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John's Astro Blog: M42 - Over the last three years
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Friday, 4 March 2011. M42 - Over the last three years. I thought it might be interesting to look back at my attempts at M42 over the last three years and compare the results. All taken with the same 450d. Konus Vista 80s, NexStar SLT (AltAz). C80ED, Guided HEQ5. The reason my first attempt is so read, I used a Semi APO filter to help with the CA, and it removed a lot of blue. Top 10 astrologers in.
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John's Astro Blog: Update - Deep Sky
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Wednesday, 23 February 2011. Update - Deep Sky. There has been a distinct lack of opportunity for deep sky this winter, mores the pity. First up, a wide field of Auriga. this was shot with the nifty fifty. I started to add the Messier clusters in Auriga to add to the widefield base image, but that's got lost somewhere. M38 and the smiley face. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Stargazing with Binocul...
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John's Astro Blog: August 2010
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Friday, 13 August 2010. Perseids Watch - Part the second. Another night, and it started out the same, cloudy all day, still pretty cloudy as the sun was going down, and soon cleared shortly after sundown. Once the sky got completely dark, I setup the meteor lounger, and set down at around 2230 for a viewing session. I left the kit indoors, and just enjoyed the clear skies. Links to this post. In the en...
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John's Astro Blog: November 2009
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Friday, 27 November 2009. Been testing out a change in guide camera. I only got 40 minutes in total, but it's good to know it's working ;). Anyway. I installed all the drivers and software during the day, and it was worth it, it was a bit of a faff getting the correct software installed to get the camera working as both a planetary/lunar camera and a guide camera. A couple at full frame, about 38fps.
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John's Astro Blog: Update - Lunar
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Wednesday, 23 February 2011. Oh how many for this one. C80ED, 2xTC, 450d on a camera tripod. And with some colour. And the Storm moon. Been some great Lunar halo's over the past couple of months, these are all 2 frame vertical panorama's. And then a couple of mosaics. most complete, one spoilt by cloud. Only 7 panes to test it out. 12 August 2011 at 14:10. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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John's Astro Blog: April 2010
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Monday, 26 April 2010. Deep Sky - An Update. This is a bit shorter than the Moon update. All these were shot with the Canon 450d attached to the C80ED, mounted on a guided HEQ5, guided with a QHY5v attached to the Konus Vista 80s with PHD. Night 1 31 subs of 10 minutes. Night 2 added - 55 subs of 10 minutes. And the final result, Night 3 added - 76 subs of 10 minutes. Mars and The Beehive (M44). I've d...
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John's Astro Blog: March 2011
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Tuesday, 8 March 2011. GSO 6"RC Proper Deep Sky First Light. Finally. a clear night without a layer of high mist. I knew what I was going to do, so got setup, used a 1 star sync with EQMOD, then the goto to M51, and that plonked M51 within the FOV of the 450d on the RC. 16 x 10 minutes @ ISO800, darks and flats. Imaging setup: GSO 6" RC, Canon 450d. Guiding: QHY5v, Konus Vista 80s. Links to this post.
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John's Astro Blog: December 2009
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Monday, 21 December 2009. Some Younger Moon shots. A few shots of the younger moon taken in the cold and snow over the weekend. A bit earlier on, the sky had a pink tint as the sun was setting. And with a passer by. Then a couple from a little later on. Links to this post. Monday, 14 December 2009. The Moon, Geminds and an Older Moon. M31, m35, m36, m37, m38, m41, m42, m44, m45 to start with. After bei...
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John's Astro Blog: March 2010
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A journal of my Journey in Astronomy. And associated pitfalls, trips, stumbles, successes and triumphs. Saturday, 13 March 2010. Shared observing and M3. I've not had time to write this up till now. But there we go. From there onto M42 (before it got to low, and the wings of the nebula were clear in the eyepice. M44, another stunning display of stars, we also spent some time looking at the Mirfak association and the double cluster. After stacking and processing, here's the result. Mounted on an HEQ5.
