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Monthly Archives: March 2013
What a Difference a Stack Makes
I was asked about how much difference stacking planetary images made recently and whilst they’re not particularly brilliant images I pulled out a few from a recent capture run to demonstrate. These are all from a single capture run with … Continue reading
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More ASI120MC Jupiter Images
A montage of my next set of images of Jupiter. I’m starting to feel better about these though they’re still not without problems. I have the gain fairly high to help with the colour, but that seems to result in … Continue reading
Next Set of ASI120MC Images
Everyone seems to be chasing Jupiter as it heads off towards conjunction, but the lack of clear nights is not giving me much practice with this camera and time is running out. This set of images is better than the … Continue reading
My First Star Trails Shot
A bit of a disaster this, for all sorts of reasons… I had to abandon half my subs for the final image because of heavy dew that had frozen on the camera lens. Because I was worried about the dew … Continue reading
Garden Visitors
My daughter wanted to photograph some birds for her wildlife club at school and had been trying with a compact camera but not had a huge amount of luck. To make things a bit easier for her I set up … Continue reading
New Toy in the Workshop
I’ve been wanting to learn to use one of these for ages and of late it would have been a benefit in a number of projects to be able to create small metal parts, so my Christmas present to myself … Continue reading
Auriga and Cancer Wide Field images
The Messier objects in Auriga were some of the first I ever saw through a telescope and it took me ages to find them with my ST80, so I’ve been itching to get a nice wide field view of them … Continue reading
First ASI120MC images
A montage of images from my first decent run out with the ASI120MC (in the 127 Mak). Clearly I was a bit heavy-handed with the gain and the equatorial belt is a little burnt out, but ok for an unfamiliar … Continue reading