M106 – LRGB from Home

 AP1200GTO, AP130GTX, Apogee U8300, Astronomical, Daysprings Observatory, Galaxy, Observatory  No Responses »
May 072019
 

Due to a moisture breach of my camera causing frosting issues which caused me to throw out all but 4.5 hours of data out of 18 I figured I might as well post this as it’s not going to get much better. Image scale was 1.31 arcsec/pixel which seems to give fairly decent sampling for the average seeing here in East Tennessee. Imaging location just outside Clinton, TN with average SQM measurements ranging from 20.1 to 20.4 mag/arcsec^2.

M106 – 4.5 hours AP130GTX, Apogee U8300, AP1200GTO

Rosette Nebula Test Shot

 Apogee U8300, Astronomical, Emission Nebula, Nebula, Orion Atlas EQ-G, SVQ100  No Responses »
Jan 112015
 

I’ve temporarily pulled the portable (read small) rig out onto my back patio by the pool which has a narrow window allowing imaging of the southern sky.  Since the move to TN I haven’t had a lot of time to do any astronomical imaging but the bug to get out do some imaging finally got to me.

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Rosette Nebula, Atlas EQ-G Mount, Stellarvue SVQ100 APO, Apogee U8300, 6x20min exposure with 3nm Astrodon Ha Filter.

C/2014 Q2 Comet Lovejoy – January 9th & January 10th 2015

 Apogee U8300, Astronomical, Canon 6D, Canon 70-200 f/2.8, Comets, Orion Atlas EQ-G, SVQ100, Widefield  No Responses »
Jan 102015
 

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Animation of Comet Lovejoy over a span of about 60 minutes. Canon 6D, 70-200mm @ 200mm, 30sec exposures.

 

Luminance Animation of Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2

Luminance Animation of Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2

 

Comet Lovejoy 2014 Q2 – January 10th 2015, Atlas EQ-G Mount, Stellavue SVQ100 (100mm f/5.8 APO), Apogee U8300 CCD, 5x3min each L,R,G,B filters. (Clinton, TN)

 

 

First Luna of 2014

 AP130EDT, AP900GTO, Apogee U8300, Astronomical, Lunar  No Responses »
Jan 222014
 

Working on a redesign of my imaging rig to incorporate an AP130EDT f/8 refractor for narrowfield imaging alongside the FSQ widefield setup.  This was a test shot through the scope using an Apogee U8300 and Baader Ha filter to prevent saturating the chip.