The Summer Triangle...Deneb, Altair, and Vega
This shot illustrates what can be done with very modest equipment. The photo was taken with a simple Canon 30D DSLR sitting on a photo tripod. 9 x 25sec exposures at 17mm focal length and f/4.0. Stacked in Images Plus and stretched in Photoshop.
Cygnus-Lyra Region of the Milky Way
Milky Way Looking South
Can you pick out the asterism called the 'coathanger' in this shot?
Milky Way Southern Skies With Jupiter
Andromeda Galaxy
Imaging Scope: AT66ED APO Refractor with 0.8x field flattener (operating at 320mm f/l; f/4.8)
Mount: Celestron CG5-GT Unguided
Camera: Canon 30D DSLR
Images: 60 x 1 minute subs stacked and processed in Images Plus and Photoshop
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Wide Angle M13
Imaging Scope: AT66ED APO Refractor with 0.8x field flattener (operating at 320mm f/l; f/4.8)
Mount: Celestron CG5-GT Unguided
Camera: Canon 30D DSLR
Images: 60 x 1 minute subs stacked and processed in Images Plus and Photoshop
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2006
Moon and Saturn
This image gives a nice comparison of the relative size of these two objects as viewed from the earth. This is a two exposure composite. The first image was exposed for the moon and the second was exposed for Saturn. The two images were then merged in Photoshop.
Imaging Scope: Celestron C6 SCT with f/6.3 focal reducer
Mount: Celestron CG5-GT
Camera: Nikon D70, 1/320 second exposure on the moon; 30 second exposure for Saturn
Processing in Photoshop
Nearly Full Moon
Imaging Scope: Celestron C6 SCT with f/6.3 focal reducer
Mount: Celestron CG5-GT
Camera: Nikon D70, 1/320 second exposure
Processing in Photoshop
North American Nebula
Imaging Scope: AT66ED APO Refractor with 0.8x field flattener (operating at 320mm f/l; f/4.8)
Mount: Celestron CG5-GT Guided with PHD Guiding and Meade DSI color CCD camera (C6S Guide Scope)
Camera: Canon 30D DSLR
Images: 60 x 2 minute subs stacked and processed in Images Plus and Photoshop
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Pleiades
Imaging Scope: AT66ED APO Refractor with 0.8x field flattener (operating at 320mm f/l; f/4.8)
Mount: Celestron CG5-GT Guided with PHD Guiding and Meade DSI color CCD camera (C6S Guide Scope)
Camera: Canon 30D DSLR
Images: 15 x 5 minute subs stacked and processed in Images Plus and Photoshop
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Comet Holmes
This is a composite image of Comet Holmes from around early November, 2007. It consist of exposures of 15 seconds and 2 minutes. The shorter exposures leave the core intact while the longer exposures bring out the comets outer luminance layers.
17-OCT-2005
Teapot Asterism
This is the 'Teapot' of Sagittarius taken just after dusk. Note that the bright planet Venus is just about to go down behind the trees in the lower right corner of the frame.
