and here's my offering tonight between the clouds. Fading slightly, but clear here in this 9.5 minute composite image taken through the 14" at 2400mm and ST10XE.
Thanks Mike,
That was binned 1x1 on the ST10XE using 30 second unguided subframes taken during light wind so I only used about 30% of the all subframes captured.
I'm cursed with bright light pollution from Surfers Paradise, but blessed with consistently sharp seeing due to steady Pacific Ocean air blowing above me. Can't have it all I suppose?
Thanks Mike,
That was binned 1x1 on the ST10XE using 30 second unguided subframes taken during light wind so I only used about 30% of the all subframes captured.
I'm cursed with bright light pollution from Surfers Paradise, but blessed with consistently sharp seeing due to steady Pacific Ocean air blowing above me. Can't have it all I suppose?
For long FL I would take good seeing over dark skies, for wide field I would take dark skies over good seeing
I may have captured the SN on this iPhone shot last night using the NightCap Pro App and a 1/2 second exposure through 10mm Ethos Paracorr II and 28" Webster f4.2. I couldn't see the SN visually however.
Agree you have captured sn2016adj. Agree that has to be a first. Never heard of a Supernova being captured on a mobile phone camera. Very impressed indeed.
For me that should have its own thread and maybe we could have a separate folder for any astro images taken with mobile devices. Will be interesting to see how this evolves in the next 10 yrs with all the wizz bang add on hardware and apps.
Ummm no I think that's just optical and tracking resolution artifacts/smearing. It looks different in every shot so all I could really say is that the SN is definitely probably there but that's about all
Have just arrived home from SNAC, but sadly no pickies of the SN in NGC5128.
Friday night after setting up I imaged NGC 2359 whilst waiting for NGC 5128 to rise to a decent altitude - sent my scope and camera towards it at about 1 am only to have the clouds roll in just as the guide scope had started tracking well. Saturday night's weather was rubbish and Sunday night was almost a carbon copy of Friday night - imaged IC 2177 and NGC 5189 then at 11:30 swung the scope around to NGC 5128, picked a guide star, just started guiding and the fog and cloud rolled in to obscure the whole sky in under five minutes - *sigh*. I will get that elusive image, but it will have to wait until the school holidays now - hopefully it won't be too faint by then.
Have just arrived home from SNAC, but sadly no pickies of the SN in NGC5128.
Friday night after setting up I imaged NGC 2359 whilst waiting for NGC 5128 to rise to a decent altitude - sent my scope and camera towards it at about 1 am only to have the clouds roll in just as the guide scope had started tracking well. Saturday night's weather was rubbish and Sunday night was almost a carbon copy of Friday night - imaged IC 2177 and NGC 5189 then at 11:30 swung the scope around to NGC 5128, picked a guide star, just started guiding and the fog and cloud rolled in to obscure the whole sky in under five minutes - *sigh*. I will get that elusive image, but it will have to wait until the school holidays now - hopefully it won't be too faint by then.
It would be great to see you there Mike - Malcolm, Paul and the SVAC committee organise a great camp. I've found the atmosphere at the three camps I've attended now to be friendly, relaxing and informative - so much so that it's a real chore to pack up your gear on the final day and head back to the real world!
Ummm no I think that's just optical and tracking resolution artifacts/smearing. It looks different in every shot so all I could really say is that the SN is definitely probably there but that's about all
Careful Barry you'll end up getting hooked on AP! Have you ever got the mallincam working on the Webster?
Cheers
Andrew
That was an AVS Mk IV camera but I sold it without trying it as I just couldn't be bothered learning all the guff and dealing with more spaghetti on the uta. I prefer the simplicity of the iPhone, a pipe fitting and Velcro.
Hey next time we're out lets be the first to iPhone Pluto!!! (and maybe Charon )
have captured the SN on this iPhone shot last night using the NightCap Pro App and a 1/2 second exposure through 10mm Ethos Paracorr II and 28" Webster f4.2. I couldn't see the SN visually however.
Such an amateur)
no pickies of the SN in NGC5128.
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