Category: Solar System
I did not spend a lot of time taking this nor processing it in Pixinsight. Never the less, her is Saturn in all it’s glory. Taken 9/5/2024 around 11pm. This is one of those things when I see through an eye piece I get giddy. The planet has a way of me happy. This is … Read More “Saturn” »
On the night of August 23, 2024, I was doing a lot of bouncing around. I saw Pluto was out. I did not change the ROI in SharpCap, I just kept the camera on 26 megapixels, and pointed to Pluto. I did not even bother centering it in the field of view. It is the … Read More “Pluto” »
I was testing things out of the upcoming eclipse. I think this turned out pretty good. This is 39 1/1000 of second frames. I processed in PixInsight just to pull out the yellow.
This was taken with my Cannon T1000 and a 50mm lens; a single 3 second shot at 800 ISO.
Playing around with my son’s Cannon M50 Mark ii. Tonight was interesting. I started out trying (keyword trying) to get my Evolution 8″ aligned using Sky Safari on my phone. I gave up after the third failure. I got it aligned on the first try with Celetron’s Sky Portal on my phone. It was early … Read More “Venus – May 25 – 2023” »
I played around with a Svbony 205 using Sharpcap. I was not impressed for a few reasons. Obvious tracking was an issue. The camera is like putting a 5mm lense on, so the stars, planets and moon moved very quickly making it almost impossible to get great pictures. I bought a used Cannon on Ebay … Read More “New Camera” »
It was a beautiful night. I got out early and set up my Celestron 8″ Dobsonian and my brand new SVBony SV205 camera. I got some great video and shots of the moon. I saw Venus and Jupiter were out and pointed towards them. Looking at Jupiter, I could clearly see it with 5 moons. … Read More “My First look at Venus” »
The sky finally cleared up a little. I ran out about 11:30 pm. I was able to view Sirius and Mars. Using the StarSense software I viewed Mars and saw with one moon. Looked at them with 7mm, 25mm, & 32mm. Used 2x with 32. As color blind as I am I could clearly see … Read More “My first look of Mars” »
We have had nothing but cold cloudy days since I purchased my telescope. I noticed the sky had cleared up a little. I took these pictures holding my Iphone over the 25mm eyepiece that came with my 8″ Celestron StartSense Exploerer. My first night viewing and first dive into Astrophotography was a success!