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Paul Schroeder
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Image from last night
#3414236 - 10/27/09 02:49 PM Attachment (51 downloads)

Hi all -

It was clear here in Minneapolis last night and not too cold, with pretty good seeing. I brought out the Questar 3.5 and decided to do a little imaging.

Most of the time I spent was on the moon, with the image below coming out best -- comments and suggestions are most welcome! If it stays clear tonight I hope to get in a bit more imaging.

Best regards,

Paul Schroeder

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ColoHank
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Reged: 06/07/07
Posts: 507
Loc: western Colorado

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[Re: Paul Schroeder]
#3414447 - 10/27/09 04:43 PM

Excellent image! Was your setup through the axial port, or did you take the photo through the eyepiece afocally?

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Questar 3.5 standard - pyrex and BB coatings
Powerguide II
8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 24mm and 32mm Brandons
modified Bogen 3030 w/ homebuilt wedge
Homebuilt Galileo scope and very large and ugly homemade tripod
other odds and ends, including iPod Touch with StarMap Pro (what a marvelous combo)...
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"Nothing exists but atoms and empty space. Everything else is opinion."
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Paul Schroeder
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Reged: 06/05/03
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[Re: ColoHank]
#3414559 - 10/27/09 05:50 PM Attachment (40 downloads)

I end up taking these images through the eyepiece port, but with a Lumenera camera attached. I don't have an axial port adapter and this approach works fine. In addition, this way I can use the built-in barlow.

Attached is one more image I took, of Jupiter. I only was able to take one try at Jupiter, the fox that roams about our back yard was getting a bit too curious

. I think with a bit more time I could have gotten a better image.

Best regards,

Paul

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ColoHank
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Reged: 06/07/07
Posts: 507
Loc: western Colorado

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[Re: Paul Schroeder]
#3414630 - 10/27/09 06:27 PM

Bravo! You do great work.

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Questar 3.5 standard - pyrex and BB coatings
Powerguide II
8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 24mm and 32mm Brandons
modified Bogen 3030 w/ homebuilt wedge
Homebuilt Galileo scope and very large and ugly homemade tripod
other odds and ends, including iPod Touch with StarMap Pro (what a marvelous combo)...
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"Nothing exists but atoms and empty space. Everything else is opinion."
Titus Lucretius Carus 99-55 B.C.

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Erik Bakker
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Loc: Haren, The Netherlands, Europe

Re: Image from last night new

[Re: Paul Schroeder]
#3415967 - 10/28/09 12:10 PM

Quote:

I end up taking these images through the eyepiece port, but with a Lumenera camera attached. I don't have an axial port adapter and this approach works fine. In addition, this way I can use the built-in barlow.

Attached is one more image I took, of Jupiter. I only was able to take one try at Jupiter, the fox that roams about our back yard was getting a bit too curious . I think with a bit more time I could have gotten a better image.

Best regards,

Paul

Hi Paul, A better image with more time? Are you serious? I think this image is a wonderful result with great familiarity to the visual impression of jupiter in a good small telescope.

CS,

Erik

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Fully mounted Questar 7 P-BB

Celestron C 102F f/8.8 fluorite
Vixen FL 70S f/8 fluorite
Celestron C 55F f/8 fluorite

Sets of Zeiss, TeleVue and Brandon eyepieces

Zeiss 7x50 Marine B/GA

Zeiss TM german equatorial
Gitzo 224 with Manfrotto 501 fluid head
Unitron alt-az mount

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GR1973
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[Re: Paul Schroeder]
#3416156 - 10/28/09 01:45 PM

Great image .....Is south is up????

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Paul Schroeder
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[Re: GR1973]
#3416437 - 10/28/09 04:13 PM Attachment (21 downloads)

Thanks, yes, I believe south is up.

I appreciate the comments!

Attached below is an image I took last night, this was probably at the outer limit of what the seeing would tolerate (in terms of magnification).

I also put together a full-moon mosaic that I thought worked fairly well -- I was going to post it here but the file is way too big (1.3 meg). For those of you who are on the Yahoo Questar group I was able to post it there.

Best regards,

Paul

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