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Posts Made By: Joe McBride

July 24, 2007 01:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M27 with unmodded XTi

Posted By Joe McBride
I tried this about a week ago with my Canon 400D and my C-11 @ f/10. 7 minutes total time with 4 subs at varing times. I hope to get it modded soon. It was breezy that night so the stars are not round. I manually guided with a 70mm refractor.

Joe


September 18, 2007 01:46 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M-42

Posted By Joe McBride
This is a image with about 11 minutes of data taken with My modified XTi. I used 800asa for the longer exposures and I used 400asa for the central areas with shorter times. I put the data together in PW and tweaked in PS7

Joe


September 26, 2007 03:03 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M-1

Posted By Joe McBride
Here is a image I made last Sunday morning. It is 4 x 5min shots through my C-11 @ f/6. I used a modified Canon XTi @ 800asa. Tweaked in PS7

Joe


September 27, 2007 02:23 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Horse Head Nebula

Posted By Joe McBride
This is approx. 17 minutes of data taken last Sunday morning. It was taken with My modified Canon XTi at 800asa through my C-11 @ f/6. (2 x 5min) (1 x 3min) (1 x 4min)

Steve this is the 400D consumer grade...no live focusing. I can get focus just by looking through the viewfinder...then check it with a short exposure to verify.


Enjoy!!
Joe


October 1, 2007 02:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Orion's Belt & Sword

Posted By Joe McBride
Here is an over processed image I took last weekend. This is only 2x3 minute exposures so the data is really thin. It starts to show the dusty nebulas that run all over the field between the Horse Head and M42 and beyond. I plan to add more data later but this was a test image of sorts to see how well my old Olympus Zuiko lenses worked with my Canon 400D. I used a Olympus 200mm f/4 lens (stopped to f/5.6) for this image.

Joe

October 4, 2007 05:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

The Blue Snowball

Posted By Joe McBride
I got this last night even though the seeing was ok. This is an interesting object photographicly because less is more. Longer exposures tend to burn out the arc near the center and also render the nebula flat. I used my C-11 @ f/10 with a modified Canon XTi @ 800asa. This is about 4 minutes of data. This is a small crop from the original image.

Joe


October 25, 2007 05:53 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Holmes

Posted By Joe McBride
I caught this image a few minutes ago with a modified Canon 400D through a FS102 @ f/8 for 1 minute @ 800asa.

Joe


October 28, 2007 05:15 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Comet Holmes

Posted By Joe McBride
15 seconds total time through my C-11 @ f/18 with a modded Canon 400D.

Joe

November 5, 2007 12:28 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Comet Holmes from Friday night

Posted By Joe McBride
Here is my version of Comet Holmes from Friday (11/2)night through my C-11 A approx f/6. I used a modified Canon XTi and 4 exposures totaling more than a minute. It has gotten quite large as compared to its first brightening on Oct 24

Joe


April 20, 2008 06:06 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Sprouting Grass Moon

Posted By Joe McBride
I just picked up a used XTi and this is a test shot through a 70mm refractor. This is a blend of 2 1/200th sec shots. Seeing is pretty bad tonight. Compared to My Modified XTi the regular XTi is not as sensative. This shot was 1/200th sec @100asa but with the modded one it is in the 1/640 - 1/800th sec range. I am guessing that the filter factor is the difference.

Enjoy!

Joe


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