Saturday, February 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
AAPOD - February 3, 2010
I am glad and proud I made it again: one more AAPOD (http://astronomy.fm/)!
JC/2010
JC/2010
Mars, Feb, 1st, 2010 f/30
Before seeing deteriorated, I was able to snap this Mars.
Stack of some 800 frames per R&G channel and 600 B.
C11 @f/30
Registax 5 & CS4.
Seeing 5/10.
JC/2010
Stack of some 800 frames per R&G channel and 600 B.
C11 @f/30
Registax 5 & CS4.
Seeing 5/10.
JC/2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Mars, Feb, 1st, 2010
Seeing has gotten a little better and allowed for a couple of tries at f/30.
Since it looked so nice, I tweaked collimation and pushed up to f/30. Boy, I could see fine detail on the R channel image on the laptop screen. I was glad that it was worth the waiting... only to become evident that seeing was only getting worse...
This is the best I was able to get, just some 50 minutes later...
C11 @f/30, DMK21AF, RGB Astronomik IIb
Registax & CS4.
Got to keep waiting for better skies...
JC/2010
First off, I didn't push hard to f/30 but rather to f/20.
It looked promising and seeing was quite nice for my local standards - 6 story roof top building, with scattered fireplace chimneys, though none was burning at the time.
I got the following picture, a stack of some 1000 frames per channel, in Registax and CS4.
It looked promising and seeing was quite nice for my local standards - 6 story roof top building, with scattered fireplace chimneys, though none was burning at the time.
I got the following picture, a stack of some 1000 frames per channel, in Registax and CS4.
Since it looked so nice, I tweaked collimation and pushed up to f/30. Boy, I could see fine detail on the R channel image on the laptop screen. I was glad that it was worth the waiting... only to become evident that seeing was only getting worse...
This is the best I was able to get, just some 50 minutes later...
C11 @f/30, DMK21AF, RGB Astronomik IIb
Registax & CS4.
Got to keep waiting for better skies...
JC/2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Plato & Alpine Valley
Leiria, (PT) Jan 24th, 18h26 UT
(c) JC/2010
After such a long time under clouded skies I was finally able to set my gear up and shoot some pics.
Though it was not perfect, it was ok to get rid of the spider webs and dust LOL!
This one was shot right after the C11 had been taken outside, so no thermal equilibrium was achieved. Nevertheless, I made the attempt.
C11 @f/10
DMK21AF, Red Astronomik IIb.
stack of 450 (out of 3000) on Registax & CS4.
Though it was not perfect, it was ok to get rid of the spider webs and dust LOL!
This one was shot right after the C11 had been taken outside, so no thermal equilibrium was achieved. Nevertheless, I made the attempt.
C11 @f/10
DMK21AF, Red Astronomik IIb.
stack of 450 (out of 3000) on Registax & CS4.
(c) JC/2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
OAG & Robofocus 1st Light
We finally got a break from the long lasting cloudy nights over here, which made it possible to give it a go and try the new equipment.
Boy, does it look promising!
FS102NSV + G-11 + OAG + DMK21AF + ST2kXM (H-alpha filter)
Dec, 14th/15th, 2009 (23h28/00h57 UTC)
Guiding with PHD on a different laptop (still waiting for the Firewire Express Card for my new laptop...)
1x 1800" @-30ºC
2x 90"" @-30ºC
No other processing other than:
- Align, Stack & kernel filter in MaxIm DL
- Levels, Curves & High Pass Filter in CS4
No Darks, no Flats.
Boy, does it look promising!
FS102NSV + G-11 + OAG + DMK21AF + ST2kXM (H-alpha filter)
Dec, 14th/15th, 2009 (23h28/00h57 UTC)
Guiding with PHD on a different laptop (still waiting for the Firewire Express Card for my new laptop...)
1x 1800" @-30ºC
2x 90"" @-30ºC
No other processing other than:
- Align, Stack & kernel filter in MaxIm DL
- Levels, Curves & High Pass Filter in CS4
No Darks, no Flats.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way and is some 2.5 million ly away. Andromeda is believed to be moving towards us to finally merge with the Milky Way in around 3 billion years from now, leading to a new galaxy: The Milkydromeda :D
Image setup:
FS102NSV @f/6.2 + IDAS 2"
SBIG ST2000XM self-guided
MaxIm DL & CS4
4x 900"
9x 300"
Leiria, Oct. 14th 2009
Image setup:
FS102NSV @f/6.2 + IDAS 2"
SBIG ST2000XM self-guided
MaxIm DL & CS4
4x 900"
9x 300"
Leiria, Oct. 14th 2009
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