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Celestron NexStar 8SE
DMK21AU04.AS
Star Analyzer 100
Software: RSpec
By Amateur Astronomer and Planetary Astrophotographer: Vlamir da Silva Junior
My first try at capturing Albireo. Celestron 5SE, f/6.3 reducer, Lumix GX1, ISO 800, 15 secs. Near perfect conditions but close to SFO so lots of light pollution. No editing at all.
A lot learned this night.
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Tripod is a basket case, the legs are far too flexible. Replaced by: www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/10469103934
Controls not user friendly in the dark.... maybe needs a learning curve.
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Reprocessed with Pixinsight. This actually resolved some colour out of the original very grey images.
Yet another attempt at the perfect moon shot. I had a hard time finding a clear shot through trees, so there are some shadows across the top part of the image.
This was shot with a Nikon D50 attached to a Celestron C90 scope with a T-mount.
Celestron Nexstar 130Slt
Canon Eos 10D
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
28 Frames, iso 1600, 10 darks
Total exposure about 14min
I was in VERY dark place, there was absolutly no lightpollution at all, and the sky were just breathtaking! Simply crystall clear! But after while, clouds filled the sky in few minutes.
I wasn´t able to take more frames..
This was my first time ever to see or photograph this one. I tried M101, but it was too dim for my setup, and I tried this.
Team Celestron meets customers and gives away prizes at the Southern California Astronomy Expo at Oceanside Photo & Telescope.
Team Celestron meets customers and gives away prizes at the Southern California Astronomy Expo at Oceanside Photo & Telescope.
Team Celestron meets customers and gives away prizes at the Southern California Astronomy Expo at Oceanside Photo & Telescope.
This is my first attempt at capturing the full surface of the sun which suffered from high level cloud affecting light gathering consistency and a great lack of experience on my part.
No matter how much I've played with balancing the contrast in the stacked images I can't level things out.
So I decided to give a go at some artificial colouring.
All original movies were in Ha shades of red that were then converted to shades of grey and coloured using Photoshop.
Equipment:
- Lunt 35mm Ha Solar Telescope
- Celestron NexImage 5
- Celestron x2 Barlow
- Celestron CG-5 mount
- Stacked using Registax 6
- Mosaic and post processing using Photoshop CC
Seeing was above average, but I think small details were blurred by micro-turbulence.
Notes:
The North Temperate Belt is thin.
The North Equatorial Belt is covered with small rift-like features.
White Oval Z is rising.
The Equatorial Zone is orange.
The Great Red Spot is about to set.
Oval BA is much paler than the GRS.
Telescope: Celestron C14 EdgeHD
Camera: ZWO ASI290MM
Barlow: Astro-Physics Advanced Convertible Barlow
Filters: Chroma Red, Chroma Green, Chroma Blue
Details: chappelastro.com/astrophotography/solar_system/jupiter/20...
Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT
DMK21AU618
Baader Solar Film
Baader Solar Continuum Filter
Captured: FireCapture - 899 frames @ 30 fps @ f11.8
Stacking: AutoStakkert!2 - Best 30%
Wavelets: Registax 6
Postprocessing: Adobe Photoshop CS5
IYA2009 - This is the International Year of Astronomy.
This little device is slick. It's two main functions [Locate] and [Identify], stars, planets clusters, nebula, constellations, galaxies ect...
I have only tried it out under a cloudy sky, and it appears to be locating objects in the correct vicinity according to star maps for my area. It goes about this via a built in GPS and tilt sensors, all you do is follow the arrows in the view finder to get to the target object.
To identify an object you line it up within the two circles in the view finder, click the [Target] button located on top and bingo, it tells you not only the name but distance, magnitude, folklore and constellation it belongs to if that applies.
The real acid test will come on a clear night and it looks like I have a few nights to wait.
Canon 5D3 with Celestron CGEM 1100HD. ISO 1600, 10 minute exposures with dark frame for each. Stack of 9 shots using Deepskystacker.
Manual guiding using Celestron's off-axis guider and Orion's 12.5mm illuminated reticle eyepiece. Not many stars (and no bright ones) in this area of the sky - tracking was very hard to do!
Need a very dark night to pull the faint outer nebula from the background. Seeing as "fair" which is good for northern Wi! We do see dust lanes and details in the cente area. The 5D3 does a good job at ISO 1600 for noise - not much seen in the flat nebulus areas, even with only 9 stacks.
Celestron 1250mm f/10 C5 telephoto lens on a Manfrotto 393 gimbal mount. Coat-hanger wire 1X finder and a 3/4" crutch tip on the focusing knob are DIY enhancements.