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Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 10 x 103s ISO 800 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: Anteres .63x Focal Reducer
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 256×2500mm
Telescope: Meade LX200-GPS 10" ACF
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 21 x 120s ISO 1600 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: Anteres .63x Focal Reducer
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 256×2500mm
Telescope: Meade LX200-GPS 10" ACF
Guided: PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Okay, it's not much but I thought it was geeky enough even for me. This is 7 exposures and 4 dark frames (to remove sensor hot pixels) stacked with DeepSkyStacker. Each light frame was shot at ISO 800, f/4 for 4 seconds to minimize star trails. I used a Nikkor MF 200mm f/4 AI lens. Fixed tripod and no tracking. The comet is about magnitude 9.9 and the threshold of visible stars is about magnitude 10.
This comet has become visible in telescopes over the past couple of weeks. I don't have a telescope but a telephoto lens and a good educated guess about where to point it can result in a good shot.
Someone in Malta made a video of the comet the other night.
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Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 36m (20 x 1m) RGB + (16 x 1m)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
This is a somewhat noisy shot of the center of our galaxy. (It was a really warm night, which generates noise when taking long exposures) No telescope was used for this one. It contains many deep sky objects. There are more than I listed, but too dim to see clearly. Throughout the summer I'm going to image all of them, and insert close-ups of each one. :)
05/23/12
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
1x35 second exposure ISO 6400 f/5
Guided on my LXD75 EQ Mount
Canon Rebel T3 DSLR
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 4 x 300s ISO 1600 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: Anteres .63x Focal Reducer
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 256×2500mm
Telescope: Meade LX200-GPS 10" ACF
Guided: PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 7m (7 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
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1 h 6m 30s LRGB (taken over a month)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Autoguided
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 50m (10 x 5m) ISO 800 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: MPCC
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
Globular star cluster M13, taken from Malibu, California on August 6, 2005. Cropped from original single, unguided image taken with Canon 10D behind an Orion Short-Tube 80mm telescope (400 mm focal length), mounted on top of a Meade LX200 GPS 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope in alt-az configuration.
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 45m (9 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
Also known as the Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula, this is Messier Object 17.
Taken on August 26, 2011 with the full spectrum mod Pentax K10D. Stellarvue SV4 telescope used at prime focus. Field flattener also used with a Baader Moon and Skyglow filter.
This is a stack of 6 10 minute exposures as run through DSS. I put this through AIP4WIN using a Gammalog Brightness stretch, then passed it through Photomatix for details and then finally through Noiseware for high frequency noise control.
There's some funny marks from a bad set of flats. Also, there are some bits of amp glow that remain visible along the top edge. This will probably be a plague until I start batching my stacks in more narrow ranges of temperatures. In this set, there were pictures at 25 and 26C.
Compare with this image.
my goal of photographing all Messier objects in Boston continues as I decided to focus on bright objects around the Galactic Center recently. [346 frames x 3.2" exposure at 190 mm, F/5.0, ISO 1250]
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1h 7m 1s (56 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
Cline River Photography, Photo by Edwina Podemski.
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M51
taken on 10-, 12-, and 13-Jul-2022
Sony alpha 7ii astro mod
5" subs
total integration time 68 min.
Canon 400mm f5.6 stop down to 6.3
STC Astro MS filter
Top is East
Astronomy Magazine | 101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: The Whirlpool Galaxy
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Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 25m (14 x 1m) RGB + (11 x 1m)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
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 7 x 2m ISO 800 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: Anteres .63x Focal Reducer
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 256×2500mm
Telescope: Meade LX200-GPS 10" ACF
Guided: No
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 24m LRGB exposure (48 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: 60m (30 x 1m) RGB + (30 x 1m)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: PHD Guiding 1.9
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 10 x 180s ISO 1600 RGB
Filter: none
Focus Method: Prime focus
Lens Aperature/Focal Length: 80mm×500mm
Lens: Adorama ProOptic f6.3 500mm Mirror Lens
Guided: PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 66m (39 x 1m) RGB + (27 x 1m)L
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: PHD Guiding 1.9
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Otherwise known as Messier object 31 (M31). This new 85mm lens looks like it has some possibilities for astrophotography. :)
Compare with an earlier image.
The 2014 All-Arizona Messier Marathon was all-but shutdown by cloud cover and high haze by Midnight. While we always appreciate a chance to wander around and gab with other hobbyists, as well as grab snacks and use the Porta-Johns, most were frustrated by the cloud-out. While many retired to their sleeping bags, cots, tents, campers, or just backseats, a few of us stuck it out. Every time a "Sucker-Hole" appeared in the clouds, we observed or I Imaged any Messier Objects visible. That meant a total of 58 Objects for me - all cataloged in these contact sheets.
While I'd hoped for a better showing... Fun was had... Dark Skies and Scopes were enjoyed... A success overall...
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: 92m (50 x 2m) RGB + (42 x 2m)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
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.
Quick and dirty stacking and processing of (40) 30 Sec JPG's. True processing of the RAW images to come.
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 59m (29 x 1m) RGB + (30 x 1m)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: Nikon D50
Exposure: 14m 9s (4 exposures) RGB
ISO: 800
Filter: none
Focal Length: 55mm
F-Stop: f/5.6
Mount: Equitorial
Telescope: None
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Meade DSI Color II/ 28min 30sec (many multiple length exposures) LRGB exposure/Prime focus/203×812mm/LXD75 8" Schmidt-Newtonian/stacked in DeepSkyStacker/leveled in Photoshop/Flintstone, GA
Optical Configuration: GSO RC8 + Filter Wheel + ZWO ASI1600MM Cooled
Equipment: iOptron iEQ45 Pro, Lacerta MGEN II
Integration: Integration: Hα@300s x12, OIII@300 x 22, SII@300s x24
Calibration: 10xdark, 10xbias, 5xflat
Color Arrangement: Red=SII, Green=Hα, Blue=OIII
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 76m (38 x 2m) RGB + (38 x 2m)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
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 28m (7 x 4m) ISO 1600 RGB
Filter: Orion Skyglow Imaging Filter
Flattener/Correction: Anteres .63x Focal Reducer
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 256×2500mm
Telescope: Meade LX200-GPS 10" ACF
Guided: Yes - PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 200s RGB exposure (50 x 4s RGB and Lum Exposures)
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Stacked: Envisage
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 8m (8 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: 37m 22s RGB
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 203×812mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Meade 8" Schmidt-Newtonian
Guided: Autoguided
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Note: My alignment for some of these images wasn't so good - if you look close you can see the stars trailing slightly. There also was a bit of wind. I'm hoping to get better images on a still night with good alignment.
I captured these 43 Messier Objects on the evening of March 7/8, 2008 as part of my attempt to do a Photo Messier Marathon. Because of the time involved in finding/centering each object and because I'm taking fifteen 15s (225s total) images I can only do so many a night. I'm hoping to complete this entire grid sometime this month. Note that I've placed M110 in the 0,0 position so that I didn't have to add another row.
Each image was taken using a Meade DSI II Color attached to an LXD75 SN-8.
Quick and dirty stacking and processing of (32) 30 Sec JPG's. True processing of the RAW images to come.
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 37m (22 x 1m) RGB + (15 x 1m)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
Camera: Meade DSI Color II
Exposure: 102m (51 x 1m) RGB + (51 x 1m)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
My very first deep sky objects pictures.
Taken on Mount Pinos, California, on 23-May-2009.
Canon XSI. CG5 GEM. William Optics 110.