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| The Sun was taken on the morning of 3 Oct 2009 with a Lunt LS60THaDS50/B1200/FTPT (1/200s @ f/10 ISO 400) |
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Sunday, September 20, 2009 - Rob Johnson - Heart Nebula
Here is a minimally processed version of the Heart Nebula I took Sunday morning with the FSQ 106. This is a single 5 minute shot. Stars a pinpoint to the corners and the colors are all focused.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 - H-Alpha Images - Lindy Williams and Tom Bash
Attached are the two full resolution H-alpha images we took over the weekend. The earlier full size JPEG I sent out of the North American nebula may not show the correct contrast because it was saved as a one channel JPEG. This corrected version is a grey scale RGB.
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| | Open cluster & diffuse nebula (IC-1396) |
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| IC-1396 is located in the constellation Cepheus.
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| | North America Nebula (NGC-7000) |
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| The North America Nebula is a huge emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. |
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 - Daniel Mounsey (Dr. D) and Tom Bash
Images taken through a Takahashi Epsilon 180 Astrograph and Takahashi EM200 mount. Each image is RGB with SBIG internal filter wheel. Ten stacks per color, two minutes each. Camera SBIG STL4020, Astrodon class II filters.
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| | | Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
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| The Andromeda Galaxy is located in the constellation Andromeda. |
| | Asterism Pleiades (M45) |
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| Pleiades is located in the constellation Taurus. |
| | Open cluster & diffuse nebula (IC-1396) |
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| IC-1396 is located in the constellation Cepheus.
Image shot with Takahashi FSQ106 on a Paramount ME mount using an Apogee Alta U16. Total of 90 minutes with a 5nm Astrodon Hydrogen Alpha filter. This image was then combined with images shot with the Takahashi Epsilon 180. Courtesy of Lindy Williams, Tom Bash and Daniel Mounsey. |
| | Triangulum Galaxy (M33) |
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| The Triangulum Galaxy is located in the constellation Triangulum. |
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 - Victor Eden - Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Andromeda Galaxy (M31) Core 6x8 Minute subs NP127IS and CGE-Pro. 48 Minutes total.
This Pic proves beyond a shadow of a doubt the the CGE-Pro tracks great!
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Sunday, September 6, 2009 - Craig Gates
These images taking last week at our house in Bear Valley.
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| | The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) |
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| The Dumbbell was taking with a C14 on a G11 Losmandys mount did a beauty good job tracking. 240 sec. subs through LRGB filters, three times total 48 minutes. |
| | The Eagle Nebula (M16) |
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| The Eagle was taking with my TeleVue 101 with a Power Mate 2X, same exposure times as above total 48 minutes.
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| | Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
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| | Planetary Nebula (NGC-1501) |
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| The next is a planetary nebula NGC-1501 with the C14. |
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| Sculptor Galaxy (NGC-253) |
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| Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 with the Tele Vue 101 it Julian and the C14 it Bear valley, Sub frames 240 sec. total of around 90 minutes had to toss a number frames on the C14 tracking was real bad. |
| | Sculptor Galaxy (NGC-253) |
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| Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 with the Tele Vue 101 it Julian and the C14 it Bear valley, Sub frames 240 sec. total of around 90 minutes had to toss a number frames on the C14 tracking was real bad. |
| | Helix Nebula (NGC-7293) |
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| The Helix Nebula is imaged with the TeleVue 101. |
| | Ring Nebula (M57) |
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| The Ring was done with a C14 and I used a Celestron reducer every time I shot with the C14, times are the same on all the above pictures. |
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Saturday, September 5, 2009 - Tom Bash - Lunar Picture Near Infra-Red
Attached are the lunar images I took last night through a Mewlon 250 at prime focus. The Near IR filter pass really helped with the mediocre seeing we had.
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| | Copernicus Crater |
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| | Petavius Crater |
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| | Lunar South Pole |
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Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Tom Bash - Jupiter
I finished processing my Jupiter shots from the Julian Starfest. Turns out the best image was the last one I took, just before the seeing started to go down hill.
Image details: C14 @ f/22, Infinity 2-1M, 0.05 sec exposure time, True Technologies RGB filters.
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Friday, August 21, 2009 - Edward Hahnenberg
I have become a fan of the Track and Accumulate function of the SBIG ccd cameras. Here is my basic equipment: Meade LX200 14" ACF telescope on a permanent pier. Camera: SBIG ST-4000XCM CCD camera and autoguider.
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| | | Jupiter |
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| The Jupiter picture was taken with a DSI III color camera for less than .01 sec. |
| | Nebula M17 (Omega Nebula) |
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| I used Track & Accumulate for a 45 second exposure and took 6 images with dark subtract. |
| | Nebula M42 (Orion Nebula) |
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| M42 is a 30 second images in CCDOps with the SBIG camera. |
| | Galaxy M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) |
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| I used Track & Accumulate for a 45 second exposure and took 20 images with dark subtract. |
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - Craig Gates
The pictures were taking with a TeleVue 101 older model, camera SBIG ST8, Tripod Losmandy G11. All processing done with maxim Dl.
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| | Nebula NGC 6559 |
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| NGC-6559 is a diffused nebula in the constellation Sagittarius.
NGC-6559 was taken through LRGB filters at 140 seconds each, total time of 90 minutes. |
| | Galaxy M33 |
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| M33 in the constellation Triangulum is a possible satellite galaxy of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
M33 was taken through LRGB filters at 240 seconds each, total time of 96 minutes. |
| | The Heart Nebula (NGC-1805) |
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| NGC-1805 is an open cluster, known as a galactic cluster. NGC-1805 is located in the constellation Dorado.
The Heart Nebula NGC-1805 was imaged through LRGB filters at 240 seconds and 140 seconds total time of 104 minutes. |
| | The Cocoon Nebula (IC-5146) |
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| The Cocoon Nebula (IC-5146) is an open cluster, known as a galactic cluster and is located in the constellation Cygus.
The Cocoon Nebula IC-5146 was imaged through LRGB filters at 240 seconds and 140 seconds total time of 104 minutes. |
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| The Helix Nebula (NGC-7293) |
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| The Helix Nebula (NGC-7293) is an planetary nebula and is located in the constellation Aquarius.
The Helix Nebula NGC-7293 through LRGB filter 240 seconds each total time 96 minutes. |
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Sunday, July 26, 2009 - Doctor Ds First Astrophotos
Each shot was stacked forty times. Each one is 30 seconds "unguided", totaling 20 minutes each.
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| | | Takahashi 85mm/450mm Baby "Q" |
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Equipment for all images, as follows....
Mount: Takahashi EM200 Temma II
Telescope: Takahashi 85mm/450mm Baby "Q" Astrograph
SBIG ST2000XM Camera
Image stacks and aligning were done with Maxum DL and final processing with Photoshop.
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| | Tom Bash |
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| Tom Bash was also helpful. |
| | Nebula B145 |
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| N145 is a reflective nebula in the constellation Cygnus. |
| | Cocoon Nebula |
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| The Cocoon Nebula is an open cluster, also known as a galaxtic cluster. It is located in the constellation Cygnus. |
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| The E Nebula |
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| Barnard's E Nebula is located in the constellation Aquila. |
| | Nebula IC-1318 |
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| Nebula IC-1318 is a diffused nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. |
| | Cluster IC-1369 |
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| Cluster IC-1369 is an open cluster, also known as a galactic cluster located in the constellation Cygnus. |
| | Nebula IC 5068 |
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| Nebula IC 5068 is a diffused Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. |
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| Eagle Nebula (M16) |
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| The Eagle Nebula is located in the constellation Serpens Cauda. |
| | M24 |
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| M24 is a rich part of the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way. |
| | Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
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| The Andromeda Galaxy is located in the constellation Andromeda. |
| | Triangulum Galaxy (M33) |
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| The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) may be a satellite galaxy to the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in the constellation Andromeda. |
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| Nebula M8 |
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| Nebula M8 is a very large emission nebula with and imbedded open cluster located near the Trifid Nebula (M20) in the constellation Sagittarius. |
| | North American Nebula - South |
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| The North American Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus. |
| | Nebula NGC 6914 |
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| Nebula NGC 6914 is a diffused nebula in the constellation Cygnus. |
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Monday, July 13, 2009 - Jon Betancourt - The Waning Gibbous Moon
Photographed July 13, 2009 using a Vixen 80ED and a Canon EOS 20D: Exposure time 1 second, ISO 200, Max Aperture Vale 1.7
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Sunday, July 5, 2009 - Howard Eskildsen
Here are some solar photos that were taken with the Imaging Source DMK 41AF02.AS. I have been imaging the Sun on a nearly daily basis since 2003, have imaged the Sun over 180 days this year and sent over 2000 observations to ALPO Solar Section. Since the large sunspot in July, there have been no more spots for the past 31 days. I used some of the images in my presentation "Solar Minimum to the Max!" that I gave to the Alachua Astronomy Club.
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| | July 5, 2009 - The Sun in Calcium |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2085, 2009 July 05, 19:26 UT
Altitude: 60°, Seeing: 4", Sky Condition: Cirrus, Wind: Light
Telescope: Orion 80 ED Refractor, Equatorial Mount, Electronic Drive
Aperture: 80mm, FL: 600mm, F/7.5, Solar Filter: Lunt B600 Calcium K-line
Photo System: DMK-41-AF02.AS, 2-image composite
Howard Eskildsen P.O. Box 830415, Ocala, FL 34483, Photo File #090705CaK
HowardEskildsen@msn.com |
| | July 5, 2009 - The Sun in Calcium |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2085, 2009 July 05, 19:28 UT
Altitude: 60°, Seeing: 4", Sky Condition: Cirrus, Wind: Light
Telescope: Orion 80 ED Refractor, Equatorial Mount, Electronic Drive
Aperture: 80mm, FL: 600mm, F/7.5, Solar Filter: Lunt B600 Calcium K-line
Photo System: DMK-41-AF02.AS, 2X Barlow
Howard Eskildsen P.O. Box 830415, Ocala, FL 34483, Photo File #090705CaKb
HowardEskildsen@msn.com |
| | July 9, 2009 - The Sun in Calcium |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2085, 2009 July 05, 16:46 UT
Altitude: 77°, Seeing: 4", Sky Condition: Cirrus, Wind: Light
Telescope: Orion 80 ED Refractor, Equatorial Mount, Electronic Drive
Aperture: 80mm, FL: 600mm, F/7.5, Solar Filter: Lunt B600 Calcium K-line
Photo System: DMK-41-AF02.AS, 2X Barlow
Howard Eskildsen P.O. Box 830415, Ocala, FL 34483, Photo File #090709CaKb
HowardEskildsen@msn.com |
| | July 25, 2009 - The Sun in Calcium |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2086, 2009 July 25, 13:26 UT
Altitude: 32°, Seeing: 4", Sky Condition: Cirrus, Wind: Light
Telescope: Orion 80 ED Refractor, Equatorial Mount, Electronic Drive
Aperture: 80mm, FL: 600mm, F/7.5, Solar Filter: Lunt B600 Calcium K-line
Photo System: DMK-41-AF02.AS, 2X Barlow
Howard Eskildsen P.O. Box 830415, Ocala, FL 34483, Photo File #090725CaKb
HowardEskildsen@msn.com |
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| July 29, 2009 - The Sun in Calcium |
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| Ca-K
Carrington Rotation Number: 2086, 2009 July 29, 11:46 UT
Altitude: 12°, Seeing: 4", Sky Condition: Cirrus, Wind: Light
Telescope: Orion 80 ED Refractor, Equatorial Mount, Electronic Drive
Aperture: 80mm, FL: 600mm, F/7.5, Solar Filter: Lunt B600 Calcium K-line
Photo System: DMK-41-AF02.AS, 2-image composite
Howard Eskildsen P.O. Box 830415, Ocala, FL 34483, Photo File #090729CaK
HowardEskildsen@msn.com |
| | July 29, 2009 - The Sun in Calcium |
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Carrington Rotation Number: 2086, 2009 July 29, 11:49 UT
Altitude: 12°, Seeing: 4", Sky Condition: Cirrus, Wind: Light
Telescope: Orion 80 ED Refractor, Equatorial Mount, Electronic Drive
Aperture: 80mm, FL: 600mm, F/7.5, Solar Filter: Lunt B600 Calcium K-line
Photo System: DMK-41-AF02.AS, 2X Barlow
Howard Eskildsen P.O. Box 830415, Ocala, FL 34483, Photo File #090729CaKb
HowardEskildsen@msn.com |
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - Paul Keen
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| | The Orion Nebula (M42) |
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| Here is the latest image I've taken of M42, shot from my Magnitude 2 or 3 bright sky in Northridge.
Image taken with an unmodified Canon 40D prime-focus mounted behind a Takahashi TOA-130 (your old scope). No polar alignment was done (scope was just plopped down facing in the North direction); no guiding or any other hocus-pocus maneuvers were used. I did not take or use any flats/darks/bias frames, and no field flattener or reducer was attached to the scope. Manual focus was used through the camera's live view feature. Overall seeing for the night was fair at best, with lots of high clouds floating through the area - limiting the total number of subs I could take. Finally, the moisture level in the air told me to quit.
DeepSkyStacker combined about 38 images, ranging from 1/2-second up to 30-seconds each. All images were shot at ISO 400. Final image levels and curves were applied in Photoshop CS4.
I am pleased with this "first light" photo through this telescope, despite the very limited number of subs I was able to take before stacking in DeepSkyStacker. |
| | Paul Keen |
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Comet Lulin by Eddy Milanes
Taken from light polluted SIMI VALLEY looking towards more light polluted San Fernando Valley / LA
Imaging: Telescope was the FSQ 106 (old Q) with the Canon 20DA Camera (Camera Noise reduction on) and a light pollution Lumicon Deep Sky filter.
Auto guider: Piggy back was the Williams Optic 66 telescope with the Orion sky-shoot Auto guider at 5 second exposures.
Guided on the comet nucleus with the PhD Guiding program controlling the Losmandy G11 guide port.
The photo is the stacking of 8 exposures of 5 minute each (plus 5 min. for noise reduction). Stacked and Processed with PHOTOSHOP CS4.
The Comet nucleus was rather faint and the Orion Sky-shoot Autoguider tracked it for over 2 hours.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008 - The Orion Nebula (M42) by Victor Eden
This was taken with a Nikon D90, two-one minute exposures, images plus, NP127.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008 - The Orion Nebula (M42) by Rob Johnson
This was taken last Sunday morning at 400mm f/5.6 60 sec ISO 1600. It turned out pretty well, but some of the other images I took indicate that I need to revisit filter issues for the clear filter modded camera. The sensor seems to be picking up light from either the far IR or the far UV. The IDAS UV/IR drop-in filter that Hutech supplies seems to leak somewhere within the range of the sensor. I am researching dye filters that block the far IR and the far UV and also the response characteristics of the Canon chip in the 50D and the far UV characteristics of the IDAS UV/IR filter.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - Paul Keen
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| | Total Lunar Eclipse |
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| Here's one of the over-150 images I took the other morning of the eclipse at 2-minute intervals (programmable remote shutter control). This was taken at the exact moment of totality. It was awesome to see stars emerging from behind the darkened Moon as it slid silently through the night sky. This was worth staying up all night to capture. |
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Monday, January 1, 2007 - Old Astrophoto Gallery
Various Images from various astronomers from our original astrophoto page.
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| | Spiral Galaxy (M101) by Bob Sullivan |
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| Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel (ISO 800, 10minute exposure through a TeleVue NP101). |
| | Horsehead Nebula by Bob Sullivan |
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| Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel (ISO 800, 20 minute exposure through a TeleVue NP101). |
| | Ring Nebula by Chris Humphry |
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| Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel EOS (exposure 30 seconds through a Celestron 9.25 SCT). |
| | The Great Hercules Cluster (M13) by Chris Humphry |
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| Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel EOS (exposure 30 seconds through a Celestron 9.25 SCT). |
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| Quarter Moon by Unknown |
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| Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel EOS (exposure 125th seconds through a Meade LX90 8 inch UHTC SCT - Prime Focus). |
| | Lunar Eclipse by Lacappa |
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| Taken with a Canon D60 (through a Celestron 80ED - Prime Focus). |
| | Saturn by Rob Johnson |
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| Taken with a Celestron NexImage camera (through a Celestron CGE-1400). |
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