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Posts Made By: Peter Morrison

May 23, 2010 08:28 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M92

Posted By Peter Morrison
My first deepish shot with the 8" ACF. I recently aquired another counterweight, so can piggyback my ZS66 for guiding.

Taken 5/14/2010 from Tierra Del Sol.

Details:
Equipment:
Optics - Meade 8" ACF @ f/10
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Unmodified Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
36x180s @ ISO800

Processing in ImagesPlus 3.8, resize & crop in MS Digital Image suite.

Thanks for looking
Peter

June 21, 2010 06:23 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

McNaught C/2009 R1

Posted By Peter Morrison
Shot from Tierra Del Sol at around 4am 6/20/2010. The comet was only 7 degrees above the horizon.

Details and a larger version here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2318&UserId=40


Thanks for looking,
Peter

July 23, 2010 06:53 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

NGC 6144, M4 and more...

Posted By Peter Morrison
A very rich area near the bright star Antares. Two globular clusters M4 (upper right) and NGC 6144, blue reflection nebula IC 4603 and IC 4605, dust and gas.

9.5 hours of data collected from 5 sessions.

Details:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Canon 350D
Exposure Information: 90x300s @ ISO400 + 23x240 @ISO800, Guided by PHD

Thanks for looking

Peter

August 4, 2010 12:11 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

First light - NGC 6888 in Ha

Posted By Peter Morrison
This is a first light image with the new camera, so was more proof of concept more than anything else. It needs more data and/or longer exposures but has potential. Shot from my back yard in San Diego in less than optimal conditions. Cygnus seemed to be in a magic hole, as the rest of the sky was pretty cloudy. Five minute subs were used to limit the number of discards due to clouds.

You can (barely) see Dave Jurasevichs soap bubble to the right of the Crescent near the bottom of the image. I will add data or redo with longer exposures over the next few days.

Larger version here:
http://cid-90a8de46c8cb4fb6.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Deep%20Space/ngc6888%2019x300%20Ha%20-20C%20ExcAvg-p1-rc%202010.08.03.0932.39.jpg


Optics: TV 85 + 0.8FR
Mount: AP Mach1 GTO
Guide: WO 66, Orion SSAG and PHD
Camera: QSI 583ws, Astrodon 5nm Ha, -20C
Exposure: 19x300
Capture and Processing: ImagesPlus

Regards,
Peter

August 6, 2010 08:55 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 6888 Ha redo

Posted By Peter Morrison
This is a complete redo with four hours of 15 minute exposures from a dark site. Dave's soap bubble is much more obvious in this shot, although you may need to view the larger version to see it.

Larger version here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2333&UserId=40

Optics: TV 85 + 0.8FR
Mount: AP Mach1GTO
Guide: WO 66, Orion SSAG and PHD
Camera: QSI 583ws, Astrodon 5nm Ha, -15C
Exposure: 16x900
Capture and Processing: ImagesPlus

Peter

August 11, 2010 04:03 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC 1318

Posted By Peter Morrison
I managed to get about 3 hours of IC 1318 on Sunday night.

Larger version here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2335&UserId=40

Optics: TV 85 + 0.8FR
Mount: AP Mach1GTO
Guide: WO 66, Orion SSAG and PHD
Camera: QSI 583ws, Astrodon 5nm Ha, -15C
Exposure: 13x900
Capture and Processing: ImagesPlus

Thanks for looking,

Peter

August 20, 2010 08:55 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC 1396 in Ha

Posted By Peter Morrison
The Elephant Trunk in Ha. A little over 4 hours, shot from Tierra Del Sol on 8/14/2010.

1600 x 1200 version here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2339&UserId=40

Full size (3356 x 2504) here:
http://cid-90a8de46c8cb4fb6.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Deep%20Space/ic1396%2017x900%20Ha%20-15C%20SigAvg-p1.jpg

Optics: TV 85 + 0.8FR
Mount: AP Mach1GTO
Guide: WO 66, Orion SSAG and PHD
Camera: QSI 583ws, Astrodon 5nm Ha, -15C
Exposure: 17x900
Capture and Processing: ImagesPlus

Thanks for looking,

Peter

September 12, 2010 02:59 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

North American and Pelican Mosaic

Posted By Peter Morrison
About 9 hours for the Pelican, 5 for the North American, all from my back yard in San Diego.

1920x1080 size here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2357&UserId=40

50% version here:
http://cid-90a8de46c8cb4fb6.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Deep%20Space/North^_American^_Pelican^_2-p1-rc.jpg

Optics: TV 85 + 0.8RF
Mount: AP Mach1GTO
Guide: WO 66, Orion SSAG and PHD
Camera: QSI 583ws, Astrodon 5nm Ha, -15C
Exposure: 57x900
Capture and Processing: ImagesPlus

Thanks for looking,

Peter

January 7, 2011 04:06 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC 405 in Ha

Posted By Peter Morrison
Shot from my back yard in San Diego.

Optics: TV 85 + 0.8RF
Mount: AP Mach1 GTO
Guide: WO 66, Orion SSAG and PHD
Camera: QSI 583ws, Astrodon 5nm Ha, -15C
Exposure: 29x900s
Capture and Processing: ImagesPlus

Larger version here:
http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=2394&UserId=40

Thanks for looking,

Peter

June 26, 2004 12:49 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

New Scope

Posted By Peter Morrison
A lot of good posts and advice. I think that you would be surprised at how much you can see through your ETX if you can get it to a dark site. I logged around 60 Messier objects on my first night out at our local club's site (with my ETX-90). I upgraded to a 10" GPS scope, but limited myself to something I could easilly move, which is something you should definitely consider. In any case, go to a star party somewhere and take a look through a variety of scopes. You may find that you don't see enough difference between an 8" and a 10" or a 10" and a 12" to justify the extra expense and weight.

Best of luck

Peter.

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