- 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 - Veil 15sec 103107
The Eastern and Western Vail Nebula. 27x15 second FIT. The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a supernova explosion that occurred about 5-10,000 years ago. It is located 1,400 light years away in Cygnus. Background extraction done in PixInsightLE. Histogram and curves done in PhotoShop. Telescope: - Camera: Meade DSI Pro. 55mm 1:1.8 camera lens stopped down to 2.8 attached for wide field of view. Atop Orion EQ1 motorized mount. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2007:11:01 15:53:36 · Resolution 488 x 648 - 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). - SQ 07172012
Stephan's Quintet in the constellation Pegasus is a visual grouping of five galaxies of which four form the first compact galaxy group ever discovered. These galaxies are of interest because of their violent collisions. Four of the five galaxies in Stephan's Quintet form a physical association and are involved in a cosmic dance that most likely will end with the galaxies merging. The five galaxies which make up the Quintet are very distant at 210-340 million ly from Earth. NGC7320 to the lower left in this photo is a forground galaxy at 37 million ly from Earth. 13x300sec fits exposures. Captured and combined in Nebulosity v2.4.0 software. Finishing touches done in PhotoShop. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Mead DSI Color 16bit camera with Peltier cooler modification. Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: Baader UV/IR Cut filter · Date/Time 2012:01:21 19:03:40 · Resolution 900 x 681 - 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 - PeltierCooler DSI
Here's an image of my primary astrophotography camera, the Meade DSI Pro with the Peltier cooler modification. I am very satisfied with the cooler mod as it has reduced a lot of the noise I was experiencing with the DSI Pro. I'm also very satisfied with how sensitive the DSI Pro is. - 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