Category Archives: Astroimaging

Saturn over five nights

Posted on May 3, 2013 by james

Now the weather looks like it’s about to turn I can collect together the images of Saturn from the last five nights. Sadly it’s a demonstration of ever degrading seeing. Perhaps we need a bit of wind and rain to … Continue reading →

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Beginner’s guide to stacking planetary images with AutoStakkert!2

Posted on May 2, 2013 by james

Last week someone asked about a guide to stacking planetary images using AutoStakkert!2 (hereinafter known as AS!2) and I said I’d write something up. A few days later than I imagined, I’ve got around to it. This isn’t meant to … Continue reading →

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First Saturn of the Season

Posted on May 1, 2013 by james

After a late start, Saturn being past opposition already, I finally managed to capture my first images of the season two nights ago. Mostly I’m still using the same kit that I’ve always used for planetary imaging — a 127 … Continue reading →

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Full Disc Lunar Imaging with a DSLR

Posted on April 24, 2013 by james

I said recently that I’d try to write something up about the way I do full disc lunar imaging with my DSLR, so here it is. This isn’t the only way to do it. It’s possibly not even the best … Continue reading →

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What a Difference a Stack Makes

Posted on March 14, 2013 by james

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

Posted on March 14, 2013 by james

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 →

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Next Set of ASI120MC Images

Posted on March 12, 2013 by james

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 →

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My First Star Trails Shot

Posted on March 12, 2013 by james

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 →

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Auriga and Cancer Wide Field images

Posted on March 12, 2013 by james

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 →

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First ASI120MC images

Posted on March 12, 2013 by james

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 →

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