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| M1 Crab Nebula, Celestron Nexstar 6, 21 sec, x 16, Meade DSI II in prime focus, focal reducer f/3.3. |
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| M37, Celestron Nexstar 6, 21 sec, x 45, Meade DSI II in prime focus, focal reducer f/3.3. |
Monday, March 25, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
M31
Result of
tonight's photography. Next target was Andromada and the first try on galaxies.
The result could be better. More
difficult to find the right focus. 11,2 seconds exposures. A total of 15 images.
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Friday, March 1, 2013
First light - M42
The first
time out with the Nexstar 6. After a quick and imprecise skyalign I went for M42.
The best results were obtained with 8 sec. exposures. With Autostar Envisage I
stacked 35 pictures. The picture was taken with Meade DSI II in prime focus
with Meade focal reducer 3,3.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Celestron Nexstar 6 SE
Since my first telescope, a Meade Etx 90-EC and ETX-125-EC, my primary interest was to take astro photos with modified webcams. A few years ago I tried to go ahead with a Meade LX-90 and a Meade DSI II imager. My experience, however, was quickly, before everything was set up and a perfect polar alignment was achieved, my evening was coming to an end without having photographed anything.
I recognized my interest and skill was not enough for serious astrophotography and sold the telescope in 2011. Subsequently, I have missed a telescope. After careful study, I decided to go for a Celestron NexStar 6-SE. This telescope is not suitable for long exposures but is capable of a maximum of about 30 sec. exposures. The telscope is easy to set up and align and if I ever wish more detailed photos's, Hyperstar is an option (http://www.celestronimages.com/details.php?image_id=3102).
Below you can see some of my previous photos taken with the ETX and LX-90. My experience is already that NexStar is much more suitable for astrophotography than the ETX-scopes was, and far easier to set up than LX-90. LX90 can be used for long exposures, but as I said I had newer used it for this.
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| M27, Meade LX-90, Meade DSI II in prime focus, 4 sec. x 20 frames. |
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