Image
of the Moon taken with a Canon digital camcorder on a tripod in photo
mode. Most of the images were mediocre, this was one of the best and
the trick was keeping the zoom in the optical domain and playing with
the white balance.
One-shot-image of the Moon using Meade DSI at the prime focus of the ETX125EC
Total
lunar eclipse showing the noon at totality surrounded by the major
stars of Leo. Taken with a William Optics SD66Z, focal reducer and a
Canon EOS 350 DSLR. Unguided, mounted on a photographic tripod.
Planetary My first decent image with the Meade DSI and ETX125. Only about a dozen frames and I stopped quick just to make sure I captured the image.
This
second image with the Meade DSI and ETX125 showed better definition and
focus. This was 50 images stacked in a 10 minute period. It was taken a
few days later than the first hence Saturn is in a different
orientation.
My
first shot at capturing Jupiter. Not a great image and the dec drive
broke just afterwards. Since then Jupiter has been too low on the
horizon to attempt a better image.
Comet
I
received an email alert from the SPA that 17P Holmes had an outburst of
gas around the orbit of Jupiter and brightened a million fold. It
was four days before a gap in the clouds appeared and it took 20
seconds to find the comet in binoculars. From there I looked at it
through the SD66Z and then mounted up the DSLR to get an image before
the weather closed in again.
The next night was clear and I used the ETX125EC with the DSLR to get a more detailed image.
Out for the third night running! Comet
17P Holmes captured with the Meade DSI with an Atik focal reducer at
prime focus of the Meade ETX125. DSI software used to track the object
and stack 125 two second exposures over 10 minutes.
Widefield shot with Canon DSLR at ISAO1600 and 18mm lens. I was
trying to catch Comet Tuttle, but Holmes is still visible in Perseus. Widefield images
Comet 17P Holmes taken with the Canon EOS350 at ISO1600 using a 50mm lens and manual focus. Five second exposure.
Experimental
shot with the Meade DSI and a 50mm camera lens. As these were
experiments, I didn't record the exposure details but I seem to
remember stacking 40-50 two second exposures. Because the mount is
unguided, trailing of the stars limited the exposure time.
Aquilla captured with
the Canon EOS350 at ISO1600 using a 50mm lens and manual focus. Eight
second unguided exposure. This image has not been edited to reduce the
light pollution as described in the Imaging section.
Even so the Milky Way is clearly visible and the Coat Hanger asterism
can be seen towards the top right of the centre of the image.
One of the problems of living under the flight path!
Perseid
meteor trail captured with the EOS350 and the shutter under control of
the PalmV DSLR software. Cassiopea is clear in the centre and the
ionisation trail showed some good colour..
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