Single Frame Images Taken with the 5-inch Scope

[cshahar]

Hi Everyone:

Here are some single (stacked) frames I took the other day. Some of them look downright foreboding. As if we are looking at a dark mysterious world, quite apart from ours, which we are. These images actually remind me of the grainy radar images taken by the Magellan craft orbiting Venus, or perhaps closeups of coral reefs. Anyways, they have a weirdly intriguing quality about them.

-Charles

 

[Aaron F Johnson]

Nice detail...Another world indeed...

 

[David Smith]

Fabulous pics Charles.

[Davey-T]

Lovely detail Charles, and they said the Sun wasn't active

Dave

[Pete Presland]

Excellent close ups.

[paulastro]

Top notch detail in these images Charles.  What a nice start to the day to see them, thank you.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Excellent close-ups. Makes me want to get that 5" scope I have been dreaming of. The jump from my 3" scope to a big gun like that should be really great.

[laudropb]

Very nice images Charles. Lovely detail captured.

[xtreemchaos]

cracking shots Charles, your really getting to grips with that new 5inch, thanks charl.

[Iainp]

Superb. 3D again! 

[cshahar]

Thanks everyone. The comments are really appreciated! Its going to be cloudy here for a few days, so at least I got one run with the 5-inch scope. I may attempt an afternoon session, which I have rarely done, just to keep up the momentum if the opportunities allow!

-Charles

[pietervdv]

Charles,

 

Great looking images! You have captured some very nice details.

What camera have you used? May I ask how long the individual subframes are (ms)?

 

Regards,

 

Pieter

[Ruud]

Clearly very good images. Congratulations!

[cshahar]

Thanks Ruud & Pieter!

Pieter, I use the ZWO ASI174MM, an excellent camera, that is also priced very reasonably. I recorded over 800 frames over a minute duration, and stacked the 40 best. I cannot remember the actual exposure time per frame. Please send me a personal mail if you want more information.

-Charles