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bkushner
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Reged: 11/26/06
Posts: 1721
Loc: Audubon New Jersey

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Paul Milligan]
#2067069 - 12/21/07 11:58 PM Attachment (86 downloads)

Here is my very first shot with my Mallincam on my Meade SN8. M42.

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Celestron C80ED/SLT Mount/CG-5GT/SkyScout
Starmaster 18" DOB
Orion XT12i
Lightbridge 16"
Meade SN8"
Coronado PST
Stellarvue BV3 Bino's
Mallincam Hyper Color Plus

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greg
sage

Reged: 01/25/05
Posts: 389
Loc: Central Ca.

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: bkushner]
#2067109 - 12/22/07 12:20 AM

Very nice M-42... To get results like that on your first shot shows how easy it is to use the MallinCam. Do you have any Galaxy shots? I'm thinking of getting either a Meade 8" or 10" SN for use at my house with the MallinCam, so I'd like to see some images from an 8" or 10" SN.
Greg

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30" F/4.5 Truss
12" LX200 GPS
Orion ST120mm F/5
Celestron 102mm F/5 Finderscope
2" 26mm 70* Illuminated Reticle
26mm T5 Nagler
20mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
Pentax XW 10mm
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco HighRes. Color CRT Monitor
Light polluted Backyard
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away

Edited by greg (12/22/07 12:23 AM)

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bkushner
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Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: greg]
#2067191 - 12/22/07 01:27 AM Attachment (77 downloads)

Quote:

Very nice M-42... To get results like that on your first shot shows how easy it is to use the MallinCam. Do you have any Galaxy shots? I'm thinking of getting either a Meade 8" or 10" SN for use at my house with the MallinCam, so I'd like to see some images from an 8" or 10" SN.
Greg

Here is the one galaxy shot I have, it's a faint galaxy and I spent no time processing the image, this is a single frame captured right from the monitor. It's NGC 2683.

I should also mention that my shots are taken 10 minutes from Center City Philadelphia in very light polluted skies.

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Celestron C80ED/SLT Mount/CG-5GT/SkyScout
Starmaster 18" DOB
Orion XT12i
Lightbridge 16"
Meade SN8"
Coronado PST
Stellarvue BV3 Bino's
Mallincam Hyper Color Plus

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greg
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Posts: 389
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Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: bkushner]
#2067203 - 12/22/07 01:51 AM

Thanks Brian,
That too is a very good image to show what the 8" Meade SN can do at a light polluted site, with a very faint galaxy, using a MallinCam single Image. Nice dark back ground too.
Greg

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30" F/4.5 Truss
12" LX200 GPS
Orion ST120mm F/5
Celestron 102mm F/5 Finderscope
2" 26mm 70* Illuminated Reticle
26mm T5 Nagler
20mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
Pentax XW 10mm
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco HighRes. Color CRT Monitor
Light polluted Backyard
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away

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nytecam
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Reged: 08/20/05
Posts: 4814
Loc: London UK

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: skyguy88]
#2067430 - 12/22/07 06:45 AM

Quote:

Here is a curiosity from last night. Its a 3 satellite pass through Orion during a 12 second exposure (might have been 6 sec).

They're probably geostationary satellites and dependant on your latitude - in northern hemisphere they're located a few degrees south of the celestial equator like your shot - nice

here's a selection from awhile back before astrovideo with the scope drive 'off' eg static cam

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Nytecam 51N 0.1W
Meade 30cm LX200+ETX-70+DS-2090+C8+Ha+CaK PSTs SBIG SGS+homebuilt spectrographs
Starlight SXVF_M9/Lodestar/Canon 300D DSLR/Fuji E550
My observatory build-ETX-70 imaging-spectro page

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bkushner
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Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: nytecam]
#2067560 - 12/22/07 09:26 AM

I get those streaks too sometimes, pretty sure they are sats.

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Celestron C80ED/SLT Mount/CG-5GT/SkyScout
Starmaster 18" DOB
Orion XT12i
Lightbridge 16"
Meade SN8"
Coronado PST
Stellarvue BV3 Bino's
Mallincam Hyper Color Plus

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nytecam
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Posts: 4814
Loc: London UK

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: skyguy88]
#2068349 - 12/22/07 05:04 PM

Quote:

We've seen an assortment of bright objects. Here is a less prominent, but really neat object, NGC 891.Bill

Hi Bill - v nice shot but can you confirm identity of this DSO

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greg
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Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: BradH]
#2068451 - 12/22/07 05:54 PM

I just came back and took another look at this image of M51... This is a Very Nice Image, and with 150mm scope. A little color, Nice detail, and a dark back ground... There's alot going on in this image.
Thanks for posting it Brad

Greg

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30" F/4.5 Truss
12" LX200 GPS
Orion ST120mm F/5
Celestron 102mm F/5 Finderscope
2" 26mm 70* Illuminated Reticle
26mm T5 Nagler
20mm T5 Nagler
13mm ETHOS
Pentax XW 10mm
MallinCam Color Hyper Plus
9" Speco HighRes. Color CRT Monitor
Light polluted Backyard
10' Home Dome
MallinCam Deep Space Observatory
Great Darksite 1.5 Hrs. Away

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skyguy88
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Reged: 11/13/06
Posts: 62

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: nytecam]
#2068558 - 12/22/07 06:51 PM

For a more detailed look at ngc 891 check out Greg's version (#2062289). I wish that I could get enough photons from objects like this to do without the .3 fr. Greg's 30 inch bucket collects 14 times more photons than my 8in and the lighted parking lot across the street from my site limits the gain that I can use.

Bill

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Paul Milligan
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Reged: 03/03/06
Posts: 1225
Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: skyguy88]
#2069558 - 12/23/07 11:36 AM Attachment (63 downloads)

Comet 17P Holmes
2.6 second integration
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera

Clear Skies

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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com

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Paul Milligan
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Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Paul Milligan]
#2069570 - 12/23/07 11:41 AM Attachment (66 downloads)

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy
2.6 Second Integration
Takahashi Epsilon 160
GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera

Clear Skies

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Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob
WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO
EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX
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http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com

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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon

Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Paul Milligan]
#2084346 - 12/30/07 09:17 PM

Tonight Comet 8P/Tuttle passed near M33. I used my MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS and a Quantary 70 to 210 zoom lens to grab this image of the pair - plus a passing airplane. This is a single 56 second exposure grabbed using an AverTV Cardbus PC Card. The lens was set to 210mm at f/5.6.

Jack Huerkamp

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Orion ED80
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
Tricked-out 17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans

Waning Moon II Observatory

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Bowmoreman
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Reged: 09/11/06
Posts: 2992
Loc: Bolton, MA

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Jack Huerkamp]
#2086565 - 12/31/07 10:21 PM Attachment (58 downloads)

Latest from WSO.

MCHP on Vixen ED100Sf with MRF3 (5 and 10 spacers) at approx f6. Single integration 56 seconds. M33 on 19" Proton monitor.

1/15 second on Nikon DSLR Shutter priority, handheld.

Usual caveat: picture is way better on monitors than photographed!

clear enough skies

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Dave
Ustream
YLive
XT10i, RTP, CGE, R200CF, TMB80SS
31T5, 22T4, 13Ethos, 8Ethos, TV 3-6 Zoom; Paracorr
MallincamColorHyperPlus,SBIG STV&237A;CanonRebel Xti
WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO #90)

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Bowmoreman
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Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Bowmoreman]
#2086569 - 12/31/07 10:24 PM Attachment (57 downloads)

Next up: my first M42. 7 second integration. Same setup. This transmited very nicely via wireless into the house on the 42" HDTV....

This view is distorted because I didn't have a straight on shot of the monitor using the camera.

A very nice way to end 2007, which saw the construction of WSO, the acquisition of MCHP and 31T5, 22T4, and Ethos, and most importantly, more viewing in the last 5 months, than in my LIFE beforehand!

clear enough skies

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Dave
Ustream
YLive
XT10i, RTP, CGE, R200CF, TMB80SS
31T5, 22T4, 13Ethos, 8Ethos, TV 3-6 Zoom; Paracorr
MallincamColorHyperPlus,SBIG STV&237A;CanonRebel Xti
WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO #90)

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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon

Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Jack Huerkamp]
#2091363 - 01/02/08 10:13 PM

Last night I finally go a chance to try out the HyperStar on my CPC 1100. This is a single 7 second frame MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS image grabbed to my laptop. The Running Man Nebula was just rising in the southeast and only about 25 degrees up when I observed it. As others have related, the live, on-screen view on the Watec-35 was far superior to that shown in the laptop snapshot.

Waning Moon II Observatory

Edited by Jack Huerkamp (01/02/08 10:16 PM)

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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon

Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Jack Huerkamp]
#2091366 - 01/02/08 10:15 PM

This is a single 7 second frame MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS image grabbed to my laptop of NGC 891. As others have related, the live, on-screen view on the Watec-35 was far superior to that shown in the laptop snapshot.

Waning Moon II Observatory

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Bowmoreman
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Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Jack Huerkamp]
#2091378 - 01/02/08 10:19 PM

Jack, that is SWEET...

looks like "gumby" himself just a standing there!

I really love the ease/flexibility of this camera...

of course your 11" (280mm) trumps my 100mm any day of the week...

can you say - "EQ mounted serious aperture lust/envy"

Sure, I knew you could!

clear enough skies to y'all

notwithstanding my CSC which IS clear dark blue tonight... it is 4F and 20Mph winds - not even WSO walls can protect me from THAT!

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Dave
Ustream
YLive
XT10i, RTP, CGE, R200CF, TMB80SS
31T5, 22T4, 13Ethos, 8Ethos, TV 3-6 Zoom; Paracorr
MallincamColorHyperPlus,SBIG STV&237A;CanonRebel Xti
WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO #90)

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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon

Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Jack Huerkamp]
#2091381 - 01/02/08 10:20 PM

This is a single 7 second frame MallinCam Color HYPER PLUS image grabbed to my laptop of M1. As others have related, the live, on-screen view on the Watec-35 was far superior to that shown in the laptop snapshot.

Waning Moon II Observatory

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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon

Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana

Re: Astro Video Image Gallery new

[Re: Bowmoreman]
#2091401 - 01/02/08 10:26 PM

But the CPC is an Alt-Az monted scope. The only time I say field rotation issues was when I first looked at M33 when it was DIRECTLY at the zenith. There I could see live on the monitor the circular star trails in only 7 seconds. So I waited 2 hours and tried M33 again. Here is what I saw in 7 seconds. If the sky was not so washed out with humidity and Christmas lights, I could have tried longer exposures. I can't wait to get to Chiefland in a month: