New large Astro-Physics mountPosted By Roland Christen |
http://www.astro-physics.com/products/mounts/1600gto/1600gto.pdf
Posts Made By: Roland Christen
April 20, 2012 06:41 PM
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Mounts
April 20, 2012 06:41 PM
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Equipment Talk
New large Astro-Physics mount announcedPosted By Roland Christen |
http://www.astro-physics.com/products/mounts/1600gto/1600gto.pdf
May 22, 2012 04:48 PM
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Astro-Physics
Attack of the killer scorpionPosted By Roland Christen |
Taken by Brian Shelton (www.cosmosimages.net)
"I was able to image the sun this weekend with my AP160 and Solarscope H-alpha filter (single stacked for this photo) showing the huge killer scorpion prom."
Brian Shelton
http://cosmosimages.net/pictures/20120519_stiched%20color%20invert%20with%20proms.jpg
"I was able to image the sun this weekend with my AP160 and Solarscope H-alpha filter (single stacked for this photo) showing the huge killer scorpion prom."
Brian Shelton
http://cosmosimages.net/pictures/20120519_stiched%20color%20invert%20with%20proms.jpg
May 22, 2012 08:27 PM
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CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky
NCG5466 GlobularPosted By Roland Christen |
Taken with 175 EDF F8 refractor and QSI683 camera. 20 minutes each LRGB.
Rolando
Rolando
May 23, 2012 02:41 AM
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CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System
Attack of the Killer ScorpionPosted By Roland Christen |
Taken by Brian Shelton (www.cosmosimages.net)
"I was able to image the sun this weekend with my AP160 and Solarscope H-alpha filter (single stacked for this photo) showing the huge killer scorpion prom."
Brian Shelton
http://cosmosimages.net/pictures/20120519_stiched%20color%20invert%20with%20proms.jpg
"I was able to image the sun this weekend with my AP160 and Solarscope H-alpha filter (single stacked for this photo) showing the huge killer scorpion prom."
Brian Shelton
http://cosmosimages.net/pictures/20120519_stiched%20color%20invert%20with%20proms.jpg
May 24, 2012 10:14 PM
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CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky
Very faint Draco GalaxyPosted By Roland Christen |
UGC10822 a dwarf galaxy in Draco - an extremely faint close-by galaxy, neighbor of the Milky Way. A total of 4.8 hours of images stacked (29 x 10 min), just begins to show this unusual galaxy. The small background galaxies range between mag 15 and mag 18, so you can see how faint this object is. I don't believe it has been seen visually.
305F3.8 R-H astrograph, QSI683 camera.
Rolando
305F3.8 R-H astrograph, QSI683 camera.
Rolando
May 30, 2012 11:09 PM
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Astro-Physics
Saturn last nightPosted By Roland Christen |
Last night while testing a couple of 175 EDF refractor lenses in the observatory, I got some really nice views of Mars, the Moon and Saturn. Saturn was etched against the darkening sky evn though the seeing was not perfect. The scope just snapped in at focus, the way refractors tend to do.
So, I figured that this was a good time to try out my new Sony NEX-7 digital camera for lunar/planetary imaging. I shot Saturn in high definition video for about 2 hours until the seeing began to deteriorate. I used a 6mm Zeiss Abbe Ortho eyepiece in eyepiece projection mode to get something around 0.2 arc sec per pixel. Using Registax, I combined some 3800 individual frames (yes it took a long time), and here is the result. The image has been upscaled about 2x.
I just realized that Titan was close by, and found it on the original image by some agressive stretching. I layered it in to this image.
Rolando
So, I figured that this was a good time to try out my new Sony NEX-7 digital camera for lunar/planetary imaging. I shot Saturn in high definition video for about 2 hours until the seeing began to deteriorate. I used a 6mm Zeiss Abbe Ortho eyepiece in eyepiece projection mode to get something around 0.2 arc sec per pixel. Using Registax, I combined some 3800 individual frames (yes it took a long time), and here is the result. The image has been upscaled about 2x.
I just realized that Titan was close by, and found it on the original image by some agressive stretching. I layered it in to this image.
Rolando
May 30, 2012 11:10 PM
Forum:
CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System
Saturn with a 175 EDF refractorPosted By Roland Christen |
Last night while testing a couple of 175 EDF refractor lenses in the observatory, I got some really nice views of Mars, the Moon and Saturn. Saturn was etched against the darkening sky evn though the seeing was not perfect. The scope just snapped in at focus, the way refractors tend to do.
So, I figured that this was a good time to try out my new Sony NEX-7 digital camera for lunar/planetary imaging. I shot Saturn in high definition video for about 2 hours until the seeing began to deteriorate. I used a 6mm Zeiss Abbe Ortho eyepiece in eyepiece projection mode to get something around 0.2 arc sec per pixel. Using Registax, I combined some 3800 individual frames (yes it took a long time), and here is the result. The image has been upscaled about 2x.
Rolando
So, I figured that this was a good time to try out my new Sony NEX-7 digital camera for lunar/planetary imaging. I shot Saturn in high definition video for about 2 hours until the seeing began to deteriorate. I used a 6mm Zeiss Abbe Ortho eyepiece in eyepiece projection mode to get something around 0.2 arc sec per pixel. Using Registax, I combined some 3800 individual frames (yes it took a long time), and here is the result. The image has been upscaled about 2x.
Rolando
June 4, 2012 08:52 PM
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CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky
Venus Saturday eveningPosted By Roland Christen |
Took some images of Venus in a partly cloudy but very clear-blue sky Saturday with my 175 refractor and NEX-7 camera. This is a single image at 1/1250 sec exposure.
Rolando
Rolando
June 4, 2012 09:03 PM
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Astro-Physics
Venus Saturday eveningPosted By Roland Christen |
Took some images of Venus in a partly cloudy but very clear-blue sky Saturday with my 175 refractor and NEX-7 camera. This is a single image at 1/1250 sec exposure.
Rolando
Rolando
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