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Posts Made By: Peter Morrison

January 5, 2009 04:32 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

NGC 1365

Posted By Peter Morrison
NGC 1365 and neighbors in Fornax. Shot from Mt. Laguna on 12/30/2008.

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D (unmodified)
Guiding - Orion StarShoot Autoguider/PHD/William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD

Exposure Information:
22x300s @ ISO 800

Not the best shot, but it is an interesting area.

January 23, 2009 06:58 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula

Posted By Peter Morrison
I have been messing with this for some time. It needs more data to smooth and brighten the dust, but that will have to wait until next year. Data was captured over four nights (August 23, September 1, 21 & 27 2008) from Mt. Laguna and Tierra Del Sol.

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8 & Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
84x300s @ ISO800, Guided with PHD

February 3, 2009 03:30 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Comet Lulin C/2007 N3

Posted By Peter Morrison
Shot from Tierra Del Sol on Sunday morning (2/01/2009).

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8 & Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
7x300s @ ISO800, Guided with PHD

March 3, 2009 05:06 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Wide field Christmas Tree Cluster

Posted By Peter Morrison
A wide field shot of the Christmas Tree cluster, the Cone nebula and Hubbles Variable nebula. Shot from Tierra Del Sol 1/31/2009 & 2/28/2009.

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
43x300s @ ISO800, Guided with PHD

March 5, 2009 05:00 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Comet Lulin C/2007 N3

Posted By Peter Morrison
Here is a shot of the comet from Sunday morning (3/1/2009).

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
12x180s @ ISO800, Guided with PHD

March 20, 2009 05:04 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Another Saturn from March 16

Posted By Peter Morrison
Taken from my back yard in San Diego with my new OTA (Meade 8" ACF). Seeing was good.

Capture:
Optics - Meade 8" ACF, 3x TeleXtender
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Philips ToUcam Pro II
Exposure - 1/25 second, 10fps, 180s AVI

Processing:
Registax 5 Beta: Align, optimize & stack (800 out of 1800 frames)
Images Plus 3.5: Wavelets and minor brightness adjustments.
MS Digital Image Suite: Color adjustment, Levels, Resize & Crop

Peter

April 2, 2009 04:39 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M84, M86, M87 & more...

Posted By Peter Morrison
I was trying to frame Markarians chain, but decided to put M87 in it as well. Galaxies everywhere...

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
26x300s @ ISO800, Guided with PHD

Shot on March 1, 2009 from Tierra Del Sol

Thanks for looking.

Peter

June 20, 2009 08:04 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Wide field M27

Posted By Peter Morrison
Captured at Tierra Del Sol on 6/18.

Details and a larger version here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2156&UserId=40

Peter

June 22, 2009 09:42 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Wide field M13

Posted By Peter Morrison
Another shot from Tierra Del Sol (6/18/2009).

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
29x120s @ ISO800, Guided with PHD

Additional detail here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2157&UserId=40

Thanks for looking.

Peter

June 27, 2009 05:57 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

NGC 6822 - Barnards galaxy

Posted By Peter Morrison
Shot from Tierra Del Sol on 6/22/2009. This is a really difficult visual target, so I was interested to see what I could capture.

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
26x300s @ ISO800, Guided with PHD

A larger version with additional detail here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2161&UserId=40

Thanks for looking

Peter

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