Astrophotography

[CptTrips]

Got my autoguiding system worked out and decided to give it a shakedown.

I got greedy though and tried to squeeze in 3 different targets in one night, but I should have stuck with just one. All three didn't get quite the exposures I should have. I'll revisit and dedicate an entire night to each in the future. I only got about 1.5 hr on Orion and it really needed about 4hrs, but dawn caught up with me.


M45
21 @ 10min ISO1600 Rebel XTi (modded) TV102mm
http://jasonirby.net/bitbucket/02NOV08/Pleiades_small.png

M31
24 @ 10min ISO1600 Rebel XTi (modded) TV102mm
http://jasonirby.net/bitbucket/02NOV08/andromeda_small.png

M42
30 @ 15sec ISO1600 Rebel XTi (modded) TV102mm
20 @ 3min ISO1600 Rebel XTi (modded) TV102mm
http://jasonirby.net/bitbucket/02NOV08/orion_small.png


Clear Skies,
Wab

[Fulmar]

That's f'in awesome.

[Fury]

Really awesome.  I appreciate every time you share your pictures.

[Furball]

Very cool.  Thank you.

[oakranger]

wow, those are really good.  What size lenses do u have?

[Hornet33]

I know you've probably gone over this before, but what gear are you using? Scope, mount, camera setup?

Great pics though!!!

[moot]

It'd been a while.. Thanks Wab

[RATTFINK]

WOW!!!!!! 

It makes you feel pretty small when you look through a telescope.

[VonMessa]

WOW!!!!!! 

It makes you feel pretty small when you look through a telescope.

"Such a peaceful place, or so it looks from space"




Nice shots Wab, keep 'em coming.

[CptTrips]

I know you've probably gone over this before, but what gear are you using? Scope, mount, camera setup?

Great pics though!!!

Thanks for the encouragement all.

These pictures were taken with a Televue 102mm refractor.  You can see it here piggy-backed on my Meade LX200 12” in my observatory:

http://jasonirby.net/Personal/Photography/Observatory/Phase3/pages/DSC00725.htm

It’s an excellent scope for ultra wide fields astrophotography.  The Meade provides the tracking and I have a webcam in it to do realtime autoguiding correction so I can do long exposures with the minimum of trailing.

The camera is a Canon XTi modified by removing the internal IR blocking filter and replacing it with a UV cut-off filter.  This makes the camera excellent for astrophotography by making it more sensitive to the red light that dominates many of the ionized hydrogen nebulas.  The camera attaches to the back of the refracter just like it was a giant telephoto lens.

Regards,
Wab

[Casca]

Wow.  Those are outstanding.  Great work, impresive setup.

[Buzzard7]

I don't know if I would call Andromeda peaceful. That thing in the center looks hungry. Beautiful would be a word that comes to mind. Star forming regions again beautiful but violent. Boy would I like to be around when Andromeda gets close to us. To be able to go out at night and see a whole other galaxy fill the sky.


By the way,great shots you wascal.

[MotleyCH]

Very nice.

I wish I could see those here that good in Chicago, too much light pollution.
Be lucky to see Venus or da moon.

[moot]

http://galaxydynamics.org/future_sky.html

[JimmyC]

wonderful stuff..Ty & <S> Jimmy