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Thursday, February 12, 2009
A POD
In near future I will attach six wheels under the dome to make it move smoothly.
In above image is a principle, how standard furniture whells will be placed.
Main dimensions of the POD ( Inches)3. Universe Today article
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
2. Universe Today article
Sunday, February 1, 2009
The heart & Soul Nebula as an Stereo Pair.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
APOD
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My "Sh2-240" Supernova Remnant image was selected as an "Astronomy Picture of the Day" by the NASA. You can see the NASA page here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090131.html
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This was my second APOD, previous one can be seen here:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081107.html
Friday, January 30, 2009
1. Universe Today, article
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sh2-240, Supernova remnant as a Stereo Pair
Sunday, January 25, 2009
IC443, a start of the new project
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Rosette Nebula as a Stereo pair.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Sh2-240, more lights
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Sh2-240, a Supernova remnant. (Simeis 147)
Thursday, January 8, 2009
QHY9 & Canon EF 200mm f1.8 "Startest"
Firs light for QHY9 and 200mm f1.8 lens
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A New Observatory!
Modification to QHY9 camera
QHY9 8,6mb cooled astro camera
Main Features Total pixel : 3448*2574 (8.9mega pixel) Active pixels: 3358*2536 (8.6mega pixel) Pixel Size: 5.4um*5.4um FullWell: 25.5Ke- Imager Size : 19.7*15.04mm 4/3inch Readout noise: TBD(Appox 10e maybe) Preview Speed: 3Mpixel/s (3sec download time) Download Speed: 1Mpixel/s (9sec download time) Peak QE: 56% @540nm 48%@Ha Microlensing on chip ABG: 1000X 16bit ADC with CDS and Preamp USB2.0 High Speed interface Build in 32MBytes SDRAM buffer Support Binning: No Bin, 2*2,3*3,4*4 Communication port to QHY color wheel Improved 2-Stage TEC cooling -50 from ambinet Improved Heat Sink For KODAK CCD Build in Temp sensor and 16bit high presion ADC DC103 DC adapter & TEC Controller, Regulated Build in Mechanical shutter for Full Frame CCD Fully Airproof with Two 4.0mm Air Socket Weight: 510g Deep Cooling DC103 DC adapter & TEC controller Single voltage Input: +12V Output +-15V +5V to CCD PWM TEC controller: 0V-12V to TEC Single Cable connection with QHY2PRO Accquire Temp sensor information For more informations please visit discuss forum http://qhyccd.com/ccdbbs/index.php?topic=989.0
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Some quick and dirty first test images.
Note! NO DARKS are used, only flats and BIAS, 7nm Baader H-alpha filter.
Images are scaled down 50%.
Rosette Nebula. 2 x 10 min with Canon 200mm EF f1.8L lens and QHY9. NO Darks Extremely dim supernova remnant in Taurus. Only 5 x 10min Canon 200mm EF f1.8L lens and QHY9, NO DarksCanon 200mm f1.8 lens
UPDATE
Astronomical images shot with this lens can be seen here:
http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.com/search/label/Canon%20200mm%20f1.8%20images
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removing the original Canon bajonet
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cutting off all the wires between the lens and the bajonet
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soldering an extencion cord between the lens and the bajonet
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attachment of the M42 ,75mm thread to the lens end
Original wires are cutted and extencions soldered in.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Veil Movie3
Large version of the Veil 3D animation.
Download a high resolution movie fille here, 18MB:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/43z2mm2qzqg/Movie_0001.wmv
The higher resolution movie, 62MB, can be downloaded from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ca05761aad8b3134d2db6fb9a8902bda
Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Veil 3D-movie
This is really interesting! (least to me)
I divided the original 2D-Veil image to the layers by the content.
(parts of nebula, stars by size and the background)
Each layer was then projected to the 3D-surface.
The main principle is about the same as in Stereo Pair images.
In this tecnique the data is really in 3D-format though.
I think this video tels a lot about nature of this object as a 3D bubble, leftovers from
massive explosion, Supernova.
NOTE. This is not a accurate model, it's more like an educated guess about appearance.
The original 2D-image, with imaging details, can be found here:
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2008/10/veil-nebula-in-hubble-palette.html
3d-stero pair image is here:
http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2008/10/stereo-image-pair-of-veil-nebula.html
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Stero pair animation! of exploding star is here:
http://i36.tinypic.com/16aty7n.gif
There is couple of hick-ups in the video, since I'm very new with any animation techniques, yet.
Video compression kils the movie here. Original
HD-quality movie has stunning details and about zilion and half more stars.