These are some astrophotos from my archives, while I work at getting my scopes and cameras running again…
A positive and the original negative of an image of part of the constellation of Orion, taken on black and white 35mm film using a Celestron 5-1/2″, f1.65 Schmidt camera that I used back in the 1970’s and 80’s. It was mounted on an orange tube Celestron 8″ SCT that had only a clock drive, so guiding wasn’t the best. It is a single image of a portion of Orion, not a stack or mosaic, and the exposure was only about 7 minutes.
This image of M42, the Orion Nebula, was captured with my SBIG ST-8300C through an AT6RC astrograph. It was processed in Star Tools and then touched up in Photoshop CS5.
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas, taken with an Orion Starshoot Pro V1 camera through a Celestron C80ED refractor and TS field flattener. The mount was an Atlas EQ-G (EQ6) controlled by EQMOD.
This is a stack of ten 5-minute exposures captured in Nebulosity, stacked with DeepSkyStacker and tweaked in Photoshop CS4. The Noise Ninja plugin was used to reduce noise.
Andromeda (M31) is a cosmic next door neighbor, as galaxies go. The final image is eight 5-minute exposures captured in Nebulosity, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed in Photoshop CS5.
Taken with an Orion Starshoot Pro V1 camera. The imaging scope was a Celestron C80ED refractor equipped with a Telescope Systems (TS) field flattener. The mount is an Atlas EQ-G (EQ6).
Guiding was with PHD using a Starshoot DSCI camera thru an Orion ST-80 guide scope.
The Lagoon Nebula (M8) was captured with an SBIG ST-8300C through a Celestron C-11. It was processed in Star Tools and then touched up a bit in Photoshop CS5.
M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, taken with an Orion Starshoot Pro V1 camera through a Celestron C80ED refractor and TS field flattener. The mount was an Atlas EQ-G (EQ6) controlled by EQMOD.
It is a stack of ten 5-minute exposures captured in Nebulosity, stacked with DeepSkyStacker and tweaked in Photoshop CS4. Noise Ninja plugin was used to reduce noise.
Guiding was with PHD Guiding using a Starshoot DSCI camera thru an Orion ST-80 guide scope.
M27, the Dumbell Nebula, taken with an Orion Starshoot Pro V1 camera through a Zhumell 152mm refractor with a TS field flattener and Baader Semi-APO filter. The scope was mounted on an Atlas EQ-G (EQ6) mount. It is a stack of nine 5-minute exposures captured in Nebulosity, stacked with DeepSkyStacker and tweaked in Photoshop CS4. Noise Ninja plugin was used to reduce noise and Carboni’s Photoshop Actions to reduce violet fringing on the stars and to enhance the picture.
Guiding was with PHD Guiding using a Starshoot DSCI camera thru an Orion ST-80 guide scope.
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