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Monday, December 31, 2007
Autum 2007 H-alpha images
H-a 4h Elephants trunk nebula in IC 1396
LX200 GPS 12" f6.3 + SXV-AO (Active Optics system)
The core of IC 1805 4h of H-a
LX200 GPS 12" f6.3 + SXV-AO (Active Optics system)
Bubble nebula 4h of H-a
ED80, guided with LX200 and QHY5 camera+PHD-guiding
2h of H-a
SXV-AO, Active Optics sytem first light
Comparison image of AO and no AO system.
Image of the AO-unit, from the telescope side
Assembly
http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/SXV-AO.htm
On the left side Bubble nebula 4h HaRGB image, guided with SXV-AO.
On the right side, older, 2h UHC RGB image from spring 2007.
Right side image is guided with traditional sytem, ED80+QHY5 camera and PHD-guiding.
4h H-a + 2h RGB with UHC-filter
STEREO 3D tests, just fof fun!
Images from Autum 2007 part II
California nebula
ED80 + QHY8, guiding LX200+QHY5 UHC-filter 4h+flats+bias
Heart nebula, IC1805
ED80 + QHY8, guiding LX200+QHY5 UHC-filter 4h+flats+bias
IC 1396
ED80 + QHY8, guiding LX200+QHY5
UHC-filter 5h+flats+bias
Labels:
nebula
Images from autum 2007
Veil nebula, Eastern part.
ED80 + QHY8, guiding LX200+QHY5
UHC-filter 2h+flats+bias
Veil nebula, Western part.
ED80 + QHY8, guiding LX200+QHY5
UHC-filter 4h+flats+bias
Labels:
nebula
DS images from 2004-07
Older DS images from 2005-7
M31 is beautiful and very problematic target.
Large angular size, low surfage brightness and large dynamic range
combined to heavily light polluted location, is not a good combination.
Anyhow, here is the result this time.
I really need a darker location.
SW80ED and QHY8
guiding LX200+QHY5+PHD-guiding
4h total exposure time.
NGC3718, thanks for solving it Philipp M33 is adifficult target from light polluted evnironment.I use four hours of exposures for this. Noise porblem and very low S/N are coused by LP. SW80ED QHY8, guided with LX200+QHY5+PHD-guiding
I had some extra time, so i went trough my archives.
Here it is famous 17P/Holmes.
At the time it was easy to spot with naked eye.
Two hours of exposures with QHY8 and SW80ED.
M13
I was very proud, that I was able to see spiral arms
in my picture! Image is taken in Alt/Az mode acd there was
only 12x30s subs, no guiding.
Labels:
galaxy images
Moon Images from 2004-2006
I have had few images in famous LPOD
http://www.lpod.org/
I have had an article about Moon 3D transformation in Sky & Telescope.
(J-P Metsavainio, A New Way of Looking at the Moon. Sky & Telescope, Jan 2005, p 142-146.)
Here is a few sample images from the past.
Moon at day time
Eclipse serie from 2007
Below last three images at 50% scale.
One more sample about 3D transformation of the Moon.
The limb of the Moon is seen from abowe in upper part of the image
Labels:
moon images,
publications
Planetary images from 2004-2006
Collection of "old" images.LX200 GPS 12" and SW 80ED.
Cameras: Canon 300D, QHY8, various Webcams
Jupiter Our Sun with few tiny Sun spots
Labels:
planetary images
Equipments
List of my astro related equipments,
Telescopes,
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Meade Lx200 GPS 12"
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Sky Watcher 80ED
Camera lenses for astrowork,
Canon FD 200mm f2.8
Tokina AT-X 300mm f2.8
Canon 200mm f1.8 (World fastest telelens)
Mounts,
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HEQ5
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Meades original fork mount on the Mega Wedge Pro http://www.astro-engineering.com/LX200/megawedgepro.html
Cameras,
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QHY8 Cooled 6mb clor astro camera http://www.qhyccd.com/QHY8.html
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Canon 300D
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Lodestar Guider camera http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/Lodestar.htm
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QHY5 guider camera http://www.qhyccd.com/QHY5.html
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Fusion Webcam from logitech
Accessories,
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SXV-AO, active optics unit from Starlight Xpress http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/SXV-AO.htm
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DIY heating traps for various elements of the telescope http://www.dewbuster.com/heaters/heaters.html
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Losmandy Dowetail ringsystem
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Losmandy 3D Counterweight system
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Filter drawer system http://www.gerd.neumann.net/v2/english/eng_filterdrawer.html
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TCF-s temperature compensated focuser http://www.optecinc.com/optec_015.htm
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Telrad finder with home made dew shield
- cable managment system, yep lots of cables there
Celestron f6.3 focal reducer/flattener
lots of small stuf.....
Filters,
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7nm 2" H-alpha from Baader
- 8,5nm 2" O-III from Baader
8nm 2" S-II from Baader
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UHC-s from Baader
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IDAS-LP filter
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various planetary filters
Software,
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MaximDL http://www.cyanogen.com/
PoleAlignMax
RegiStax http://www.astronomie.be/registax/
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Cartes du Ciel http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html
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PS
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Lots and lots of other, supporting, astro related software
Labels:
equipments
Sunday, December 30, 2007
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