Monday, December 31, 2007
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.
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
My very first DS image ever.
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
My very first DS image ever.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.
NGC3718, thanks for solving it Philipp
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.
Full Moon
half a Moon with Earth shine
Earth Shine in three day old Moon
Moon from different vantage points forms a Rose.
This image is made with my tehnique precented in Sky & Telescope Jan 2005
One more sample about 3D transformation of the Moon.
The limb of the Moon is seen from abowe in upper part of the image
Planetary images from 2004-2006
Collection of "old" images.LX200 GPS 12" and SW 80ED.
Cameras: Canon 300D, QHY8, various Webcams
saturn & Moons (labeled)
Mars 2006
Saturn 03.03.2005
Jupiter
Our Sun with few tiny Sun spots
Venus
An other Saturn image
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
The imaging system
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