Astronomical – Page 11 – Nathan Brandt Astrophotography

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Oct 262013

Another Test shot with the A694 / AP130EDT combination – M33

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Oct 022013

: Galaxy M33

Test Shot Horse Head AP130EDT & A694

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Oct 012013

: AP130EDT f/6.3 Apogee A694 Atlas EQ-G 5x20min Ha

Test Shot Galaxy NGC 7331 AP130EDT w/ Apogee A694

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Oct 012013

: AP130EDT @ f/6.3 Apogee Ascent 694 CCD Atlas EQ-G Mount w/ EQMOD

: Annotated NGC 7331

M52, NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula, SH2-157 The Lobster Claw Nebula, & SH2-161

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Sep 212013

: M52, NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula, SH2-157 The Lobster Claw Nebula, SH2-161

: (Earlier Work) Annotated

This area is rich in diversity offering the Open Cluster M52, Emission Nebula SH2-157 aka The Lobster Claw Nebula as well as SH2-161. Also included is the more famous Bubble Nebula NGC 7635.

Imaged from my backyard outside Pittsburgh, PA.

Telescope: Tak FSQ-106ED

CCD: Apogee U16

Mount: AP900GTO3

Exposure Time: H-Alpha = 14x20min, O[III] = 9x20min, S[II] = 10x20min

Total Exposure Time = 11 Hours

Wagman Star Party 9/14/2013

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Sep 152013

It was a beautiful night, chilly but not too cold, for a star party.

: The evening started out with anticrepuscular rays

: The sun was setting over the 21″ Manka Reflector wing of Wagman Observatory

: Club members and guests line up in the observing field

: Club members and guests line up in the observing field 2

: Gene pointing out a few things to some members of the public

: Viewing Saturn ( I believe) through the Manka before it got to low

: Viewing through the 11″ Brashear Refractor

: Viewing through the 21″ Manka Reflector

: Tom drawing the crowd and giving a short presentation on the night sky

: Tom drawing the crowd and giving a short presentation on the night sky 2

: Frank entertaining on the 11″ SCT

: Frank entertaining on the 11″ SCT 2

NGC 7331 – A694 Test Shots

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Aug 302013

Mediocre conditions at my dark site in terms of haze / fog early on turning to all fog later so only 2.5 hours of exposure on this one. Combined with the new light pollution from the gas companies this isn’t a great image but it was a good test for the A694 camera and the Atlas mount throwing the longish AP130EDT f/8 refractor around.

AP130EDT f/8
Apogee A694 CCD
Atlas EQ-G
60 min Lum, 30 min each R,G,B

A694 First Light

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Aug 282013

The A694 finally saw first light after an extended bought of bad weather and other personal issues. This is a single 20 minute frame without any bias, dark, or flat calibration taken through an AP130EDT f/8 reduced to f/6.35 with the AP 0.75X reducer all riding on an Atlas mount.

Apogee A694 First Light
AP130EDT w/ Reducer
Atlas EQ-G
No Calibration

Campmeeting Observatory – Starlapse

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Aug 272013

A series of short exposures combined in Deep Sky Stacker using a maximum pixel value to create an apparent long exposure without burning out foreground features. The green leaf pattern on the observatory is from the lights across the street shining through the trees.