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Taken with
Celestron Nexstar 130Slt
Canon Eos 10D
Deepskystacker
Photoshop
152frames (taken in 2 nights)
20Dark
20Flats
30 sec. exposures
Iso 200, 800
Total exposure time 1hour, 16min
This is difficult object.
It didnt help, that moon was shining brightly. I still had to shoot this, because it had been cloudy for so long.
I didnt use much time to edit this. I want to have more frames (in dark, without moon) and then do proper editing.
But I am happy I got this much. Last winter I had only 10, or so frames..
Taken with a Celestron C5 Telescope (White Tube, 1992-1996?) with a Hirsch f/6.3 reducer/corrector, Hirsch T-Adaptor & Vivitar T-Ring on a Canon 7d. The Celestron was mounted to a tripod, and the photo was taken at the same location as the other photos in the earlier Lens Comparison set.
This photo was enhanced- sharpening, clarity & contrast using Aviary. NO CROP!
*1260mm on a 7d (1.6x)
Lens Test conducted from Boise Depot parking area to Idaho State Capitol. The Eagle on the Capitol Building is 5'7" and 1.30 miles away.
Click here to see a comparison image taken with a 400mm Canon Lens: www.flickr.com/photos/kc7cbf/4093450269/in/set-7215762265...
Here is a similar photo using the Celestron C5 without the reducer attached: www.flickr.com/photos/kc7cbf/6889261762/in/photostream
See full comparison here: www.flickr.com/photos/kc7cbf/sets/72157622654304903/
Celestron C11 Edge HD, ASI290MM, Takahashi 1.5x Extender.
Some prominent craters on this image: Purfach, Regiomontanus and Walter (on the terminator), Werner and Aliacensis (left of center), Apianus (right of center, middle), Playfair (above Apianus).
It has been said "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig". Well how about putting a $610 TeleVue Ethos eyepiece on a $159 Celestron Astromaster telescope? I'm happy to report that the Ethos brings out the full potential of the little 5" Newtonian. Got a nice clear view of the two dark equatorial bands on Jupiter, something that I've never seen with this scope. M46 resolved into hundreds of stars and nearly filled the 100 degree field of view at 50x.
Alas, the Ethos is only a temporary fixture on my travel scope while I await deliver on my new 15" dobsonian.
Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 HD
ASI290MC
ZWO Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector
X-Cel 2.0 Barlow
Image is the best from the series, stack is the best 50% of 6,075 frames.
Diameter=43.44"
CMI=310.0° CMII=346.7° CMIII=49.2° (during mid of capture)
FocalLength=9800mm
Celestron EdgeHD 8" SCT
Advanced VX Mount (unguided)
Canon EOS T3i (600D) (unmodified)
60 x 30sec subs, ISO 3200, f/10
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Finished in Lightroom
I recently posted a picture of this nebula using my Celestron C5 spotter scope. This time I “zoomed in” by using my 11” Celestron C11.
The Cocoon Nebula, catalogued as IC 5146, is an emission nebula and star cluster located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus. it has a span of about 15 light years.
Like other stellar nurseries, the Cocoon Nebula holds a bright red emission nebula, blue reflection nebula and dark absorption nebula. The latter two are not evident in my picture, probably due to the light filtering profile of the Optolong L-eNhance filter I used. The massive central star which formed about 100,000 years ago now provides the energu source for much of the emitted and reflected light from this nebula.
Picture taken using:
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam on ZWO OAG
ZWO EAF
ZWO EFW 5 position Mini
Celestron C11-A XLT
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Optolong L-eNhance filter
Captured in Live View, saving every frame:
10 Lights at 300 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
30 Flats, at 140ms gain 101, temp -10C
30 Dark Flats at 140ms, gain 101, temp -10C
20 Darks at 300 seconds gain 101, temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated in Astro Pixel Processor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI
#astrophoto #zwo #zwoasiairpro #zwoasi533mcpro #asi533mcpro #celestron #c11 #astrophotography #astronomy
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron Nexstar 8SE SCT
Imaging cameras: Astrolumina ALccd5L-IIc
Mounts: Celestron Advanced VX Goto
Software: Photoshop, Autostakkert! 2, Registax6
Filters: Baader Planetarium IR-Pass 685nm filter
Date: Oct. 31, 2015
Time: 01:53
Frames: 1150
FPS: 20.00000
Focal length: 2300
Seeing: 3
Transparency: 7
Canon 550D with Celestron CGEM 1100HD. ISO 800 with 15 minute exposures plus 15 minutes dark frame for each shot. Stacking of 7 shots taken 2012-03-17 (1/2 hour per shot) using Deepskystacker. Post processing including gamma curve, brightness and overall contrast adjust using Canon DPP. Manual guiding using Celestron's off-axis guider and Orion's 12.5mm illuminated reticle eye piece.
Did one with the CPC 800 last year, using the 11: scope, this one seems to have more resolution and clarity - however, I need more stacks, too much grain in the nebulous areas.
UPDATE: Added 8 more to the stack 2012-03-24 to bring it to 15 total.
So far we have observed over 700 NGC and Messier objects from our backyard, not including many double stars, asterisms, comets, and all 8 planets.
I imaged this guy in the Royal River at Grist Mill Park in Yarmouth, Maine, USA. I used my 1000mm f11 Maksutov Cassegrain mirror lens and its Pentax K T-mount on my Pentax K20D body, hand held in aperture priority mode. This is a large JPEG and is Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC) and is without any adjustment or cropping.
Celestron C8 XLT w/ JMI EV-1 focuser
Celestron f/6.3 Focal Reducer/Corrector
Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro (EQMOD)
SBIG ST-8XME w/ CFW-9 colour wheel (Orion LRGB filters) cooled to -20C
2" Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
1.25" Orion LRGB Imaging Filters
Autoguided SSAG
Sequence Generator Pro
PixInsight
Processed on May 18, 2014 using PixInsight.
Luminance - 5 x 300 seconds
Red - 5 x 300 seconds
Green- 5 x 300 seconds
Blue - 5 x 300 seconds
Taken from my backyard on May 17, 2014.
First night out with the ST-8XME. Also my first night imaging with the C8. Using the long focal length of the SCT (1260mm) was bit of a challenge. I had issues with getting critical focus which may have been caused by the order of the accessories in my image train. I neglected to take flats and bias shots and the darks I used are from a different setpoint temperature.
The Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as Messier 51a, M51a, or NGC 5194) is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus in the constellation Canes Venatici. Recently it was estimated to be 23 ± 4 million light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy, but different methods yield distances between 15 and 35 million ly. Messier 51 is one of the best known galaxies in the sky. The galaxy and its companion (NGC 5195) are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may even be seen with binoculars. The Whirlpool Galaxy is also a popular target for professional astronomers, who study it to further understand galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the spiral arms) and galaxy interactions.
Front view of the Celestron Baader Astro Solar Safety Film. It's supposed to be wrinkled, apparently the filter works best when 'relaxed'. I put a plastic cola bottle top over the finder scope to protect it from direct exposure and stop me absent-mindedly looking through it...!
Celestron CPC Series 11 Inch @ The Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe Ca.
Media Event, Tahoe Star Tours Did For A Writer At The Examiner, Based Out The Bay Area, This Shot Was Before The Event, Tahoe Star Tours Will Be Providing A Whole New Astronomy Show This Summer On The Meadow At The Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe, From Mid June Till Late September... The Scope is Pointing at The Orion Constellation, In The Eyepiece Was, The Orion Nebula, Messier 42....
Clear Skies...
1/20/2015
Celestron SCT 8" EdgeHD w/focal reducer (f/7 - 1400nm)
Canon 6D with duo narrowband filter: 6 x 300 light frames
I recently got the Celestron NexStar 4SE as well as the Celestron 93635-A T-Adapter and an EOS T-Mount. The viewing conditions were less than ideal, hazy with a fair bit of sky glow, but I must say I'm impressed with the approx 1340mm focal length. This image is uncropped (in full disclosure I did move the image down a smidge and filled the open area with black... but the resolution hasn't been tampered with), however I did adjust a little bit of levels and applied an unsharp mask.
It's really the most amazing viewed at full size (10MP), the level of detail blows away my previous best shot done with the 70-200 f/4L IS and a 2x TC.
Front view Close up of my C8 and Accessories used for imaging (see notes on image). Here are the details on the equipment I currently use for imaging:
- C8 with XLT coatings thru which all my imaging is done.
- CGEM mount rated at 40lbs but currently only loaded with about 24lbs of equipment
- Semi-Perm pier allowing me to keep the scope store safely in the garage but easily transport out to the deck while maintaining highly accurate polar alignment.
- 5mw green laser for quickly targeting objects. Also works well in combination with binoculars to target dim objects and to show visitors what they are looking at in the night sky.
- Heater for the 5mw green laser - need a temp range between 50 and 90 degrees for laser to work, so in the winter this is a necessity.
- 9x50 finder user as a normal finder
- 9x50 finder used as a 200mm guidescope
- DMK21au04as camera used for Lunar/Planetary imaging thru filters and as a guide camera
- ATIK 314E Mono camera for DSO imaging thru filters
- Orion 20mm illuminated reticle for centering objects on CCD
- Meade 644 Flip Mirror used for centering objects on CCD
- ATIK 5x1.25 manual filterwheel loaded with IR/UV, R, G, B, Ha filters
- 4-20 screw mount for DSLR for widefield imaging