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Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 26m (13 x 60s x 2) RGB+L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Sony alpha 7ii astro-mod
Canon 400mm f5.6 at f6.3
STC Astro-MS filter
from Dec 22 to Feb 23
total integration time around 13 hours or more
101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: The Andromeda Galaxy
astronomy.com/magazine/news/2022/11/101-must-see-cosmic-o...
Meade DSI Color/ 280 second (35 8sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
Painting 5: “Messier Objects” Dad was an avid amateur astronomer for many years, and he had access to the Diablo Valley College telescope. One of his ambitions was to observe the 110 objects identified by the French astronomer Messier as not being comets, even though they may look like comets. He still has framed photos he took back then hanging on his wall.
At 2.9 million light years away the Triangulum Galaxy is the next closest spiral galaxy to us. It is part of the Local Group of Galaxies, which the Milky Way is a part of.
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: Autostar Envisage
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008. It was captured on the first night of the Marathon.
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 40m LRGB exposure (40 x 30s RGB and Lum Exposures)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 30m (10 frames) ISO 800 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Yes - PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 32m LRGB exposure (64 x 30s RGB and Lum Exposures)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 45m 25s (15 frames) ISO 800 RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: I'm not really too happy with the gradients on the right and left - I think it has to do with the flats I used...
Sony alpha 7ii astro mod
Canon 400mm f5.6 stop down to f6.3
STC MS filter
30" subs
total integration time 3h 50m
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 15m LRGB exposure (30 x 30s RGB and Lum Exposures)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled/sharpened in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 14m (14 x 1m) LRGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 4m 16s ISO 1600 RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Meade DSI Color/ 20 minute (80 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Stacked in DeepSkyStacker/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
M5 is a globular cluster about 24,500 light-years from Earth seen in the constellation Serpens. It spans 165 light years and contains between 100,000 and 500,000 stars depending on different estimates. Not only is it one of the larger globular clusters known, at 13 billion years old it is also one of the older globulars associated with the Milky Way Galaxy. Taken on 9th March 2015 - 57 x 15 second exposures at 6400 ISO plus 10 dark frames and 8 flat frames.
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 18m (9 x 2m) ISO 800 RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Yes
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 10m (20 x 30s) ISO 800 RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Yes - PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: Autostar Envisage
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008. It was captured on the first night of the Marathon.
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 13m RGB + 21m L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 21m (24 x 30s) RGB + (18 x 30s)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Envisage
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Meade DSI Color II/ 1084 second (271 4sec exposures) LRGB exposure/Prime focus/203×812mm/LXD75 8" Schmidt-Newtonian/stacked in DeepSkyStacker/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 21m 4s RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: none
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: This is my first attempt at combining different ISOs - this image has about half of the images at ISO 400, the other half at 1600
A reprocess of the data source for this image. I picked up a copy of PixInsight and ran some basic tools against the fit file from DSS.
Some of the steps were: basic background gradient extraction, histogram transformation, and dark structure enhancement. Saved as JPG directly from the application.
Much nicer result, especially when viewed at full size. I'll be going back to some of the older data that I have and fixing them up.
Meade DSI Color II/ 200sec (100 x 2s exposures) LRGB exposure/Prime focus/203×812mm/LXD75 8" Schmidt-Newtonian/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI
Exposure: 800s RGB exposure (50 x 4s for R,G,B and L)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: Envisage
Adjustments: composited/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 14m 30s (17 x 30s) RGB + (14 x 30s)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: None
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Meade DSI Color/ 160 second (20 8sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 630s (50 x 15s) LRGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 32m (32 x 30s) RGB + (32 x 30s)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Meade DSI Color/ 1800 second (120 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Stacked in DeepSkyStacker/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1hr 17m 47s (37 frames) ISO 800 RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Yes - PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 32m 30s LRGB exposure (65 x 30s RGB and Lum Exposures)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 10m LRGB exposure (20x30s RGB and Lum Exposures)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
The cloud-obstructed 2014 All-Arizona Messier Marathon became a real challenge after 10PM, as less than half the starlit sky remained available. Between then and Midnight, it was a scramble for me to capture Imaging data on as many of the Ursa Major and Leo and Virgo Galaxies as time and clouds allowed. By midnight, when the clouds "won out", I was up to 40 Image sets collected.
These are my Results: 58 of 110 Objects Imaged
Exposures:
3x 60sec @ 1600ISO
Equipment Used:
Canon 550D (IR-Modded)
Orion 8in Astrograph Newtonian Telescope
CGEM Mount with SSAG Guider
BackyardEOS Imaging Software
DeepSkyStacker and ACDsee 6 Pro
Meade DSI Color/ 1800 second (120 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Composited and leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: Autostar Envisage
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008. It was captured on the first night of the Marathon.
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: Autostar Envisage
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008. It was captured on the first night of the Marathon.
Meade DSI Color/ 600 second (40 15sec exposures) RGB exposure/Prime focus/114×500mm Telescope/Leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
My 2014 Imaging Messier Marathon was a challenge due to unwanted (and unusual for late Spring in Arizona) cloud cover. A cloudbank which thickened on the western horizon at Sunset, blocked off at least the first 10 Messier Objects, to the dismay of the assembled Amateur Astronomers. We scrambled to observe those Objects most likely to next be covered by the spreading clouds.
By 10PM, I'd captured Image data for 20 Messier Objects.
These are my Results: 58 of 110 Objects Imaged
Exposures:
3x 60sec @ 1600ISO
Equipment Used:
Canon 550D (IR-Modded)
Orion 8in Astrograph Newtonian Telescope
CGEM Mount with SSAG Guider
BackyardEOS Imaging Software
DeepSkyStacker and ACDsee 6 Pro
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 32m 45s (64 x 15s) RGB + (67 x 15s)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: None
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 225s (15 x 15s) RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: No
Stacked: Autostar Envisage
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: This Messier Object image is part of my Photo Messier Marathon 2008. It was captured on the first night of the Marathon.