My Very First Astro Photo

September 30, 2017, 07:59 PM

taken earlier in the week using an ATIK420M CCD camera through my telescope

total image time is 0.001 seconds - no post=processing done except to manipulate the histogram a bit to remove grey and increase contrast

manual focusing only - which is going to be a bit of an issue but working on a solution

September 30, 2017, 08:02 PM

Storm

Very cool.

September 30, 2017, 08:11 PM

StorminNormin

That is awesome!

September 30, 2017, 08:36 PM

ugeesta

Nice pic but you scared me a bit with the thread title. I thought there would be pics of the Chevy Astro in here.

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September 30, 2017, 09:56 PM

FiveFiveSixFan

Very nice!

September 30, 2017, 10:10 PM

Deqlyn

Very nice! If you dont have "lightroom" id be happy to run it through for you.

September 30, 2017, 10:12 PM

Silent

Very cool!

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September 30, 2017, 10:12 PM

sigmonkey

"That's no moon..."

September 30, 2017, 10:29 PM

Hamden106

Did you find Alice?

September 30, 2017, 10:37 PM

LDD

That's a great moon shot, especially with manual focus.

September 30, 2017, 11:26 PM

deepocean

Nice.

September 30, 2017, 11:31 PM

AllenInAR

That's freakin' awesome!!

September 30, 2017, 11:33 PM

DanPatWork

Wow! Love this. This is the type of photog I hope to achieve someday. Thanks for sharing.

September 30, 2017, 11:58 PM

LS1 GTO

quote:
Originally posted by ugeesta:
Nice pic but you scared me a bit with the thread title. I thought there would be pics of the Chevy Astro in here.

I thought it was going to a pic of some Killer B's.

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October 01, 2017, 12:14 AM

Tommydogg

Wow, if you look closely you can see a monolith! What kind of telescope do you have?

October 01, 2017, 12:45 AM

nhtagmember

Deqlyn - I sent off for a registration for PixInsight - I don't really have any good IP software at present - probably won't get a response until mid-week next week

What I was able to do was a very crude histogram stretch but what I am lacking is a good FFT routine to do unsharp masking, and to do stacking - I have about a dozen images that I could stack and then crop as needed

Tommydog - I have a Vixen ED115S which is a 4-1/2" APO using what I consider to be an entry level monochrome CCD camera.

Was running the software that came with the camera for the capture but its a very lightweight program and several sources suggested that I install a program from the UK that does a much better job of camera control

October 01, 2017, 08:46 AM

Eponym

quote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
quote:
Originally posted by ugeesta:
Nice pic but you scared me a bit with the thread title. I thought there would be pics of the Chevy Astro in here.
I thought it was going to a pic of some Killer B's.

I thought "Ruh roh".

October 01, 2017, 09:06 AM

mbinky

Excellent! Now how about one showing the flag

Seriously, very nice photo. Space is just so amazing. It kind of saddens me that I won't be around to see us conquer it.

October 01, 2017, 01:35 PM

bald1

quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
I have a Vixen ED115S which is a 4-1/2" APO using what I consider to be an entry level monochrome CCD camera.

That wouldn't be a vintage StellaCam II by any chance would it?

I've got one along with a Moog 0.6x focal reducer. They have been paired with my Intes-Micro MN56 Maksutov-Newtonian on a SkyWatcher EQ6 SynScan mount (shown on the table in this picture along with a 12" B&W monitor.) Sadly health issues have keep me from using the kit for a good number of years now.