Category Archives: Astroimaging

Examples of DSLR Exposure Times for Lunar Imaging

Posted on February 21, 2013 by james

I was struggling a few days ago with some images I’d taken of the Moon because they looked really poor after stacking and sharpening. I’d been experimenting, trying to get a better histogram fill for the images by increasing the … Continue reading →

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A Short “Great Red Spot” Animation

Posted on February 21, 2013 by james

From the same night (just a little later) as my previous Io transit images, watch the GRS as Jupiter rotates:

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Io’s Transit of Jupiter, 11 December 2012

Posted on February 21, 2013 by james

Ganymede and Europa are “in the bag”. Catching Io here means there’s only Callisto left. Of course I didn’t catch the whole transit for the first two so I shall be revisiting that next apparition. And an animation of the … Continue reading →

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Europa’s Transit of Jupiter, 29 November 2012

Posted on February 21, 2013 by james

Having managed to catch some of Ganymede’s transit the previous day, it was then Europa’s moment of fame, though again I didn’t manage the entire transit: And an animation of the end of the transit:

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Ganymede’s Transit of Jupiter, 28 November 2012

Posted on February 21, 2013 by james

On the 28th November I (pretty much accidentally) caught the transit of Jupiter by Ganymede. Here’s one of the better stills from that night: And an animated sequence of first half of the transit:

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Registax v6 vs. Autostakkert!2

Posted on December 7, 2012 by james

I’ve had some discussion with a few people about using Autostakkert!2 instead of Registax for stacking planetary images, and potentially using AS!2’s drizzle function as well so I decided to reprocess some of my recent Jupiter images So, here are … Continue reading →

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Perseus wide field

Posted on November 15, 2012 by james

Taken the on the same night as my earlier image of Cassiopeia, here’s Perseus. In the top right corner it’s just possible to see the California Nebula starting to emerge.

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Cassiopeia wide field

Posted on November 15, 2012 by james

I spent an evening playing with my new Canon 50mm f/1.8 “nifty fifty” lens and taking some long exposures of constellations near the zenith. This is Cassiopeia. The keen-eyed will spot the double cluster at the centre of the right … Continue reading →

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Another Sunspot Image

Posted on October 10, 2012 by james

This is a full-size crop of my solar image for 4th October. Very pleased with the detail I’m getting here. The image was a “white light” full solar disk taken using a Canon 450D and 127 Mak using Baader solar … Continue reading →

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Sunspot Imaging with the Lifecam Cinema

Posted on October 3, 2012 by james

I was out doing some solar imaging recently and tried to get my son a bit more interested in the world that exists outside various electronic games devices by getting him to get some sunspot images using my modded Lifecam … Continue reading →

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