A Stargazers Journey into Astrophotography
This picture was taken on 5/30/2024 using my new ZWO ASI2600MC camera on my Celestron 8″ SCT mounted on an AVX mount. I used Sharpcap, to take the subs to take 1 minute subs @ 0 gain. About 20 minutes of integration.
It is safe to say, I am not happy with either of my work imaging M101. Part of the problem is work, part of the problem is weather and part of the problem is the unknown. I started trying to get images of M101 – The Pinwheel galaxy in April of 2024 with my Svbony … Read More “M101 – Pinwheel Galaxy” »
I have viewed this star many times. I like using it to focus, it’s perfect for it. On Friday 3/29/2024, I had planned on shooting a nebula or galaxy all night while I was sleeping. I ended up on Sombrero Galaxy. I choose this to make sure I was focused. This image is 40 15 … Read More “Arcturus” »
It was a dark but windy night here in SE Pennsylvania. Around midnight I was searching for something to image all night long. I ultimately decided, one the M104 the Sombrero galaxy. At 12:20 AM, I started with 30 second images at 150 gain. It was very windy!!! Today, I used the Blink tool in … Read More “Sombrero Galaxy – Hyperstar4” »
Last night I set the telescope on the Beehive Cluster around 1am. This morning I woke up at 6 am and stopped SharpCap from imaging. Around 7:30 am I used Weighted Batch Processing script in PixInsight on and started combining the 622 images taken. When I compare the image below to the first one I … Read More “Beehive using HyperStar 4” »
My first time even seeing this galaxy let alone take a picture. The pictures we taken using a Cannon m50 mark ii, different ISO and shudder speeds and a Nextar Evolution 8″ telescope. These are raw unaltered pictures taken with various ISO and shudder speeds.
After taking some pictures of Venus, I tried to get some Mar’s shots. Because I am clicking the shudder by hand the pictures had movement from the camera shaking. So I moved on to the Beehive cluster – always a great one to look at. Taken with my Celestron Nextar Evolution 8″ with a Focal … Read More “Beehive May 25 2023” »
