Saturn: 12/19/04 10" Newtonian using Phillips ToUcam Pro II and a barlow. Stack of 704 images using Regi Stax.
Jupiter: 2/28/05 10" Newtonian using Phillips ToUcam Pro II and a barlow. Stack of 1000 images using Regi Stax.
Comet 17P/Holmes: 11/5/07. Taken with an Olympus C4040 digital
camera through an
Orion 120mm refractor and a 32mm eyepiece. Stack of four 16
second exposures.
M42: Ten minute exposure on Kodak 800 print film taken 9-
The Andromeda Galaxy: (M31) taken Sept. 20, 1998 Canon 500 mm mirror lens at f8 45 minute exposure on Kodak 400 Pro PPF film.
More info on the photo I took tonight of Asteroid 2005 YU55. Taken with a 10 inch Newtonian telescope, Canon 60D DSLR, 30 seconds at ISO 1600, taken at 7:47PM according to my camera’s internal clock. Field of view is approximately 66 x 43 arc minutes. I measure the trail at 3.6 arc minutes long. Would need to spend more time on it to get it exact. The FOV image is from The Sky 5 program with North to the lower right. The icon of 2005 YU55 is off slightly because I cannot enter all the decimal places making an error of a couple arc minutes.
I took a lot of images, including a bunch at 15 seconds and they have the asteroid traveling from one side of the frame to the other. I plan on trying to make a video of it later this week.
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The Pleiades taken 10/21/11. Canon DSLR, 10 inch Newtonian telescope. Stacks of 10, 7, and 5, 30 second exposures at ISO 3200 using Deep Sky Stacker, then stitched together using Picture Window Pro 5.
M42, the Orion Nebula is a stack of twelve images at ISO 3200 using Deep Sky Stacker. Taken on 10/21/11 with a Canon 60D through a 10” Newtonian and a shutter speed ranging from 5 to 30 seconds .
The Whirlpool Galaxy showing the Supernova of 2011 before and after. The left image was taken 3/11/11 and is a stack of three images using Deep Sky Stacker and were from 1 to 2 minutes long at ISO1600.The right image was taken 6/4/11 and is a stack of seven images each 15 seconds at ISO 6400 and stacked with Deep Sky Stacker. Both with the Canon 60D and a 10” Newtonian.
The Veil Nebula is a stack of seven 30 second exposures at ISO 3200 using Deep Sky Stacker. Taken on 9/24/11 with a Canon 60D through a 10” Newtonian.
