Toxophilus
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Many thanks. I'm quite pleased with it. there was a big battle with LP to get the best out of it. -
From the album: Deep Sky Objects
Messier 31 (Andromeda Galaxy),32 and 101 Again taken in the same session a few weeks ago as M42 with a DSLR. Still need to reduce the amount of light polluion and other problems, but I'm fairly please with this. If you want more information the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/275715 -
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Messier 42 - The Great Nebula and the Running Man Nebula in Orion. A first attempt at using a DSLR for imaging. I could probably do with a light pollution filter to increase exposure time and I had some internal reflections that messed with the image so the quality is not as good as I had hoped. Once I have ironed out these issues I think I can get some really great images with this camera. If you want more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/275634/0/ -
Lynx Power Cable Review
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From the album: Lynx Power Cable
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From the album: Lynx Power Cable
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From the album: Lynx Power Cable
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Lynx Astro Power Cable Comparison With OEM Cable
Toxophilus posted a gallery image in Member's Album
From the album: Lynx Power Cable
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From the album: Lynx Power Cable
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From the album: Lynx Power Cable
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From the album: Deep Sky Objects
I have just acquired a new (used) telescope (many thanks PhotoGav), A Skywatcher Evostar 80ED DS-Pro and I have decided to step up my image processing a notch and have had my first try with PixInsight 1.8. 7+ hours of data over 4 nights with good conditions and a lot of learning have resulted what I would call my first WOW! image. Feeling very proud of this one. Done in narrowband using the Hubble Space Telescope Palette (SII= Red, Hα = Green, OIII = Blue) For more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/271584/© Mark Spruce
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From the album: Deep Sky Objects
I'm pleased with this image given that the first subframe was smeared badly due to tracking errors caused by cloud. That cleared and stayed away until 5 minutes after the last frame that I took. I'm delighted with the detail that I captured, especially that of NGC604 (the red blob in the lower right). M33 is a spiral galaxy approximately 3Mly from Earth and is part of our local group of galaxies. It is believed that it is a satellite galaxy of M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) due to their gravitational interactions. NGC604 and NGC595 are large H II regions in the galaxy and are highly active. NGC604 is approximately 1500 light years across, over 40 times larger than the Orion Nebula and over 6300 times more luminous. If you want more details the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/269625/ -
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A prime focus RGB image of the ring nebula M57. I had hoped for a better result but I seemed to have focus issues all night. If I really stretched the luminescence sub-frames I started to pickup details of the nearby faint spiral galaxy IC1296. For more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/267930-
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Messier 71 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta. The cluster is at a distance of around 12,000 light years away from Earth and is approximately 27 light years across. This is my first image using an Celestron Off-Axis Guider and it seems to have made a big difference to the overall result. Previously I could not have done 10 minute sub-frames without noticeable distortion of stars. If you want more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/266668/B -
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Messier 56 - A globular cluster in the constellation Lyra. Discovered by Charles Messier on January 19, 1779. It is at a distance of around 32,900 light-years from Earth and measures roughly 84 light-years in diameter, with a combined mass of approximately 230,000 times that of the Sun. The cluster has an estimated age of around 13.70 billion years. It is thought that this cluster may have been acquired during the merger of a dwarf galaxy, of which Omega Centauri forms the surviving nucleus. If you want more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/266680/B-
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IC5070 (Hubble Palette: SII = Red, Hα = Green, OIII = Blue) - The Pelican Nebula is a Hydrogen rich region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. This area is heavily studied because it has an active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. Taken with good seeing but unfortunately dew issues reduced the quality of the SII sub frames. If you want more information the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/265689/ -
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Messier 29 An open cluster in the constellation of Cygnus. Discovered in 1764 by Charles Messier. This target can easily be seen with binoculars, so if you get to observe it let me know what you think. Is is between 4 and 7,000 Ly away, around 11 Ly across, approaching us at an estimated 28 Km/s and is around 10 million years old. The five hottest stars form a 'chopped off mini big dipper'. Its apparent brightness is 8.5 but the absolute magnitude is -8.2 or put it another way the luminosity of 160,000 Suns. Taken with poor seeing from fine high altitude cloud in gusty conditions. If you want to know more the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/265279/ -
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The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra approximately 2300 Ly from earh. Planetary nebula are formed when ionized gas is expelled by a red giant star, which was passing through the last stage in its evolution before becoming a white dwarf. Taken in narrowband using the California, France, Hawaii Telescope palette (Hα = Red, OIII = Green, SII= Blue) Unfortunately my OIII data was slightly out of focus the the results is not a good as it could be. If you want to know more the asttobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/255438/ -
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My first attempt at narrowband imaging. For more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/254346/C/-
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My first attempt at narrowband imaging. For more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/254346/B/-
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My first attempt at narrowband imaging. For more detail the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/254346/0/ -
Beautiful clear night here at long last, so having a first go at narrowband imaging.
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From the album: Deep Sky Objects
M3 - Globular Cluster My first attempt at a globular cluster. I had a feeling that this would be a tricky target and I was right. But not bad for a first go. Globular clusters, often referred to as Jewels in the Sky and it's easy to see why. These amazing clusters of stars are orbiting our galaxy and so are actually part of it. This one was discovered in 1764 and is estimated to contain 500,000 stars and around 8 billion years old. It is approximately 33,900 light-years away from Earth. If you want to know more the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/251536/ -
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy OK Sorry to post the same image twice but this just demonstrates the power of better data processing tools. I came across a piece of software called Astra Image Plus (http://www.astraimage.com/) which lets me adjust things with a bit more control and pull out more detail, so I have re-processed . If you want more details the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/251187/ -
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M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy Taken over 2 nights to trial a new guide camera (QHY5L-II mono). The guiding was much better than with my old camera. However I'm still experiencing camera timeouts. I think I have resolved this by running the camera on a dedicated USB cable rather than through a hub, but time will tell. I'm fairly pleased with the result given the ligher skies that we have at this time of year with it never really getting truly dark. If you want more details the astrobin link is: http://www.astrobin.com/251187/-
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