- z20120516 014923 Sebring FL 061s
Near by sprite captured on May 16, 2012. This one was generatied by a storm less than 100 miles to the Northeast. Good detail of the tendrils within the sprite and diffused upper region can be seen on this one. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None - z20120516 011719 Sebring FL 060s
Near by sprite captured on May 16, 2012. This one was generatied by a storm less than 100 miles to the Northeast. Good detail of the tendrils within the sprite and diffused upper region can be seen on this one. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None - z20120516 010638 Sebring FL 067s
Near by sprite captured on May 16, 2012. This one was generatied by a storm less than 100 miles to the Northeast. Good detail of the tendrils within the sprite and diffused upper region can be seen on this one. Telescope: - Camera: Watec 902H with 12mm 1:1.4 lens. Filtration used: None - Sun 63-images Prime01 060407
Sunspot 960 taken on 06/04/2007. Very active sunspot which produced a number of M-Class flares. Registax4 was used to align, stack, adjust wavelets, and do histogram stretching. Telescope: - Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 at prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter, and AstroZap Solar filter (Baader AstroSolar Material). - Sun 200-images Prime04 060407
Sunspot 960 taken on 06/04/2007. Very active sunspot which produced a number of M-Class flares. Registax4 was used to align, stack, adjust wavelets, and do histogram stretching. Telescope: - Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 at prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter, and AstroZap Solar filter (Baader AstroSolar Material). - Sun 140-images FLR01 060407
Sunspot 960 taken on 06/04/2007. Very active sunspot which produced a number of M-Class flares. Registax4 was used to align, stack, adjust wavelets, and do histogram stretching. Telescope: - Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 at prime foucs with Atik x.5 focal length reducer. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter, and AstroZap Solar filter (Baader AstroSolar Material). - Sun 140-images Barlow01 060407
Sunspot 960 taken on 06/04/2007. Very active sunspot which produced a number of M-Class flares. Registax4 was used to align, stack, adjust wavelets, and do histogram stretching. Telescope: - Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 at prime foucs with x2 Barlow lens. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter, and AstroZap Solar filter (Baader AstroSolar Material). - Sirius-012807
Sirius in Canis Major. 20x05sec avi file captured, aligned and stacked in K3CCDTools. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 with long exposure modification Webcam in prime focus with an Atik x.5 focal length reducer. No filtration. · Date/Time 2007:01:29 09:43:23 · Resolution 594 x 461 - Saturn zoom 041707
Saturn. 200 avi images captured with K3CCDTools and processed in RegiStax4. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC Camera: Logitech QC Pro 5000 Webcam in prime focus. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. - Saturn small 041707
Saturn. 200 avi images captured with K3CCDTools and processed in RegiStax4. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC Camera: Logitech QC Pro 5000 Webcam in prime focus. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. - Pleiades Raw 091907
The Pleiades M45. 20x30sec avi, aligned and stacked in K3CCDTools. Dynamic background extraction done in PixInsight LE 1.0, and finishing touches done in Photoshop. Telescope: - Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 with long exposure modification, and raw mode modification. 55mm 1:1.8 camera lens attached for wide field of view. Atop Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. · Date/Time 2007:03:20 19:55:40 · Resolution 631 x 465 - Orion Raw widefield 30sec 031107
The Great Orion Nebula M42/M43, NGC1977 and NGC1980. 20x30sec avi, aligned and stacked in K3CCDTools. Dynamic background extraction done in PixInsight LE 1.0. Telescope: - Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 with long exposure modification, and raw mode modification. 55mm 1:1.8 camera lens attached for wide field of view. Atop Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. · Date/Time 2007:04:01 19:51:47 · Resolution 474 x 638 - Orion Raw 10sec 030807
The Great Orion Nebula, M42 & M43. Raw mode 7x10sec avi file captured, aligned and stacked in K3CCDTools. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Logitech QC Pro 3000 with long exposure modification, and Raw mode modification. Webcam in prime focus with an Atik x.5 focal length reducer. Filtration: Baader Planetarium UV/IR cut filter. · Date/Time 2007:03:08 09:02:53 · Resolution 618 x 472 - Orion 021608 20sec LRGB
The Great Orion Nebula, M42 & M43. 20x20sec L and 10x20sec RGB fits exposures captured and combined in Meade's Autostar Envisage V5.85 software. Color combine done in PhotoShop. First attempt at using the RGB filter set for the Meade DSI Pro. Telescope: - Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera with Peltier cooler mod. 135mm SLR lens stopped down to 4 for wide field of view. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter & Meade RGB filters. · Date/Time 2008:02:17 11:30:53 · Resolution 610 x 449 - NGC2024 DSIPro 040707
The Flame Nebula, NGC2024. 40x15sec fits exposures captured and combined in Meade's Autostar Envisage V5.85 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. This is the result of my first night out with my new 16bit Meade DSI Pro camera. The DSI Pro was connected to the computer via USB1.1. Telescope: Meade DS-2114ATS-TC on Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Camera: Mead DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Camera in prime focus with an Atik x.5 focal length reducer. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2007:04:08 15:48:27 · Resolution 488 x 566