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Mono lunar imaging with a DSLR

I got to thinking the other day that when I capture lunar images with my 450D they’re pretty much monochrome.  I know there is a tiny amount of colour there, but you really do have to drag it out.  If … Continue reading

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Oh, go on then, just a couple more…

Yes, two more Messier globular clusters to add to the collection. These, M10 and M14, are the last for the time being. I have a few other things I want to try out now.

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Yet more Messier clusters

A change of target for the next imaging session. Having got as much as I felt I could out of M3 and M5 for the time being, I moved on to some new globular clusters. This time M53, M12 and … Continue reading

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Feeding my cluster habit

Messiers 3 and 5 have become something of a fixation in my attempts to do some DSO imaging with the 127 Mak, but this night they were joined by the second Messier cluster in Hercules, M92. I think these may … Continue reading

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Another crack at M3 and M5

The same details as my previous attempt the day before, but I think these ones are a little better. Focus is sharper, I think, and the colours have come through better.

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Widefield Bootes and Hercules

The night preceeding my M3 and M5 efforts I managed a couple of widefield images of the constellations Bootes and Hercules using just the 450D with the stock 18-55mm lens focused at around 25mm focal length according to the EXIF … Continue reading

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Another couple of 127 Mak Messier objects

Hot on the heels of my “success” with M13, I decided to have a try at M3 and M5. I suffered the same problems with unusable subs for exactly the same reasons: it’s really pushing the mount too hard to … Continue reading

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DSO Imaging with a 127 Mak

It’s often said that slow focal ratio telescopes are unsuitable for DSO imaging and in the general case I’d probably agree. However, having seen a few other imaging attempts with a 127 Mak I thought it might be interesting to … Continue reading

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Ghosting problem on Moon images solved

I hope I have now resolved my problem with ghosting appearing on lunar images with my 450D. I finally had a night with a clear period long enough to take subs of the Moon at multiple exposure times. First I … Continue reading

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Ghosting problem on Moon images

I was experimenting with shutter speeds and ISO settings whilst imaging the Moon with my DSLR the other night and when I got down to a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second starting seeing a problem where the top … Continue reading

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