Posts Made By: Jeff Green

Hey guys,

My first capture of saturn using my 130mm scope. This was captured over christmas after I finally got my laptop.

130mm Orion Spaceprobe
Logitech 3000
aprox 1500 frames stacked in Registax3

not the best, maybe the worst. lol
But it is a start

Here is my second attempt at Saturn since getting the webcam going. I got better focus on this one than my last post.

Orion 130mm Newt F6.9
EQ-2 mount with Astrotrack drive (Not very smooth may I add)
Logitech 3000 @ 1/50 frames
aprox 2.3X barlow
500 frames stacked in Registax3

Hey guys

Here is the first result from last night imaging session in Raleigh. It was a windy night but I was able to pull enough good frames out of the vid. More (hopefully better) results to come.

Orion 130mm reflector
EQ-2 mount w/AstroTrack drive
Logitec 3000 through 2.5 barlow
400 frames stacked in registax3

***EDIT***
***I did not realize it was so dark...it looked good on my laptop***

Just captured this through my work window. The only bonus of coming in at 6am is an easterly facing window.

clear skys

Jeff

we had some decent seeing in Raleigh last night.

130mm Orion newt
3x barlow
astrotrack drive
logitech 3000
1000 stacked in registax

Copernicus, I believe

I have just started imaging the moon. This is one of my first results.

130mm Orion Spaceprobe
Logitech 3000
2.5x barlow

hey guys,

I just have a question of what is limiting my photos. I assume that alot of you guys are shooting with thousands of dollers of equipment and I am working with a few hundred dollers worth and that my be my issue. But I just wanted to check considering all the experience you all have in the field of astrophotography.

Here is my setup:
130mm Orion Spaceprobe on and EQ-2 mount W/astrotrack drive
Logitech 3000 webcam (not modified for long exposure)
Location: Raleigh, NC

I will attach some photos from Friday when conditions(from Raleigh Clear sky clock) were CC-10,T-5,S-4. Which is about as good as we get here.

My shots are not as clear as the ones you all post and I wanted to know what is limiting my shots. Is it apertrue, seeing, my technique, etc. Should I be expecing less due to my setup?

any info would be helpful.

thanks guys

saturn from last night.

A little better result since collimation

Guys,

You all have probably seen some of my photos posted out here in the forums. And I have gotten to a point that I am thinking of upgrading my 130mm to a more capable scope. But I am limited by portability.(live on a third floor apartment facing west)So, I need something that is easily moved Also I prefer the EQ mounted scopes so I am not really looking for a dob.

Now I like my setup, it is decent visually but my photos are just not as sharp or clear as I want. So I wanted to glean knowledge from the great experience I have seen posted in these forums. Such as, am I at a limit on my scope and if so where to go from here.

I was thinking of going with the Skyview Pro 6in LT (F/8 1200mm)on the CG-5 mount. But I am not really sure if it will give me that much of an increase in the quality of my shots. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this setup for Astrophotography.

I know I will not get Deepsky shots from this setup.(as I am using an unmodified logitec 3000 webcam anyway so that is not really an option )So right now I am just shooting Planetary and Lunar.

But any info on this 6" setup, possible sample photos or recommendations for other setups would be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance

Jeff

I am looking to upgrade to a CG-5 type mount. I was either going to go with the SkyView mount through ORION or with the CG5 Celestron. Now I have found a few other CG-5 mounts out there. There is one made by a Chinese Company under the name Baytronix. Does anyone have any experience with this mount. Or any recommendations which way to go.


Thanks for the info
Jeff