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Posts Made By: Stuart Thomson

April 13, 2005 02:20 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Omega Centauri Yet again

Posted By Stuart Thomson

It was such a nice night last night I got out the D100 and took some pictures.

Details:
8" LX200GPS
Nikon D100 @ prime focus F10.
5 x 30 second exposures, aligned and stacked in Photoshop Elements
Alt/Az mount
Taken from backyard in Werribee, Victoria, Australia.

October 18, 2005 01:29 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Lunar Eclipse Video (of sorts)

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Hi All,

I too was out last night.

See http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rat156

Beware, large files 2.3 and 1.3Mb respectively.

Sorry for the crappy html, I was in a hurry.

Details:
Nikon D100 in time lapse mode, one shot every 30s @ prime focus.
Combination of 230ish frames.
Meade LX200GPS with f6.3 focal reducer.
Registered and video generated in Registax to avi.
Size reduced and converted to quicktime in IMovie on MacG4.

Share and enjoy
Stuart

January 18, 2006 09:25 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Comet C2006A1

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Hi All,

Comet C2006A1 (Pojmanski), imaged last night.

Details are on the picture.

Cheers
Stuart

January 25, 2006 12:14 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Comet C/2006 A1 in LRGB

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Hi All,

Though it's still very much a SH object, here's another image of C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski) taken last night.

Cheers
Stuart

December 8, 2006 11:11 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 1316 and supernovae

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Hi All,

Read about these on Astromart yesterday, imaged them last night.

Meade 8" LX200GPS @ f10, 10x 5 minute subs, SBig ST-7XME selfguided.

Cheers
Stuart

January 22, 2007 02:32 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Comet McNaught from Downunder

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Hi All,

Here's one image and some links to others.

http://tinyurl.com/2fb7qj

and

http://tinyurl.com/ysxfs8

Share and enjoy

Cheers
Stuart

January 25, 2007 01:50 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Two more McNaught

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Hi All,

Got some closeups

1 Second subs (100, 20, 20, 20) LRGB.
Prime focus 8"LX200GPS @ f10

and

6 second subs (20, 20, 20, 10) LRGB.
ST-7XME

Cheers
Stuart

July 15, 2007 07:35 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Musk Lorikeet

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Found some of these guys feeding in a tree in my backyard.
Pretty little birds, but a bit noisy.

Thanks for looking
Stuart

January 28, 2008 12:25 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NEO 2007 TU24

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Hi All,

Got my last go at this tonight, tomorrow it's over the Northern horizon.

Very close to being over the North Western wall of the observatory.

This is a combination of two pics, one 30 seconds, and one 120 seconds.

Taken with an SBig ST-10XME, unguided on a Meade 10"RCX at f8.

The little beast is moving quite fast!

Cheers
Stuart

January 23, 2007 12:40 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Comet McNaught from Downunder

Posted By Stuart Thomson

Can you get too much of a good thing?

Nope.

Another widefield shot, from a different place this time...

http://tinyurl.com/3xafso

and a close up with the 4x Powermate...

http://tinyurl.com/2njh6d

Cheers
Stuart