While I was setting up last night I pointed at the moon to see what it looked like through the EdgeHD 8 on the T2i. Backyard EOS has a planetary mode so I cranked that up and did a couple of quick series. Aligned and stacked with Registax this afternoon and this is the result …
Its the end of the calendar year and Orion is high in the sky at a reasonably early hour for urban astronomy. It clears the house around 9:00 so with sunset at 6:30 or so, you can have your high accuracy drift alignment completed by the time Orion is visible over the houses. I took …
Messier 27 shot on September 22, 2013 from Allen, TX. 36 exposures of 60 seconds each through a Celestron EdgeHD 8 and collected by a modded Canon T2i (550D) DSLR.
Messier 2 taken on 5 July 2013 from Copper Breaks State Park outside of Vernon, Texas. Shot with a Celestron Edge HD 8″ Schmidt-Cassegrain mounted on a Celestron Advanced VX. 60 subframes of 60 seconds unguided
A quick stack of M57. Decided to shoot this after a PEC training session. 60 x 1 minute exposures, no flats yet.
Celestron Advanced VX, Edge HD 8. Canon 20D guided by a Meade DSI Pro in an Orion 50mm mini guidescope. No flats, no LPR filter (dang it!). Basically no processing.
Messier 27, the Dumbbell Nebula, taken from suburban Dallas on a night with 80% – 90% humidity with the object in the light dome of a massive shopping complex just a mile away. Yes, you can practice astrophotography in the city! This image was built from 41 minutes worth of 60 second sub-exposures stacked …
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Caldwell 49, the Rosette Nebula, shot from Ft. Griffin State Historical Area near Albany, TX on March 14, 2013. Two hours of 5 minute subs. Meade LXD 75 Meade SN6 (sloppy focuser, out of focus in the corners) Canon 20D Baader MPCC Hutech IDAS-LPS (forgot to take it off)
The Leo Triplet as seen from Allen, Texas on Feb 2, 2013. 30 subexposures of 5 minutes. Meade LXD75-SN6 Canon Digital Rebel (300D) Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression filter Baader MPCC Guided with Orion StarBlast 4.5″ reflector and Meade DSI Pro
OK, I have heard many times about BackyardEOS for controlling Canon EOS cameras used in Astrophotography. Unfortunately my 1st generation Digital Rebel (300D) with its now ancient DIGIC-I processor is not a supported platform. Even though it does have USB and you can trigger the shutter through that you can only use the predefined exposure …
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