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Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 Edge HD
Altair IMX174 Mono
ZWO Filter Wheel IR650mn Filter
X-Cel 3.o Barlow
Primalucelab Eagle2 Pro
Celestron NexStar 6SE
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter
ZWO ADC
FireCapture for ADC tuning.
2 minute capture in SharpCap
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert3, RegiStax Wavelets and finished in Lightroom.
Celestron NexStar 6SE, ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter, 2.5x TeleVue Powermate and ZWO ADC. 2 minute video Captured in SharpCap, processed in AutoStakkert, RegiStax Wavelets then Lightroom.
After days and days of unremitting cloud here clear skies(for a while anyhow!) and a blazing Venus in the SW, was too hard to resist. Imaged with a Celestron C8 this visible light image of Venus shows a nicely illuminated yellowish phase with definite lighter areas towards the poles.
Celestron NexStar 6SE, ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter and ZWO ADC. 2 minute video Captured in SharpCap, processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax Wavelets then Lightroom.
22 Kalliope is an M-type (partially known composition) asteroid, the predicted magnitude was 11.04, I found it to be close to that estimate using comparative stars in the view. Kalliope measures about 146 x 89 x 77 miles and also has a satellite names Linus which measures about 17 miles in diameter.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher 120ED, Canon 6D, single 60 second exposure at ISO 1250. Image Date: June 4, 2018. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA
So I finally got around to photographing my astrophotography setup with everything attached and cabled up. This is the setup for prime-focus astrophotography through the C9.25 (that's my D200 hooked up there). I also have the dew control hooked up because this time of year dew is a real problem in Oregon (so is fog in the Rogue Valley). Anyway, thought I'd post this for the other astro-geeks out there.
Clear skies!
I have just bought a new telescope - a Celestron C6r refractor. Its not really aimed at deep sky targets, but as the moon was not about last night I pointed it at M51 to see how it performed.
This shot is a crop from the resultant stack of 17 frames taken with my Nikon D750 at 1600 iso (a total of 13mins 40 secs of stacked exposure).
It was on an EQ6 mount with no guiding .
It was taken from my light polluted back garden in Stoke on Trent, Staffs, UK
I've never posted this image previously. It's from May 2014, stacked from an iPhone video through my NexStar 8SE telescope, reprocessed in Registax and edited with Nebulosity and Gimp.
Equipments:
Main Imaging Lenses:
1x Canon 400mm F4 DO II
1x Canon 200mm F2 w/2x TC III
1x Canon 400mm F5.6
Imaging Camera:
3x ZWO1600MM Mono Cooled
Remote Focuser:
Nucleus Tilta Nano
Remote focusser demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcKTUIMWTlQ
Guide Scope:
Orion CT80
Guide Camera:
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Mount:
Celestron CGX
Dew Heater:
Thousand Oaks Optical 4-Channel Dew Heater Controller
Payload:
46lbs
Just a fun self indulgent timelapse of me setting up and enjoying visual astronomy with my Nexstar 8SE and towards end sharing the views of the cosmic beauties with one of my my astronomy society friend. The red light streaks are from my head torch...red light because it doesnt affect our eyes from adapting to the dark to see more details in cosmic objects through the telescope.
Normally, on forecasted clear nights I spontaneously gather my scope and jumps on a maximum 2.5hr hour train journey to explore potential rural dark sky locations wherever a b&b or campsite is available. but this time, one of my fellow Flamsteed Society friends who is also keen to explore out of London nearby dark sky locations offered to drive me to Newbury to try out a new spot. It was certainly an improvement from London but as you can see, not really devoid of light pollution. Milky Way was not in view even after moon had set (which serves as a good indication of decent dark rural skies if it is in view). So not quite dark enough.
Capture info:
Timelapse was captured with a Canon EOS 650D mounted on a static Monfrotto BeFree tripod.
Lens: Samyang 16mm F2
Aperture was 2 stops down at F2.8
99 frames, each one being a 25 second exposure (maximum before stars elongate due to earth rotation)
ISO 3200
Timelapse processed with Camera Raw (contrast, shadows, whites and Blacks adjusted), export to Jpegs then timelapse assembled with Windows Movie Maker (each frame set to 0.25 secs...ie 4fps)
The 2015 Super Blood Moon total lunar eclipse just moments before totality.
NOTE: Quality is not optimial due to a fogged over corrector plate on the telescope.
Taken with a Canon 50D coupled to a Celestron Super C8+ telescope
Comet neowise in evening twilight. Taken through AT 130 EDT telescope reduced to 720 mm focal length. (Tried) to process in pixinsight :-)
Moon Celestron 4SE Between two seas Mare Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Serenitatis, Hadley–Apennine region, Apollo 15
Celestron NexStar 6SE
ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
ZWO ADC
FireCapture for ADC tuning
2 minute capture in SharpCap-
exp 3.60ms gain 350
35K frames and stacked 55%
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax Wavelets and finished in Lightroom.
OTA: Celestron Omni 150XLT
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: ZWO ASI MMC Cool
Guidescope: Orion Mini GuideScope & Starshoot Autoguider
Imaging Software: Maxim DL; PHD2
Processing Software: PixInsight & Photoshop
HA frames: 9 x 300 secs
OIII frames: 8 x 300 secs
25 darks
25 bias
No flats
Capture date: May 27, 2017
Place: Caguas, Puerto Rico
"It has always been our goal to bring the wonders of astronomy to the general public, and partnering with the Griffith Observatory is the perfect vehicle to accomplish that goal," said Celestron CEO, Joseph A. Lupica. "We are honored to have our telescopes become a part of Griffith's long and reputable history." Source: www.celestron.com/about-us/public-relations/press-release...
More commonly known as The Dumbell Nebula. Sometimes as the Apple core or egg timer as well.
M27 is a planetary nebula over 1,200 light years away in the constellation of Vulpecula. Discovered by Charles Messier in 1764 it's thought to be the first planetary nebula discovered.
They were given the title planetary nebulae by William Herschel, who thought that these kind of objects looked small and round like a planet.
Boring techie bit:
Celestron Nexstar 8SE telescope, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, RVO 32mm mini guide scope, ZWO asi120mm mini guide camera, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 0, ZWO asiair plus.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in Affinity Photo.
Photo credit myself & Stuart Keane.
Data captured at www.astronomycentre.org.uk
Celestron NexStar 6SE
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter
ZWO ADC
FireCapture for ADC tuning.
Jupiter was a 2 minute capture in SharpCap
Exposure- 3.0ms Gain- 340
40K frames, stacked 55%
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert3, RegiStax Wavelets and finished in Lightroom.
Celestron 9.25" at f/10 on NEQ-6 Pro.
Camera ASI120MM mono
Around 200 frames.
RegiStax6 and Ps3.
Québec,1 nov. 2013.
Taken with NightCap. Stars mode, 2.92 second exposure, 1/1s shutter speed through an 8” telescope (Celestron NexStar 8SE Pro).
Celestron 9.25 @ f/20
Celestron X-Cel LX 2x Barlow
ZWO ASI224MC + IR cut filter
FireCapture
AS!3
RegiStax
WinJUPOS
Cairns (Australia)
Teleskop Celestron Edge HD800, Kamera Olympus OM-D M1, Celestron AVX Montierung. Kein Autoguiding, PEC an. 5 Raw Aufnahmen 30s/ISO1600 in RawTherapee in 16 Bit PNG Dateien entwickelt. Diese als Ebenen in GIMP 2.95 eingelesen, mit dem Plugin "bildausrichtung.py" ausgerichtet und mit dem plugin "ebenensumme.py" addiert.
Telescope Celestron Edge HD800, camera Olympus OM-D M1, Celestron AVX mount. 5 Raw images 302s/ISO1600 developed into 16 Bit PNG files with RawTherapee. These files are read into GIMP 2.9.5 as layers, aligned with the plugin "bildausrichtung.py" and summed up with the plugin "ebenensumme.py".
Jupiter with Ganymede Moon and Ganymede Shadow Transit
September 18, 2010 12:33 AM EST
Video file was taken with Celestron NexStar 4se telescope, 2x Barlow lens and NexImage web camera (total time 4 minutes, 5 frames per second, 1200 frames, output 640x480).
AVI frames stacked in RegiStax v6. Align Default, about 10 align points, Drizzling Optimization, Wavelet - Gaussian Initial Layer 3 Used Linked Wavelets with de-noise 1 and 2 layers, RGB shift
Finally, image was processed in PhotoShop.
Celestron C8 with f6.3 focal reducer & Canon XSI. This shot was taken about 6 miles from Santiago Peak; the highest point in Orange County, CA with an elevation of 5,687 feet.
Equipment used:
Celestron 4se.
ZWO ASI 034 camera.
Software used:
SharpCap 2.5.
Registax 5.
Lightroom 5.
This is the first time I used the camera. I am feeling rather pleased with myself. Though a long journey still ahead to keep getting better but for a first image very happy.