A quickie processing job on data taken on Jan 6, 2015 at 02:53 UT (Jan 5, 8:53 pm CST.) This is 36×45 sec ISO 1600 sub-images taken with a Televue TV-85 at F/5.6 and a stock Canon T3 with no LPS filters in the image train.
A very bright moon was out while taking these shots, but it still shows a nice tail. Just think how good it will be when there is no moonlight to hinder the view!
Finally rising high enough to image where I live, Lovejoy Q2 is already putting on a show. It will be getting even brighter than it is now towards X-mass and the first part of January.
NGC 7331 taken with a TV-85 and a C8. 27×300 sec @ ISO 1600 (TV85) and 23×150 @ ISO 3200 (C8), Canon T3 (modified.)NGC-7331 detail view. Nov 20, 2014, 23×150 @ ISO 3200, C8 at F/6.3. Oct 27, 2014, 27×300 @ ISO 1600, TV-85 at F/5.6. IDAS-LPS, modified Canon T3.
At the end of October 2014, I was shooting images of some brighter NGC galaxies, but the TV-85 scope I was using just didn’t have enough image scale to do them justice, so I never posted them. Well, my old C8 is still kickin’ and it has over 2.5 times the focal length of the smaller refractor. But, I needed a way to guide it and the 50mm guiding scope arrangement I used once for it was just not good enough.
Comet ISON on Oct 7, 2013. 24×120 sec @ ISO 800, TV-85 at F/5.6, IDAS-LPS, modified Canon T3.
Here is my first Comet ISON image. It was low in the east in lots of light pollution, but I managed to get enough shots to make a reasonable image. I had to cut down a small tree the afternoon before taking this to get a clear shot.
A bright asteroid moved into the field of view when I was taking the sub-images for this object. I made a quickie composite to show my buddies on the astro-imaging forum I frequent.
NGC 1365 in Fornax. 10×120 sec @ ISO 1600. TV-85 at F/5.6, IDAS-LPS and a Canon 350XT.
Taken in January of 2008. Reworked in 2016. A very southern target and hard to get a good window to shoot sub-images. I managed only 10 shots for this particular imaging session. At minimum it needs quadruple that, unfortunately.
A quickie processing job on data taken on Jan 6, 2015 at 02:53 UT (Jan 5, 8:53 pm CST.) This is 36×45 sec ISO 1600 sub-images taken with a Televue TV-85 at F/5.6 and a stock Canon T3 with no LPS filters in the image train.
