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Rosette, California, and Horsehead Nebulas
It was fairly clear last night so I put the Hyperstar on the C14Edge so I could have fun doing EAA stuff. EAA is similar to deep sky astrophotography except that no post processing is done. Final image is what was on the monitor (other than being resized and cropped). Equipment used: Starizona Hyperstar, IDAS…
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Mars on Dec 19
Image of Mars from last evening at 11:33 pm. Turbulence ok maybe 5 to 6/10 at times, mostly clear, temp in the low 20s. Usual setup: Mx+ mount, C14HD scope, Televue 2X Barlow, Baader UV/IR filter, Zwo ASI 462 MC. SharpCap used to capture frames for 6 minutes at 142.8 fps; exposure of 6.791 ms;…
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Mars on Dec 8
Mars from Wednesday night at 11:18 pm. Turbulence much better than it has been lately, probably about 5/10
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Mars on Nov. 27
Turbulence was very good when I checked and adjusted collimation earlier in the evening but deteriorated around 7:30. Turbulence varied between poor to fair and there were high thin clouds when Mars was on the meridian just before 1 am. It be great to get some good seeing to pick up sharper details but that…
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Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars on Nov. 11-12
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Jupiter on Oct 31
Here is a movie of Jupiter made from 49 images taken October 31 between 8:11 pm to 10:42 pm. I noticed there was an opportunity get Europa and Io being occulted and then a GRS crossing. Unfortunately the set screw on the focuser came loose so I was 20 minutes late — just barely caught…
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Jupiter and Mars on Oct 28 – 29
Image of Jupiter from last evening at 10:43 pm. Clear sky, temp high 30s; turbulence about 6/10. Equipment: C14EdgeHD, Mx+ mount; no Barlow; UV/IR cut filter; Zwo ASI 462mc camera; Used Sharpcap 4 to capture for 3 minutes at an average of 143 fps; gain 218; exposure 4.67 msec; total of 25,711 frames. Used AutoStakkert…
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Mars on Oct 18
I captured half a dozen images of Mars between 4am and 5:30 am; this one seems to be the best. Sky was clear, no wind at all, and temperature was 33F, turbulence around 6 to 7/10. Equipment used: Celestron 14 EdgeHD on Mx+ mount, Televue 2x Barlow, Baader UV/IR cut filter, Zwo ASI 462MC camera…
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Mars on Oct 9
Image of Mars from 5:28 am, Sun. Oct 9. What I originally thought was a dust mote is in fact Olympus Mons, the highest and largest mountain and volcano in the solar system. I also thought the white streaks in the image were processing artifacts. However in comparing it to SkySafari set to the same…
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Mars on Oct 6
Clear, no wind, temperature in the high 40s; turbulence was quite good, 6/10 maybe slightly better. Equipment used: Celestron 14, Televue 2X barlow, Baader UV/IR cut filter, Zwo ASI 462MC camera at gain of 286 and exposure 3.57 msec; Captured for 6 minutes at 239 fps (85,970 frames) with roi of 480×274. Aligned and stacked…