budguinn
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Posts: 4465
Loc: Gold Beach, Or
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Paul, really great detail...and it looks like you guiding was right on...I have never tried hand guiding....I'm lazy and use a separate camera, but your guiding was perfect.
bud
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Warmest regards,
bud guinn
http://www.budguinn.com
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Paul Lennous
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Reged: 02/05/04
Posts: 225
Loc: Austin, TX
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Thanks Bud. Guiding was quite a chore. RA was done with a home made drive corrector. Dec adjstments were made by turning the slow motion knob on the fork arm! I had to keep reminding myself which way to turn the knob in order to correct the drift.
I'm very happy with how it turned out since it was my first attempt at long exposure.
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Paul
Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
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Undermidnight
Pounder of Brass
Reged: 05/25/04
Posts: 2421
Loc: Hilliard, Ohio
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Name: Jason Hissong
M83 in Hydra
Taken on 02/05/2005 at Hocking Hills State Park, Logan, Ohio
Scope: Celestron Ultima 2000, Meade 3.3 reducer, Hutech IDAS LPR Filter
Camera: SBIG ST7E cooled to -20 C.
Exposure: 11x300s, 1x1 binning, autoguided with the ST7E
Processing Details:
Images aquired with CCDSoft V5
Dark and Flat calibrated each frame, adaptive add combined, soft DDP processing in Images Plus.
Debloomed, selective smoothed and unsharp masked in Photoshop 5.0.
Exported to JPG with IrfanView.
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WO Megrez 90 on EZTouch Mount
WO Zenithstar 66 on Microstar Mount
PST
8" F/4.2 Ball Scope, "Marilyn"
12.5" F/4.3 Ultralight, "Ada II"
11x70 Oberwerks
6" F/6 Polishing
Pans, Orthos, and Naglers
"We who cut mere stones, must always be envisioning cathedrals." - The Quarry Workers Creed
http://www.undermidnight.com
http://undermidnight.blogspot.com
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budguinn
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Loc: Gold Beach, Or
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Jason, beautiful shot.....I love the U2K...I mounted mine on a newer CGE mount, but I sure do miss the ability to push the mount around and it always remembers where it is. And I think the optics on these were some of the best they made for C8's.
Great detail in the image.
bud
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Warmest regards,
bud guinn
http://www.budguinn.com
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Undermidnight
Pounder of Brass
Reged: 05/25/04
Posts: 2421
Loc: Hilliard, Ohio
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Bud,
Thanks! I got lucky that night 
Yea, the U2K is a great scope. I cannot believe I can get the results I am with the drive. I have yet to try taking shots of objects with the 6.3 reducer. I may try soon. If I go more than two seconds on guiding, I get bad stars.
I will be getting an ED80 soon to keep her company.
Jason
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WO Megrez 90 on EZTouch Mount
WO Zenithstar 66 on Microstar Mount
PST
8" F/4.2 Ball Scope, "Marilyn"
12.5" F/4.3 Ultralight, "Ada II"
11x70 Oberwerks
6" F/6 Polishing
Pans, Orthos, and Naglers
"We who cut mere stones, must always be envisioning cathedrals." - The Quarry Workers Creed
http://www.undermidnight.com
http://undermidnight.blogspot.com
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Paul Lennous
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Reged: 02/05/04
Posts: 225
Loc: Austin, TX
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M31, M32, and M110
Paul Lennous
Orion 80mm ED
120 min exposure on E200 film
(Reprocessed version of the earlier shot)
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Paul
Celestron Super C8 Plus
ETX-125
4.25" f/10 Edmund Red Tube Newtonian
Orion 80mm ED
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budguinn
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Paul, that is a great reprocess....the colors are so much better and the red glow (light pollution?) is gone allowing for a much more pleasing image. Congrats..
bud
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Warmest regards,
bud guinn
http://www.budguinn.com
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budguinn
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Loc: Gold Beach, Or
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One of my favorite clusters.
Location: Gold Beach, Oregon
Date: Nov 2004
Telescope: Televue NP101
Camera: SXV-H9C
12Pics@2min Acquired and processed in AA3.0 and PS7
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Warmest regards,
bud guinn
http://www.budguinn.com
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ClownFish
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Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 6088
Loc: Singapore
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M-17 Deep Exposure.
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN
Hand guided 80mm f/12 refractor
45 minutes on Fujicrome 400 Provira
No computer/dark room editing
No filters, uncropped
This shot of M-17 is unusual in that I exposed way longer than most, to grab the most faint details in this Ha Nebula. The Swan or Omega symbol is almost totaly gone, but the 3D effect of the whole nebula is fantastic!
CF
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Learn all about Polar Alignment and Manual Guiding on my website at www.PetesAstrophotography.com! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!
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square_peg
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Reged: 03/26/04
Posts: 29398
Loc: Maple Valley, WA
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Nice work, Peter! 
So this was imaged with the Schmidt-Newt and guided with the refractor? Other way 'round?
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP/ED80
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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ClownFish
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Reged: 04/26/05
Posts: 6088
Loc: Singapore
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Thanks!
This shot was imaged with the SN, and hand guided with an Orion 80mm guidescope. The uncropped image shows the wide field of view of the Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN and the flatness of the field. Also I have done zero post processing on this slide. The colors you see are what this film offers naturaly.
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Learn all about Polar Alignment and Manual Guiding on my website at www.PetesAstrophotography.com! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!
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ClownFish
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Here's M51- ultra wide field.
Meade LXD75 8" f/4 SN
Hand guided 960mm f/12 refractor
Olympus OM-1, and Stiletto Focuser
20 minutes on Fujicrome 400 Provira
No filters.
Uncropped
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Learn all about Polar Alignment and Manual Guiding on my website at www.PetesAstrophotography.com! Or visit my Foreign Service Blog!
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LookatRigel
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Reged: 02/28/05
Posts: 77
Loc: Spain
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No image/bad link. If you'd like to post an image, please upload it to our server.
Post edited by Pegster
Edited by square_peg 114GT (08/22/05 08:04 AM)
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LookatRigel
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Reged: 02/28/05
Posts: 77
Loc: Spain
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Sorry, there has been a mistake before.
The image I'd like to show you is this wide field shot of M31.
I hope you like it.
Tomas Mazon
http://perso.wanadoo.es/tomasmazon/Index.html
Sigma Apo DG Macro 70-300@200
Canon EOS 300D unmodified
Exposure 12x300 sec, ISO 800
Processed with Photoshop CS, Registax 2, PixInsight LE.
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ASA astrograph N10 f:3.8; WO Megrez 80 Superapo, SW 200/1000
Losmandy G11 Gemini
Canon EOS 350D mod
http://astrosurf.com/astrocaza/Index.html
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Tonk
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Posts: 4346
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
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M31, M32 and M110
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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Tonk
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Posts: 4346
Loc: Leeds, UK, 54N
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M81 and M82
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Televue 85, GM-8/Gemini, Canon 40D (unmodded), Canon 450D (modded w/Astronomiks clip-ins - UV/IR, OWB)
Coronado SM60/BF10, Baader Herschel Wedge
Leeds Sky Clock Ripon Sky Clock
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square_peg
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Reged: 03/26/04
Posts: 29398
Loc: Maple Valley, WA
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Wow, Tonk! Nice shots!
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
SVP/ED80
WO 66 Petzval
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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Mobius1
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Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 700
Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL
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I know my pics will not be nearly as good as those displayed here, but I did do a lot of Messier hunting. I promise better results when I get my RebelXT. Right now it's just a modest digicam. Here's the Ring Nebula.
M57
LX-90 8" SCT
Canon Powershot A80 digicam
15sec. exposure at 400ISO
Edited using GIMP 2.2
Taken on 6/15/05
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
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Mobius1
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 700
Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL
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OK, that one wasn't so great, especially at that size. Maybe this will redeem myself... Here is the Great Orion Nebula. This was taken quite a while ago, but I am still very proud of it, especially the effect I got while editing. By the way, the previous pic was taken with a Digi-T adapter to my EP. This one had the camera on a separate tripod aimed right down the EP's barrel. Tough setup.
M42
LX90 8" SCT
Canon A-80 Powershot digicam
15seconds at (only) 50ISO
Edited using GIMP 2.2
Taken on 3/16/05
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
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Mobius1
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 700
Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL
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And a digicam shot of the Lagoon Nebula.
M8
LX90 8" SCT
Canon Powershot A80 afocally mounted
15Sec at 400ISO
Edited using GIMP 2.2
Taken on 6/17/05
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Martin
William Optics 66SD
Orion 100ED
Orion 120-ST EQ
PST-Ha
Celestron CGE 1100
Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters
DSI-IIC
Homemade spectroscope in progress...
Yerkes Observatory Volunteer
(24" Cass on weekends)
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