Cooper Park at 760nm

 

Full spectrum Sony A7s, 760nm Infrared filter, Nikon AI-S 50mm f1.4 (not a good lens for IR – note the hotspot in the centre of the images)

Added a new page about equipment

I’ve added a new page about some of the equipment I use, you can find it by clicking the “Equipment” tab at the top of the page or by clicking here.

The Moon

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Takahashi TSA120 + SkyWatcher EQ6 + Canon 5DmkIII | Registax + Adobe Lightroom

Venus and Jupiter conjunction

OIII 140 x 0.1 seconds

Takahashi TSA120 | EQ6 | SBIG STT8300 + FW8G + AO-8T
CCDSoft + RegiStax + PixInsight + Photoshop CC

NGC5128 – Centaurus A

L = 8 x 10 minute
R = 10 x 5 minute bin2x2
G = 10 x 5 minute bin2x2
B = 6 x 5 minute bin2x2

Takahashi TSA120 | EQ6 | SBIG STT8300 + FW8G + AO-8T
CCDSoft + PixInsight + Photoshop CC + Lightroom

IC2944 – The Running Chicken Nebula in the Hubble Palette

IC2944 – The Running Chicken Nebula in the Hubble Palette.
SII = 13 x 30 minutes
Ha = 8 x 20 minutes
OIII = 7 x 30 minutes
Total exposure 12 hours and 40 minutes.

Takahashi TSA120 | EQ6 | SBIG STT8300 + FW8G + AO-8T
Astrodon 3nm SII, 5nm Ha, 3nm OIII
CCDSoft + PixInsight + Photoshop CC + Lightroom

A quick Comet Lovejoy (C2014Q2)

5DmkIII + 70-200 F2.8 + tripod

NGC7293 – The Helix Nebula

NGC7293 – The Helix Nebula
Ha  = 26 x 30 minutes
OIII = 12 x 30 minutes
RGB each 10 x 5 minutes bin 2×2 for stars
Takahashi TSA120 | EQ6 | SBIG STT8300 + FW8G + AO-8T
CCDSoft + PixInsight + Photoshop CC + Lightroom

NGC253 – The Sculptor Galaxy

NGC253 – The Sculptor Galaxy
L = 13 x 10min
R = 10 x 5min bin2x2
G = 10 x 5min bin2x2
B = 10 x 5min bin2x2
Ha = 6 x 30min

Takahashi TSA120 | EQ6 | SBIG STT8300 + FW8G + AO-8T
CCDSoft + PixInsight + Photoshop CC + Lightroom

Weekend at Wombeyan