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Widefield Shot

I took about 20 shots of Andromeda last night and used deep sky stacker again. This is the best shot I've had so far with Andromeda in it. I havn't had much luck with Andromeda and my Telescope so far, but I'm sure I'll get there in the end.
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Webcam Video Footage

Here's my attempt to capture Sirius on a cheap Webcam through my Telescope. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_vbVHAPkU&feature=player_profilepage Here's my first ever attempt to video the moon, again with my webcam, unfortunately upside down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwQ3qD1FLQI&feature=player_detailpage Regards Neil
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Ursa Major Widefield exposure with DSLR

I had a go at just using the DSLR tonight with a 30 sec exposure, ISO of 200, and set to F3.5. Had a lot of trouble trying to get rid of the light pollution, but I'm pretty happy with the result. I managed to get through the clouds. The best result was from laying the camera flat on its back on a 10sec timer.
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Ursa Major 3rd Jan 20:26 to 21:41

I took 66 x 30 sec exposures at ISO 1600 last night, looking at Ursa Major. I then stacked them with 3 dark exposures using Deep Sky Stacker. I also made a short video of the images and uploaded them to you tube. http://youtu.be/5b8aO-LkGQU
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Too much time on my hands.

Thought I'd have a go at making a video from DSLR images, rather than a webcam. I took some shots of Orion early this morning, so I'm using these, only 24 shots for a first attempt, which I shrunk down to 25% of the origional size to reduce the file size. A stacked image can be seen below. Next I found a Freeware tool called ImageToAVI 1.0.0.5, which I used to stitch the images into an AVI file at 4 frames per second. I then used a program to convert these to MPEG II format. I've uploaded the
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15th January 2011 Telescope setup and alignment Using the instruction manual, I setup up the Telescope. I also found videos on "YouTube" to aid me in balancing and aligning the Telescope. I found these videos invaluable, as the instructions with the Telescope can get a bit complicated for the beginner. I had a play around with the Telescope the first night for a few hours, but had issues finding celestrial objects. I realised the problem was with the finder scope. I've aligned this today, with
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14th March 2011 Tried a few images tonight using the prime focus method. I am having trouble finding Nebula with the Live View on the new DSLR camera. I found the Orion Nebula with my 20mm lens, but lost it when I swapped to the camera lens. I think my main problem is the spotter scope. The spotter scope I received with the main telescope from Celestron is useless, I can't align it very easily. It always seems to be a few degrees out. I lost Orion below the horizon after numerous attempts, fort
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11th March Picked up my T-pice and T-ring from work today. Great service from First Light Optics, cheap price and 2 Day delivery. Looking forward to another clear night....... ..... ..... .... Still waiting ..... .......
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8th march Reliased I needed a T eye piece and T-ring for the Cannon EOS 1000D camera, looking to order from somewhere. Still, I'm managing to take some shots with just the Camera on its own, linked to my laptop. Having a lot of fun, although proably getting funny looks from the neighbours. I'll have to hold a street star party to give them peace of mind.
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7th March 2011 Got my DSLR camera today, looking forward to taking some great images. Cannon EOS 1000D
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6th March 2011 Woolsthorpe Manor I Visited the home of Sir Isaac Newton today. Amazing to think I stood next to the same Apple Tree as the man himself did over 300 years ago.
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27th February 2011 Luckily a clear night, managed to spot Saturn this morning @04:56 in the south. Using a 20mm lens and my webcam again, I had a shot at getting an image. Although the image was clear using the lens and my eye, the Webcam wasn't so good.
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24th January 2011 Chuffed tonight, really clear night, managed to spot Jupiter tonight in the south. Using my trusty webcam I had a go at getting an image. I think I also caught some of Jupiters moons aswell.
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21st January 2011 After checking some videos on the sky at night website, I decided to see if I could find the double stars Mizar & Alcor in Ursa Major (The big dipper). To my surprise, I did manage to locate the two stars, which are supposedly caught in each others gravitational pull. I must admit I am amazed to think the two stars I was looking at are actually caught in a tug of war with each other. I also watched a video tonight that explains that each star is also a separate binary syste
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16th January 2011 I Managed to get out about 9pm tonight as the weather cleared. Finally, I was able to focus the Telescope on The Moon. I was really surprised at the detail I could see. e.g. Craters Impact etc. I managed to tape the 20mm lens to my webcam. After a bit of time adjusting the webcam settings, I managed to filter out the suns relection on the Moons surface. Unfortunately, the Webcam doesn't show the detail you can see through the eyepiece, but a great result for my second night.
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14th January 2011 I've been thinking about it for a while now and have finally decided to jump in to Astronomy Feet first. I've spent hours reading reviews for the last two weeks to try to decide which telescope to purchase. I finally decided on a Celestron Powerseeker 127EQ. The reviews seemed pretty positive, and Celestron seems to have a good reputation for beginner Telescopes. I suppose this seems to be quite a large scope to purchase for a beginner, but after reading all the reviews, I g
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The Moon chasing Jupiter

I popped my head out the back door tonight to see if it was clear. To my surprise, it was clear and the moon was rising over the village. I had an amazing view of The Moon chasing Jupiter. I thought to take a quick shot. It's a shame the moon has so much glare, the shot below doesn't justify the true view.
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The Moon and Jupiter

Not a lot going on tonight. Thought I'd go for a different perspective just to get more hands on with the camera.
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