Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Pleiades, Hyades, NGC1647, Ceres, Vesta and Metis
Hello,
I’ve just finished off identifying and labelling some of the more interesting objects in this two panel mosaic of the recent dawn gathering of the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Pleiades, Hyades, NGC1647 and the minor planets Ceres, Vesta and Metis. Oh, not forgetting the eye of the bull – Aldeberan!
Due to an uncooperative tree line, I was imaging from the lounge window with just the Canon 7D mounted on my Tak EM200. There are two frames, made up of 10x10sec exposures and have been processed to minimise the horizon glow and the effects of the top of the window frame nebula that gradually drifted into the camera FOV as time rolled on!
Details:
Monday, 16th July 2012, 5:06am to 5:18am
Canon 7D with Canon 60mm F2.8 macro lens.
Manual exposure, 10 secs, F5.6, ISO400
10 frames aligned in ImagesPlus and finished in CS5
Love your work Dennis, top stuff.
Would love to see a pic of you in situ imaging from the lounge room.
Regards
Trevor
Hi Trevor
Your wish is my command – here we go! Great care was taken to avoid smacking the TV screen with the counterweight shaft. For a brief, few, too-short and wonderful moments, I experienced the absolute bliss of observatory style comfort…..
Hi Trevor
Your wish is my command – here we go! Great care was taken to avoid smacking the TV screen with the counterweight shaft. For a brief, few, too-short and wonderful moments, I experienced the absolute bliss of observatory style comfort…..
Cheers
Dennis
That is one very stylish setup Dennis, being able to make a great image of scientific interest from the lounge room is the sort of thing legends are made of, top stuff indeed.
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