Mario Brus
7/3/2011 6:25:00 PM
First attempt at M20. 150 sec X20 lights, and 20 each of flats, darks, and bias. Meade LX200GPS 14" using full f/10. Guided with 80mm Vixen and pHD software. I will try this again with longer exposure and maybe more frames to see if I can tease out more detail.
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Jim Aldrich
7/3/2011 5:55:36 PM
The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) is made up of the debris from its exploding central star. Its located 4700 ly away in Cygnus. The image is a LRGB composite of about 7 total hours of exposures.
Journey's End Observatory
Meade 14" LX200ACF
CGE-Pro Mount
SBIG STL-11000M Camera
SBIG Off-Axis Guider w/AO-L
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Patrick Holland
6/9/2011 6:22:51 PM
Here's this year's M16, the Eagle Nebula. Taken with the Meade LX200 10" scope with the Meade F6.3 Focal reducer and the QHY10 camera. 40-5 minute light frames, 20 Dark, Flat and bias frames. Taken in the wee hours of 6-4-11. registered, aligned and stacked in Maxim DL, post processing in Photoshop CS3
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Jim Aldrich
6/7/2011 7:59:00 PM
I was able to image the famous Whirlpool galaxy (M51) during our recent period of clear weather. As a bonus, supernova SN2011dh is still buring bright after several days - as annotated at the 4 o'clock position. The LRGB image is composed of a total of 5 hours of exposures.
Journey's End Observatory
14" Meade LX200ACF
CGE-Pro GEM
STL-11000M Camera
MOAG with AO-L
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Mario Brus
5/18/2011 10:23:14 PM
Here, with the help of Jim Aldrich, is my final product of M27. The data was obtained 10 days ago but the processing of the data was a considerable chore to me. After many attempt to do proper color processing of the image, I sent it to Jim who quickly tweaked it into the current image. Thanks, Jim. It was imaged through a Meade LX200GPS 14" through the main scope at full FL of 3556mm. I used a modified Canon 30D. There were 19 two minute subs with an equal number of flats, darks, and lots of bias frames. Tracking is improving. I have got the dec to track w/o drift for 15 minutes now. My next project is to do PEC training that will reduce work on the guider.
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Jim Aldrich
5/18/2011 12:22:19 AM
Here is my attempt to capture M57. I was able to get some marginal data in spite of a nearly full moon. LRGB image taken with a total of 40 X 6 min subs (4 hrs). Combined & cleaned up in CCDStack with final adjustments in Photoshop. Telescope controlled remotely with TheSkyX and the camera equipment with CCDSoft. The bright Moon complicated the processing and I lost some details in the PLN. It least the rain has stopped for now.
Telescope: 14" Meade LX200ACF
Mount: Celestron CGE-Pro GEM
Camera: SBIG STL-11000M
Guider: SBIG RGH Off Axis with AO-L
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Mario Brus
5/16/2011 8:19:11 PM
Posidonius crater measures 99X99km and is located at 30 deg E by 32 deg N, pretty much on the 4 day old terminator at the NE edge of Mare Serenitatis. Wall height is fair; floor is flat with numerous craterlets and lines of crest. It is named after the 2nd century BC Greek writer. Taken through a Meade LX200GPS 14" with a 2X barlow. FOV is around 1.5 minutes. Taken with a Phillips SPC900NC cam. 500 best frames of 10,000 were stacked in Registax6 and processed in Photoshop. Seeing was good.
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Mario Brus
5/16/2011 8:02:35 PM
Piccolomini crater is located at 32 deg E and 30 deg S on the south edge of Mare Nectaris. It is 90X90 km diameter and wall height of 4500 meters. It has very steep slopes, high walls and terraces riddled with craters and supporting the Piccolomini M and C to the north. It's central mountain has four summits. It was named after a 16th cent Italian Archbishop and astronomer. This is a 5 day old moon. Taken through a Meade LX200GPS 14" with 2X barlow with an effective FL of 7100mm and FOV around 1.5 minutes. Taken with an SPC900NC Phillips cam. The top 750 frames of 10,000 total were stacked with Registax6 and processed in Photoshop. Seeing was good but not excellent.
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Mario Brus
5/16/2011 7:45:13 PM
M57 is my first "shoot-through-processing" image since my LX200GPS 14" was tuned by Doc Clay down in Arkansas last month. It was taken through the main scope at full FL of 3556mm f/10 with my modified Canon 30D. They were 1 min subs X18, 1 min darks X18, flats X18, and bias X60. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in both Photoshop and Elements 6.0. I think I processed the colors fairly close with the blues, greens, yellows, and reds. This was unguided. I am still fine tuning my alignment.
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Jim Aldrich
4/30/2011 4:44:00 PM
Here is a quick image of M13. LRGB with 5 second subs.
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