2020BC
29-03-2006, 07:53 PM
I think I've said once, maybe even twice, that I like this camera::D
My family's DSLR camera pointed skyward through my telescope let's me see STUFF...
Check out the image below and follow the link for the detail in the gas and dust clouds, and those cracks in the sky.
By hooking the camera up to my TV I get to see amazing images within 90 seconds of firing the camera.
By stacking the images in my computer I'm producing pictures of billions of tonnes of colorful gas and dust, exploding fiery stars - and all of it now readily accessible from my backyard. I like this technology, and who knows what it will be like in 5 years.
The image below shows a part of the Eta Carina nebula near the Homunculus. It's a stack of 46 unguided 30 second exposures ASA1600, Noise reduction On. Stacked in MaxDSLR and just histogramed in ImageReady. A small part of the core saturated to white so I masked it with a "darker" version. It's the first composite that worked well for me. The join is invisible.
The image below is cropped to 800x600 pixels at 100% resolution. Click here (http://www.zodiaclight.com/images/EtaCarinaPoster26aMarch2006Composit e46x30secsLogWeb.jpg) for a much larger version (only 160Kb).
When my new MPCC coma corrector arrives next week those comets in the top-left corner will hopefully be gone.:whistle:
My family's DSLR camera pointed skyward through my telescope let's me see STUFF...
Check out the image below and follow the link for the detail in the gas and dust clouds, and those cracks in the sky.
By hooking the camera up to my TV I get to see amazing images within 90 seconds of firing the camera.
By stacking the images in my computer I'm producing pictures of billions of tonnes of colorful gas and dust, exploding fiery stars - and all of it now readily accessible from my backyard. I like this technology, and who knows what it will be like in 5 years.
The image below shows a part of the Eta Carina nebula near the Homunculus. It's a stack of 46 unguided 30 second exposures ASA1600, Noise reduction On. Stacked in MaxDSLR and just histogramed in ImageReady. A small part of the core saturated to white so I masked it with a "darker" version. It's the first composite that worked well for me. The join is invisible.
The image below is cropped to 800x600 pixels at 100% resolution. Click here (http://www.zodiaclight.com/images/EtaCarinaPoster26aMarch2006Composit e46x30secsLogWeb.jpg) for a much larger version (only 160Kb).
When my new MPCC coma corrector arrives next week those comets in the top-left corner will hopefully be gone.:whistle: