jaymocha
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Post by jaymocha on Apr 12, 2015 11:35:05 GMT -5
Greetings everyone! It has been a while since I have posted here... probably since I received my telescope. However, I just wanted to show you a picture I took of the moon with my Istar Asteria 204-8 R35 scope, a 2x barlow and a normal Canon 1000D DSLR camera. As the weather here (Korea) improves, I will be heading out more often and taking more photos. Till then, here is the Moon. This is a 6 image mosaic that turned out better than the same picture taken the day before with my Takahashi TSA-102 with the same camera. Let me know what you think. Jason Flickr Link to Image |
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Post by Ales - iStar Optical on Apr 12, 2015 20:36:37 GMT -5
Hello Jason,
this is a very nice, high resolution image. There is not much chromatic aberration noticeable at all. You got a very good iStar lens in your TCR. I cant wait to see some more photos. Remember the M42 shot Jean Pierre Brahic from France did with his 228 F9 Ha doublet? I think you can achieve similar results with your scope. Good luck with future imaging sessions and congratulations on job very well done with this one!
best regards,
Ales
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Post by jaymocha on Apr 25, 2015 5:54:33 GMT -5
Greetings Ales, and everyone! I have my scope setup for tonight and will be attempting autoguiding for the first time with my QHY5L-II. I honestly don't expect it to work, but I would at least like to get a guide star and attempt to guide on it. There's going to be a steep learning curve since I have never done this, but crossing my fingers. Here is a pic of my setup on the roof of my villa in the overly populated and overly light polluted city of Seoul, South Korea. www.flickr.com/photos/86467741@N04/17077405449/ |
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jaymocha
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Post by jaymocha on Apr 25, 2015 10:23:42 GMT -5
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Post by jaymocha on Apr 25, 2015 14:16:52 GMT -5
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Post by Viktor Z. on Apr 25, 2015 20:49:28 GMT -5
Jason,
Your picture of the Moon is spectacular! Thanks for sharing!
Viktor
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jaymocha
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Post by jaymocha on Apr 26, 2015 2:38:02 GMT -5
Thanks Viktor!
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Post by astromanuk on Apr 26, 2015 4:49:24 GMT -5
Great image Jason. Hard to believe you are still getting used to your new telescope.
Looking forward to your deep sky images.
I really like your rooftop observatory. It must be lovely to climb up there at night to observe.
Keep up the good work!
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Post by jaymocha on Apr 26, 2015 9:14:26 GMT -5
Thanks Astromanuk; I can tell you it is quite difficult to get everything up on the roof. The mount is a beast, and it takes me a good 30 minutes to get everything up there and hooked up. But, I'm glad I have a rooftop to do that on. I only wish the skies here in Seoul were cleaner and darker. I just got auto-guiding working tonight, so I am hoping to produce some decent images with both my iStar and my Tak. Tonight, I am using my Tak to create an image of M3 that I will use to compare to an image of M3 that I will take with my iStar. I will try to do both equal settings, ie. iso, exposure, etc... and then compare them. This will actually be a lot more fun when I have an actual CCD camera and some narrowband filters. Right now I'm use a crappy Canon 1000D (unmodded) and the images are just so so to me. More good things to come!  |
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