JackR
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Reged: 02/20/08
Posts: 29
Loc: Surprise, Arizona
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I finally got all the equipment assembled and working. Decided, based on a couple of friends advice, to go digital and autoguided. This is the result.
M-13 on June 6, 2008 at about 2200 hours from our back yard in Surprise, AZ. The equipment used is as follows: Telescope - Orion AstroView 120mm Refractor. Guidescope - Orion 80mm Refractor, Orion StarShoot Autoguider, Canon 40D DSLR.
This was a 30 second exposure at ISO 1000.
I need work on focusing.
Edited by JackR (06/14/08 04:16 PM)
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Jayhawk86
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Reged: 02/21/08
Posts: 32
Loc: Topeka, KS
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This is the best of my first attempt at photography last night, using a 21 mm Hyperion, thread adapter, 2" extension tube and Canon A640 camera.
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Steve H.
Celestron Nexstar 6SE
500 yds S. of the 39th parallel
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Tyr
member
Reged: 02/21/08
Posts: 15
Loc: Kentucky, United States, Earth
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Took these a while ago. Zhumell 8" Dobsonian scope, my left hand was the tracking device, my right hand was the camera attachment method 
Basically I just held one of our digital cameras up to the eyepiece. The picture of Saturn was taken when it was in opposition, the moon was...a little while ago, I can't remember when. They both suck, but I figured I'd inflict them upon you all anyway. "Real" imaging equipment and a scope that has tracking and everything are really expensive...
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Patrick C
newbie
Reged: 06/12/08
Posts: 4
Loc: Northern Indiana
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I finally took the plunge last month and bought a Meade LX90 8", LPI, and a DSI II color imager. Little did I know I should have invested some of that money in software. I'm using Envisage to capture and stack. I also use Registax, PSP 7, and PhotoFiltre to tweak as much as possible. Is there any other software out there besides Photoshop CS3 that can help with these images? From what I've read, PS is pretty much the choice of champions.
I'd like to see what other people out there with similar setups have done.
6-19-08
I took last week off and stayed up late!
5-31-08
This one suprised me!
6-18-08
Any suggestions, bad or good are appreciated!
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Aruta
newbie
Reged: 05/23/08
Posts: 1
Loc: Zeist, The Netherlands
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My first ever picture, 3.2 MP Sony Cybershot held directly to the lens of my ETX70
First image with my neximage on the ETX, 350 frames stacked with registax
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JShrum
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/14/07
Posts: 734
Loc: Bay City, MI, USA
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Well, I'm as new to this as possible. I got the camera this morning (NexImage), and imaged this as soon as Saturn was visible tonight (still somewhat light out) as I just couldn't wait for the weekend to try it...I've certainly got work to do. Couldn't even possibly tell you what settings I used...I just fiddled with it until it looked as good as I could get it in the short time I had (work tomorrow) and then captured about 30 seconds. This is certainly going to take some learning! 
Edit: I've now had the camera 25 hours and it's the same capture so I believe it still qualifies...I had a chance to reprocess the AVI this morning and although it's really no better, it's larger. 
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Jeff Shrum
Bay City, MI
CPC 1100 XLT
WO 2" Crayford 2-speed Focuser
OPT 2" Dielectric Diagonal
Sunset Astronomical Society
Edited by JShrum (06/25/08 12:02 PM)
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fishmagnet
sage
Reged: 12/11/07
Posts: 268
Loc: Satellite Beach Fla
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Great image for a first try.
----John
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Vixen ED 103S refractor
Celestron C8 SCT
Takahashi EM 11 Temma II Jr
Astro-Tech AT66ED
SBIG ST-10E CFW-8
Meade DSI Pro II monochrome CCD
Atik filter wheel
JMI Robofocus
Philips PCVC 740K ToUcam
Registax 4.0
Photoshop CS3
MaxIm DL4
The Sky 6
Astro-Lab Roxy
Member Brevard Astronomical Society
"Starin' at the stars in a distant galaxy; wonderin' if there's someone out there starin' back at me!"
Fountains of Wayne
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fishmagnet
sage
Reged: 12/11/07
Posts: 268
Loc: Satellite Beach Fla
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Great job Steve, nice focus and great detail.
------John
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Vixen ED 103S refractor
Celestron C8 SCT
Takahashi EM 11 Temma II Jr
Astro-Tech AT66ED
SBIG ST-10E CFW-8
Meade DSI Pro II monochrome CCD
Atik filter wheel
JMI Robofocus
Philips PCVC 740K ToUcam
Registax 4.0
Photoshop CS3
MaxIm DL4
The Sky 6
Astro-Lab Roxy
Member Brevard Astronomical Society
"Starin' at the stars in a distant galaxy; wonderin' if there's someone out there starin' back at me!"
Fountains of Wayne
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fishmagnet
sage
Reged: 12/11/07
Posts: 268
Loc: Satellite Beach Fla
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Nothing wrong with that Moon shot! Great job.
-------John
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Vixen ED 103S refractor
Celestron C8 SCT
Takahashi EM 11 Temma II Jr
Astro-Tech AT66ED
SBIG ST-10E CFW-8
Meade DSI Pro II monochrome CCD
Atik filter wheel
JMI Robofocus
Philips PCVC 740K ToUcam
Registax 4.0
Photoshop CS3
MaxIm DL4
The Sky 6
Astro-Lab Roxy
Member Brevard Astronomical Society
"Starin' at the stars in a distant galaxy; wonderin' if there's someone out there starin' back at me!"
Fountains of Wayne
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Nils_Lars
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 01/04/08
Posts: 982
Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA
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I have been doing digital AP for a few months and this was my first try at it with the NexImage.
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Erik
Orion ED 80
Orion Atlas GOTO mount
Williams Optics reducer
Various eyepieces and other gear
Baytronix 80mm guidescope
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
PHD guide
Canon 400D (unmodded)
Stilleto Focuser
Tamron 75-300mm&28-80mm lenses
NexImage webcam
http://home.comcast.net/~eriknlarsen/site/?/photos/
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Eric M
newbie
Reged: 07/05/08
Posts: 1
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First real attempt at a DSO, or, well...anything really! NGC5272(M3)
Large version!
Equipment:
Megrez 110 doublet APO on a Atlas EQ-G
Canon 40D
3 X 30-second exposures stacked is Deep Sky Stacker with shotty processing done in CS 2!
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Jefferson1964
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/15/04
Posts: 569
Loc: Mansfield, Texas
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My First Photo of a planet....
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10x70 Binos
Astroscan 2000
8" LX200GPS UHTC
ETX-125EC
ETX-125PE
The ETX Travel Buddies.....
DSIProII DSIPro
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NerfMonkey
sage
Reged: 06/12/08
Posts: 204
Loc: NE Ohio
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That shot of M3 is amazing.
I took a picture with a point and shoot digicam on a tripod at my grandparents' house in the sort-of country. It's the alignment of Saturn, Mars, Regulus and the moon. Let me know if I need to resize it.
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Mike
71 Messiers
155 total DSOs
6 planets
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StarBlazer
member
Reged: 04/12/08
Posts: 17
Loc: Sardinia, Italy
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Hi all,
First attempt is with a C9.25 on a Vixen SXD in prime focus with a Canon EOS 350d from my balcony in the city. It is at 1600 ISO and 1/250 sec. I can see I have a long way to go. 
Eros
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Celestron 9.25 on Sphinx D
Celestron 11x80 Binoculars from way back
Fullerscopes 6" Newtonian from even wayer back
Canon EOS 350d (Rebel xt)
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Kolenka
professor emeritus
Reged: 06/01/08
Posts: 600
Loc: Seattle Area, WA, USA
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First AP attempt to get a usable result... Jupiter. Hey, seems Jupiter is a really popular guy, ya know? I am still tweaking the color levels though.
This was taken with an ETX-125 PE, and a Meade LPI. Captured using generic webcam software on a Mac, and then stacked using Lynkeos. I would say around 100-150 frames were stacked. Post-processed in Lynkeos, and then color boosted in iPhoto (wait, what?).
Next time around I will actually try post-processing in apps that have better filter controls. 
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Meade 10" LX200R
Orion 80ED
Nagler 7T6, 9T6, 13T6, 17T4, 26T5
Canon XSi (Modded), TIS DMK 31AF03
Northwest Astro Photoblog
Edited by Kolenka (07/08/08 11:59 AM)
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sang33ta
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/08/08
Posts: 539
Loc: UK
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I'm amazed at all those who's seem to start their 1st astro photo on $5000 equipment!  Is it in the spirit of this thread though 
My first astro pic taken through a 0.96" lens on a typical toy/camera store telescope. I think it was something made by Vanguard I forget the exact model 900x70 maybe. Single frame made with a Casio QV-2900UX camera held up to the lens. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn were all too hard to photo though this scope beause it needed a hig power lens and the thing wobbled real good and the camera was hand held. So I didn't keep it long.
Edited by sang33ta (07/11/08 08:32 AM)
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jblaschke
member
Reged: 03/07/08
Posts: 96
Loc: New Braunfels, Texas
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My first DSO attempt: M11, the Wild Duck Cluster. Seeing was good, but gusty winds eventually drove me inside--this is actually a single 15-second exposure, as pretty much all the others had stars jumping around the frame. No way I could stack those... 
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Jayme Lynn Blaschke
6" Meade 645: f/5 wide-field Classic
Canon 400D unmodified
Edited by jblaschke (07/11/08 12:27 PM)
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jetair
newbie
Reged: 05/25/08
Posts: 2
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This is my first ever photo,taken on June 6th 2008.Just few days after I got my first telescope.
Edited by jetair (07/21/08 02:20 AM)
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Taqyon
sage
Reged: 06/17/08
Posts: 268
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
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My first image:
The Movie:
Jupiter
8" Dob
NexImage
Registax
I'm doing something wrong somewhere, wow that Registax is complicated. Busy looking for a guide and then I'll be back with a vengeance
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Hein du Plessis
10" Black Diamond Skywatcher Collapsible Dobsonian
Celestron NexImage Webcam
7mm SWA 58° Plössl
(censored)mW Green Laser Pointer
My Pictures
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john D
All you have to do is ask!!
Reged: 08/05/07
Posts: 4965
Loc: Midlothian, VA
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my first Jupiter. july 11, 2008. taken with a Phillips webcam.
more can be found here at my site
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Meade ETX-125
Meade LXD55 mount
Philips SPC900NC webcam
Seymour Solar filter
Backyard Observatory
 -Midlothian VA
--Land Of The Free Because Of The Brave--
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