SatNav Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Not sure if this is in the right place Please move if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henzy190 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 wow! saturns ring's show up really nicely on that, and your moon shots are epic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCa Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Cool. It's something I want to get myself. PC controlled auto telescope. My mate has one, but to record images onto the PC he has to use a webcam put on the eye piece with a little adapter. Took a look on the Skywatcher website and just got confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 The scope in the pictures is a Skywatcher 130p AZIMUTH goto which is an ideal and very capable starter scope http://www.firstlightoptics.com/proddetail.php?prod=skywatcher_explorer_130p_AZ_goto . I paid closer to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granby Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Love the pics , don't know why but the saturn pic gives me goosebumps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibo Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 NASA"S Flag still there then!! lol... Truly a draw dropping picture though,well done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78.8 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Fantastic pictures fella:good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Lovely comments thankyou Heres a couple more >>>> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCa Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 The scope in the pictures is a Skywatcher 130p AZIMUTH goto which is an ideal and very capable starter scope http://www.firstligh...er_130p_AZ_goto . I paid closer to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richhrly Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Ace photos! Fwiw, "cooled" camera systems are only to keep the noise down on the sensor. Most DSLRs these days can get away with a 5 min exposure without too much issue - just do it on a nice cold night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Hi Hal, I found most people have their DSLR's modified because the fitted internal filter cuts a large amount of the red light needed for hydrogen alpha nebulae emissions. The only way to get round this is to have the internal filter removed costing anything up to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Does the camera screw onto the eyepiece? I assume you can get good high MP cameras? I didn't know this stuff was that affordable, thought it was more in the 1000s rather than 100s. Very tempted now Hi Paul the neximage camera just sits in the focuser on the scope, no eyepiece needed. You can also attach it to a barlow lens to get higher mag. You could get set up with a scope, mount and camera for less than Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Ace photos! Fwiw, "cooled" camera systems are only to keep the noise down on the sensor. Most DSLRs these days can get away with a 5 min exposure without too much issue - just do it on a nice cold night! Amazing pics on your site BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richhrly Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Amazing pics on your site BTW Cheers! Getting the filters off cameras is starting to cost less and less these days, lots of people get it modded for IR photography. Dark frames shouldn't be a problem either, just cover it up. Here's a little tutorial I read a few weeks back, might be of interest: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/725769/0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thatsliam Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I got a skywatcher, not sure what one it was 650 new. I'll try and get pics up from it. Also its got a motor in it and it turns with the earth!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster922 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) wow fantastic shots there mate. One of my neighbours also had a skywatcher and he let me have a look at jupiter which was amazing and hard to keep an eye on as the earth is moving on its axis so it was constantly going out of sight but you could clearly see its 4 largest moons around it. If you can then try and get some pictures of it up, its the brightest star in the sky although its not a star Edited February 27, 2011 by Rickster922 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 ace pictures mate cant you get an equatorial mount for the goto scopes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtokez Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 wow, epic pictures! the moon shots are amazing! I have tried a few times to get moon shots with my eos 450d, and a 300 lense. not bad results but I would like to get closer lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 ace pictures mate cant you get an equatorial mount for the goto scopes ? Hi Storm, you can get equatorial goto mounts Not cheap though at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatNav Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 wow fantastic shots there mate. One of my neighbours also had a skywatcher and he let me have a look at jupiter which was amazing and hard to keep an eye on as the earth is moving on its axis so it was constantly going out of sight but you could clearly see its 4 largest moons around it. If you can then try and get some pictures of it up, its the brightest star in the sky although its not a star Hi Rick I do have some of Jupiter in avi format but I will need to stack them before I can get a final image, I will post them as soon as I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 i love astro photography. here is a shot i took late one evening with my S2500HD fuji bridge camera. i cant wait to get my newton reflecting telescope and digital SLR camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin3171 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Those photos are amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) your astro cam : what is its megapixel rate ? and what software are you using to adjust gain, balance and exposure settings ? is it K3CCD by any chance ? i am looking to convert a Sony eye toy and a elcheapo webcam into astronomy CCD cameras. as for cooling with over 5 min exposures, petilter cooling is cheap, you can find the units in those cheap small tabletop fridge's. an alloy plate with rubber spacers should allow the cold plate to sit on the silicon chip. run it from a small 9v PP3 battery. other things inside the camera give of a heat sig, the batterys are the big major problem. remove these to outside the camera will cut down on the heat sig. the cooling mod has been done on a few hacked webcams to cool them down and have given ideal results. creative NX philips vista pro /toucam pro / toucam pro II these are the best around but are discontinued, they are able to capture to 1 lux, others capture 6 or 10 lux. these cams tend to have a sony CCD fitted. does your manual give you any hint of the CCD used in your astrocam Edited August 16, 2011 by Tamiyacowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamo Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 great shots,love the one of saturn, i use to love viewing through my scope on those cold nights ,really exciting when you find saturn and jupitor for the first time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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