DMK 21AU04 First light - Whoa!

Whoo!

I used to wonder how you SS imagers do it. I drool over your images as I struggle with my meager attempts at imaging with my SAC IV camera and, in the last few years, a Celestron Neximage.

I'm used to DSO CCD imaging, and I used to wonder what I was doing wrong (other than seeing, of course).

Being used to the dark side of DSO imaging, I was thinking that maybe I just needed the resolution of monochrome imaging, similar to the resolution and sensitivity gain in monochrome DSO CCD's.

Wow!

So here's my first solar image with my DMK 21AU04, snagged during NEAF. This was shot through a Lunt LS50/BF1200 on a Borg 76ED.

Eric

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Pumped by that solar image, I turned to the Moon (this was still in the daytime) and shot a few features.

I guess it's time to start knowing these lunar feature names!

I thought I'd try AviStack tonight, and OMG! After reading Sean Walker's review of it on S&T I thought I'd give it a try. Yeah, it definitely does some pretty neat stuff!

This is with the DMK on a C11, prime focus (F/10). I'm not even 100% sure I have the C11's collimation dialed in. The results were so good I even *upsized* it about 40%!

Eric

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I decided to see what I could get @f/20. Again, thanks to AviStack, I could upsize about 40%!

I know these results are pretty feeble compared with the SS veterans, but wow! I feel like I have a fighting chance now!

Eric

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Eric, excellent shots! The solar detail is very impressive. I've always had trouble with avistack and usually just use Registax. Do you have a link to Sean's S&T review by chance? Thanks for posting and congradulations with the new camera

Regards,
Steve