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First light TS-Optics 8″ f/4 UNC: M33 – 2018
2018-12-27 18:00-22:00Clear, no moon, some wind, 99% humidity, 3 degrees C M33Exposures:43x60s L(30+30+30)x60s RGB30x90s HaRotation:180 degrees First light with new equipment: TS-Optics 8″ f/4 UNC Newtonian with GPU Superflat 2″ Coma Corrector, ZWO OAG, EQMOD and SESTO SENSO robotic focusing motor. Was only going to … Continue readingFirst light TS-Optics 8″ f/4 UNC: M33 – 2018
ASI1600MM-COOL test
2016-07-28 23:30-01:00 Clear, no moon, no wind, 12 degrees C 2016-08-02 00:00-02:00 Low clouds, no moon, no wind, 10 degrees C 2016-10-03 21:00-03:30 Some initial high clouds, some wind, 85% humidity, 5 degrees C Took some more test luminance frames on 2016-07-28, 2016-08-02 and 2016-10-03 … Continue readingASI1600MM-COOL test
ASI1600MM-COOL first light
2016-07-19 00:00-01:00 Clear, full moon, no wind, 10 degrees C Taken at full moon and dusk (astronomical night still a couple of weeks away) using just 5 60s unguided LIGHT exposures at -20C, unity gain with my new ASI1600MM-COOL camera 100 DARK 200 BIAS Filter: IDAS … Continue readingASI1600MM-COOL first light
ASI1600MM-COOL arrived
On 2016-07-15 I received the new ASI1600MM-COOL camera to supplement (and in the future replace) my Canon 600Da modded DSLR. I intend to use it for acquiring luminance (and later Ha) data to be combined with RGB data acquired by DSLR. So far, I have … Continue readingASI1600MM-COOL arrived
Heart and Soul Nebulae
Testing the PixInsight GradientMergeMosaic tool. IC1848:2014-04-03 22:00-05:00 (2 hours lost due to a combination of hardware and software problems)Clear, moon at the horizon, no wind, 0 degrees CExposures:8x480s LIGHT28x480s DARK200 BIAS IC1805:2015-12-13 17:30-21:00 (2 hours lost due to Canon driver issue with Windows 10 and … Continue readingHeart and Soul Nebulae
Supermoon Eclipse 2015
The supermoon lunar eclipse photographed from my backyard. 6 s exposure at ISO200. Camera: Canon EOS-600Da, IDAS LPS-P2, ISO200 Lens: Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED + Sky-Watcher field flattener Mount: HEQ5 Pro Software: BackyardEOS, Photoshop I’ve also made a short timelapse movie of the event from … Continue readingSupermoon Eclipse 2015
Guide to DSLR-image processing in PixInsight posted
I’ve posted a guide (in Swedish) on how to process DSLR-images with PixInsight at: Guide: Behandling av DSLR-bilder i PixInsight A rough translation in English: Here is an example of a workflow for processing DSLR images in PixInsight. Note that the workflow is supposed to … Continue readingGuide to DSLR-image processing in PixInsight posted
Testing Pixinsight Drizzle Integration
The first picture is a test using Pixinsight drizzle integration on the same image data as the picture below it. Although the images have been processed quite differently, there is definitely an improvement in the amount of details possible when using 2X drizzle (artificially doubling … Continue readingTesting Pixinsight Drizzle Integration
SKYWATCHER ESPRIT 80ED FIXED
After a lot of fiddling with lenses and stray light I have finally made the adjustments necessary to reduce the diffraction spikes that have plagued the photos taken with my SkyWatcher Esprit 80ED refractor. By first removing the dew shield, a soft cloth glued around the lens chamber … Continue readingSKYWATCHER ESPRIT 80ED FIXED
SKY-WATCHER ESPRIT 80ED FIRST LIGHT
The weather this winter has been awful. However, I managed a first test with my new Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED (80mm f/5) triplet refractor telescope on Monday 17th of February. Very satisfied with the ease of use and sharp picture quality, at least compared to my … Continue readingSKY-WATCHER ESPRIT 80ED FIRST LIGHT
SUPERNOVA 2013EV IN IC1296
Took an image of M57 – The Ring Nebula before the fog clouds rolled in this Friday. To my surprise I also caught the supernova SN2013ev in the far away spiral galaxy IC1296 (225 million lightyears) which lies in sight with the much closer M57 … Continue readingSUPERNOVA 2013EV IN IC1296
MY FIRST AUTO GUIDER
I have now made some tests with the SkyWatcher SynGuider autoguider I have recently acquired along with a Celestron 80mm guide scope attached to my good old Meade 2080 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. My experiences with it so far are pretty good. It can take a … Continue readingMY FIRST AUTO GUIDER
FIRST LIGHT WITH NEW MOUNT
Must say I’m pleased with the behaviour of my new mount. Here is the first astrophoto with it. It’s M27 The Dumbbell Nebula, a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. The photo was taken 2012-10-09 (the first clear night since I bought the mount in … Continue readingFIRST LIGHT WITH NEW MOUNT