Sunday, March 31, 2019

Friday NIght 29th to Saturday Morning 30th March 2019 Timelapse Sequence at Font Hill


Timelapse images taken with Canon 1100D Camera. Over 500 30 second raw frames enhanced then converted to JPEGS  in Canon Digital Photo Professional software and then combined into an AVI file using Virtual Dub software.

Leo Galaxy Triplets at Font Hill Sunday 31st March 2019

7 x 300 second exposures (35 minutes total) captured in Astrophotography Tool stacked and processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Nebulosity software.  Taken with Modified Canon 450D Camera and Vixen ED80 Telescope, mount and tracking on a Skywatcher HEQ5 using CDC(Carte du Ciel) and EQMOD software , Guiding with modified(tube shortened) 50mm Findescope and ZWO 120 ASI Monochrome Camera using PHD2 software.

Friday, March 15, 2019

Wide Field Running Chicken Nebula IC2944

6000 Light Years Distant



Image capture with APT(Astrophotography Tool) software of mosaic of 2 separate images, each separately 6x5 minute (30 minutes) exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, merged in Photoshop, resulting combined image slightly enhanced in Nebulosity and then enhanced slightly again back in Photoshop.  Camera and Telescope is Canon 30D(Modified) and Skywatcher ED80 on EQ6 Mount, autoguiding with DSI C Camera and Orion Short Refractor with PHD(Push Here Dummy) Software, Telescope control with CDC(Cart du Ciel) Eqmod inteface with Ascom drivers

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Wide Field Eta Carina NGC 3376

Eta Carinae Nebulae 6000 Light Years Distant


Image capture with APT(Astrophotography Tool) software of mosaic of 4 separate images, each separately 6x3 minute (18 minutes) exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, merged in Photoshop, resulting combined image slightly enhanced in Nebulosity and then enhanced slightly again back in Photoshop.  Camera and Telescope is Canon 30D(Modified) and Skywatcher ED80 on EQ6 Mount, autoguiding with DSI C Camera and Orion Short Refractor with PHD(Push Here Dummy) Software, Telescope control with CDC(Cart du Ciel) Eqmod inteface with Ascom drivers.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Open Star Cluster Ngc3532 "The Pin Cushion Cluster"



1320 Light Years Distant


6 x 60sec (6 min) exposure, Modified Canon 550D, 6 Inch Matsukov and EQ6 Mount, Autoguiding with 50mm Prostar Guide Scope and DSI C, Software for telescope control, capture and processing, APT, PHD, CDC, Nebulosity.

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Crazy Chickens IC2944

First part of a failed 2 panel mosaic with a Dual Band Filter, Ha and Oiii. 5 x 300second Exposures stacked and enhanced in post processi...