Patrick Holland
10/21/2012 2:59:16 PM
I recently purchased a Lunt B1200 Straight Through diagnanol for CaK Solar imaging and had a first light with it yesterday (10-20-12). For this image, I used my Explore Scientific 102mm APO, Lunt CaK Straight Through and Point Grey Chameleon camera all on the Sirius mount. Best 200 out of 500 frames. Processed in Registax, post processed in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
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Patrick Holland
10/16/2012 7:13:01 PM
And another...this one was processed by Mark Sibole..
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Patrick Holland
10/16/2012 7:11:11 PM
Some new solar images from today 10-16-12 Taken with the Lunt LS60T solar scope and new point grey Chameleon 1.3 MP mono camera.
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Patrick Holland
10/15/2012 6:16:41 PM
Here's a closer image, taken 10-15-12 as well...
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Patrick Holland
10/15/2012 6:00:22 PM
It's been almost 3 months since I've posted an image. It mostly because it's been almost 3 months since I last got out to image :)
Anyway, here's our friend the sun from 10-15-12. Taken with the Lunt L60TDS & Celestron NexImage 5 riding the Orion Sirius mount. This image consists of 129 subs (out of 290) and was stacked in Registax, post-processed in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
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Patrick Holland
7/27/2012 2:33:58 PM
Another image from 7-27-12. Same setup. Seeing was less than marginal, a lot of tweaking with smart sharpen was necessary in PS to get the images processed.
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Patrick Holland
7/27/2012 1:58:42 PM
Here's an image of the sun from 7-27-12. Taken with the Orion Sirius mount, Coronado PST 40mm, Celestron NexImage 5.
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Jim Aldrich
7/14/2012 9:09:38 PM
NGC 7635 (The Bubble Nebula) is located in Cassiopeia about 11 kly away. This is a HaRGB image I took to expose some of the hydrogen gas in this nebula. The bubble is cause by gas expelled from the bright central star.
Journey's End Observatory
14" Meade LX200ACF
CGE-Pro Mount
SBIG STL-11000M Camera
MOAG & AO-L Guided
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Jim Aldrich
7/7/2012 7:19:18 PM
I'm a few days late for the 4th of July, but here
is a recent image of NGC 6946 also known as the
Fireworks Galaxy. It is an active spiral galaxy
about 22 million light-years away on the border
between the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus.
Since NGC 6946 is near to the galactic plane it
is difficult to image through the dust & gas.
Many star forming areas can be observed and at
least nine supernovae have been discovered within NGC 6946 over the years.
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Patrick Holland
7/2/2012 1:08:46 AM
Here's another video I found and processed. Same setup with the Meade 10" ACF scope and Orion SSIII imager. The magnification is about 277X which would be the equivalent of orbiting the moon at about 900 miles - kind of fun to think about. As with the last image, contrast was enhanced to help resolve detail. Processed with Registax 6.1 and Adobe Photoshop CS3 (smart-sharpen and contrast)
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