Tuesday, June 29, 2010


M27 32 shots at 2min with Bad pixel map.This shot clearly shows the stars are not pinpoint at the edge. 

Adapter test

Ran a test on the new adapter for the QHY 8 using the baader fitler. Need to shorten it a bit. 3 10min shots with flats and bad pixel map. guided using Qguide and PHD with C8 and Imaged with QHY8 and the Onyx 80.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

M45


Ran a test using the Celestron Onyx 80mm APO and Q8 along with testing a field flattner.. Worked very well and I'm very happy with it.. Still need to get my color enhancing filter from Omega Optical... You can sure see the sky glow in this shot. 20 subs @ 3min each. Captured and processed using Nebulosity. Guided using PHD and the Qguide guider.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

M51


M51, 40 shots @ 90 seconds. Gain 25. C8

Fast moving comet


Took a shot of Comet Holmes with The Comet Catcher. 5.5 inch f3.64.. No filters. Orion Starshoot. 30 Shots at 10sec each..Captured and processed with Nebulosity.


Second shot of Comet Holmes with The Comet Catcher. 5.5 inch f3.64.. Used a comet filter. Orion Starshoot Camera, 30 Shots at 15 Sec each.  These 2 shots were taken within minutes of each other. Notice how far the comet moved away from the star that is just below the core. Captured and processed with Nebulosity.

Do Light pollution filters really work?

This is a single 5 min RAW file using the Comet Catcher, StarShoot camera and NO Skyglow filter. No modification to the shot was done. No dark subtract or any other type of processing. Shows how bad the glow is when not using a light pollution filter....


This is a single 5 min RAW file using the Comet Catcher, StarShoot camera with the Skyglow filter. No modification to the shot was done. No dark subtract or any other type of processing. Shows how well the Orion Skyglow filter works... Or any light pollution filter for that matter.

Real happy with this Shot


Ring nebulae. Celestron 8 with starshoot camera with .5 reducer and skyglow filter. 10x30 sec
Now That's Cold!!


Scope performed well. Powertank 17 didn't like it to much so I had to switch to a different power source. 17.1 degress F.

M109


M109 captured and processed using Nebulosity 2 http://www.stark-labs.com/ and Guided with PHD using the Orion Autoguider. 30 shots total, 10 min subs each with a total 4hrs of lum.