This was taken through the Astro-Physics 130mm refractor using a Lunt Herschel wedge and an Imaging Source video camera. The Lunt wedge produces a white light image which was converted to something resembling an H-Alpha reddish tone. I have never tried this configuration before and was a little surprised at the amount of detail inContinue reading “Solar 03/29/2016”
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Moon 03/29/2016
Taken with a Nikon D200 and a Nikon AF VR-Nikkor 80-400mm lens.
Sunspots 03/25/2016
As in the other solar photo taken today, this was taken through the Lunt 80mm solar scope in “double stack” mode for enhanced definition. In this case 2000 images were stacked to form the final image.
Solar 03/25/2016
This was taken with the Lunt 80mm solar telescope in its “double stack” mode. In this mode you are able to obtain images with a bit more definition. A thousand images were stacked to form the final image. The line in the photo is most likely a solar filament of cooler material on the surface.Continue reading “Solar 03/25/2016”
Seagull Nebula – Three Panel Mosaic -Version 2
This nebula is now setting much earlier. I still need a little more imaging in the upper portion. Hopefully the next few days will offer an opportunity to complete the H-Alpha portion of this project. So far the total imaging time is about 15.5 hours. It looks like a color version will have to waitContinue reading “Seagull Nebula – Three Panel Mosaic -Version 2”
Moon Set in Prescott AZ via IPAD Camera
Seagull Nebula – Work in Progress
This is a three panel mosaic that needs a little more imaging time to complete.
Messier 81 & 82
From Wikipedia: “Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode’s Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Due to its proximity to Earth, large size and active galactic nucleus (which harbors a supermassive black hole), Messier 81 has been studied extensively by professional astronomers. The galaxy’sContinue reading “Messier 81 & 82”
Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
From Wikipedia: The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion’s Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The nebula was first recorded in 1888Continue reading “Horsehead and Flame Nebulae”
Running Man Nebula and Orion
Via Wikipedia “This object was named ‘The Running Man Nebula’ by Texas Astronomical Society member Jason Ware. Approximately 20 years ago his down stairs neighbor looked at the object and said it looked like a running man. He brought this up a TAS club meeting and the name stuck. Now widely accepted as ‘The RunningContinue reading “Running Man Nebula and Orion”
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