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Monday, September 26, 2011

A collection of images from Australia ( Shot by a remote telescope)



Southern wonders

Images from Northern Galactic Groups remote telescope, narrow and broad band. photos.


I had an access to a great instrument, 16 inch RCOS, in Australia for few months about an year ago, what a wonderful experience! I made this poster form presentation from that material. Southern sky is full of wonders  and the site was really dark. I miss this "Stradivarius" of telescopes, my old Meade feels like a toy after this...

A labeled version


A collection of remote images can be found from my portfolio, with technical details:






R.I.P Dell laptop at age of ten years...




This was a third time I tried to have my first light for the Autumn season 2011. This time my ten years old Dell laptop, used to run the observatory, died.
I have ordered a new tabletop computer with some extra com ports. There are no 9 pin communication ports in modern computers and many astro gears need one, like active optics unit, TCF-s focuser and Meade telescope control.  I bet, the weather will clear up now, since I can't shoot...

Some redone images

I have turned some of my images to a panoramic format for one customer. 
They turned to be kind of nice, so I'll publish some of them here.
(They looked wonderful as a large print on canvas)

More panoramic images in my portfolio:
http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/p1055055963

M8, the "Lagoon Nebula"
in constellation Sagittarius

Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.

Original image and technical details:



NGC7000, the "North America Nebula", a closeup
in constellation Cygnus 


Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.

Original image and technical details:


M104, the "Sombrero Galaxy"
in constellation Virgo

A broad band image in natural RGB-colors


Original image and technical details:



Sharpless 162, NGC 7635, the "Bubble Nebula"

Ra 23h 20m 48s Dec +61° 12′ 06″


Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope) from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen & B=Oxygen.



Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements, R=80%Hydrogen+20%Sulfur, G=100%Oxygen and B=85%Oxygen+15%Hydrogen to compensate otherwise missing H-beta emission.








Thursday, September 22, 2011

Rain and more rain... couple of wide fields vs closeups




Since the weather doesn't support shooting any new material, I have done more image pairs from same target.
I have shot many targets with least two different focal lengths, usually a 200-300mm camera lens and my old Meade LX200 GPS 12" telescope. I have done earlier some scale studies as a zoom in series, with Moon circle as a scale.
Now I have done just simple image pairs, showing both, a wide field and a closeup from the same objects.


"Rosette Nebula"
Ra 06h 33m 45s Dec +04° 59′ 54″, in constellation Orion


Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.




Sharpless 162, NGC 7635, the "Bubble Nebula"
Ra 23h 20m 48s Dec +61° 12′ 06″


Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements, R=80%Hydrogen+20%Sulfur, G=100%Oxygen and B=85%Oxygen+15%Hydrogen to compensate otherwise missing H-beta emission.

Links to an original images used in series from top to bottom
  1. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/03/sh2-157-reprocessed.html
  2. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/09/bubble-nebula-reprocessed-again.html




Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)
from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.





Wednesday, September 21, 2011

A small set of image pairs, Wide field vs closeup




I have shot many targets with least two different focal lengths, usually a 200-300mm camera lens and my old Meade LX200 GPS 12" telescope. I have done earlier some scale studies as a zoom in series, with Moon circle as a scale. 
Now I have done just simple  image pairs, showing both, a wide field and a closeup from the same objects.




IC1396 and the "Elephant's Trunk Nebula"
In constellation Cepheus


Natural color composition from the emission of ionized elements, R=80%Hydrogen+20%Sulfur, G=100%Oxygen and B=85%Oxygen+15%Hydrogen to compensate otherwise missing H-beta emission.

Links to an original images used in series from top to bottom
  1. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/01/ic-1396-reprocessed.html
  2. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/01/elephants-trunk-nebula-inside-ic-1396.html




IC 1848, the "Soul Nebula"
In constellation Cassiopeia


Image is in HST-palette, (HST=Hubble Space Telescope)

from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.



Links to an original images used in series from top to bottom
  1. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/02/ic-1848-soul-nebula-finalized.html
  2. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2009/11/soul-nebula-closeup-finalized.html



NGC1499, the "California Nebula"
RA 04h 03m 18.00s Dec +36° 25′ 18.0"

HST-palette composition from emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
Links to an original images used in series from top to bottom
  1. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/06/ngc-1499-california-nebula-reprocessed.html
  2. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2010/12/ngc-1499-california-nebula-closeup.html