Latest shots (2008)

I've finally gotten access to a nice, dark site - the OC Astronomer's site in Anza. This means I'm no longer shooting through trees and through the light dome of Baltimore, MD (where my older shots were taken). Unless otherwise noted, shots shown here will have been taken at Anza. Clicking on any image will take you to the 100% shot.



Western portion of Veil Nebula using a QSI 540 and Borg 101 f/4 (first light on the QSI). 16 L, 12 Ha, 8 each R, G, B at 5 min each. All-Mac image, captured in Nebulosity and guided in PHD using Lodestar. Tak EM-10, TSS StableMax tripod, AstroDon LRGB and Custom Scientific Ha.

NGC4631 and NGC4656: LRGB image on QSI516, Vixen R200ss, and Tak EM-10. Nebulosity and PHD Guiding.

M8 Eagle Nebula: 10 @10m, Vixen R200SS, QSI 516wsg. Guided with PHD and stacked with no alignment to see how PHD and the "wsg" do a 100 minute exposure

M101: 50 @ 5m, Vixen R200SS, QSI 520ci. Guided in PHD w/Fishcamp Starfish

M13: 30 @ 5m, Vixen R200SS, QSI 520ci. Imaged under Murphy's Law, but I decided to give it a go anyway and to see what I could do using nothing but Nebulosity 2 for processing.

M45: 40 @ 3m, Borg 101 f/4, CCD Labs Q8. Guided in PHD w/8x50 Finder & Starfish

M81, M82, etc. 40 @ 5m, Borg 101 f/4, CCD Labs Q8. Guided with PHD, 8x50 finder, and Fishcamp Starfish

M81 and M82 and 13 other friends

Rosette nebula. 20 @ 5m, Borg 101 f/4, CCD Labs Q8. Guided in PHD w/8x50 Finder & Fishcamp Starfish