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Saturday, October 1, 2011

A new set of wide fields vs closeups



Weather looks kind of good now, I might have something new to publish in few days! I never have had a first light for the Autumn season so late...

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


IC 410, in Auriga, a "cosmic fertilization"

Ra 05h 22m 39s Dec -33° 31′ 01″

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

Links to the original images, used in image pair, from top to bottom, 300mm vs ~2000mm

1. First wide field shot: 


IC405, the "Flaming Star Nebula"

An emission Nebula in constellation Auriga


Images are in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements, 
R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.

Links to the original images, used in image pair, from top to bottom, 300mm vs ~2000mm





Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A set 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.



Sh2-142, the "Wizard Nebula"

Ra 22h 47m 0s Dec +58° 06′ 00″, in constellation Cepheus



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



Links to the original images, used in series, from top to bottom, 300mm vs  ~2000mm






NGC 7000, the "North America Nebula"

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.



Links to the original images, used in series, from top to bottom, 300mm vs  ~2000mm





IC443, the "Jellyfish Nebula"

In constellation Gemini



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

Links to the original images, used in series, from top to bottom, 300mm vs  ~2000mm

2. http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/01/ic-443-reprocessed-closeup-and-wide.html





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.