Monday, March 25, 2013


Moon out but tried the Crab Nebula and M37

M1 Crab Nebula, Celestron Nexstar 6, 21 sec, x 16,
Meade DSI II in prime focus, focal reducer f/3.3.

M37, Celestron Nexstar 6, 21 sec, x 45,
Meade DSI II in prime focus, focal reducer f/3.3.

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.


Nexstar 6, Meade DSI II in prime focus, f/3,3 focal reducer, 11,2 sec. x 15.

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.


Nexstar 6, Meade DSI II in prime focus, f/3.3 focal reducer. 8 x 35 exposures