Sept 7th 2022 – Narrowband Imaging of NGC7822
Objectives Capture 25 X 10 minutes exposures via OIII filter to produce a Narrowband image of NGC7822The SII exposures are planned for the next clear nightHa exposures already captured Tasks…
September 1st, 2022 – Going after NGC7822
Objective Second night trying to capture NGC7822 in HaRGB. First night (Sept 27th, 2022) started perfect with 2.5h of exposure through Ha filter. The intention was to capture 5 hours…
May 06, 2022 – Testing New Wide Field Setup
Objectives Test if modified (i.e. shortened OTA) ED80T CF can reach focus with Sharpstar 2.5" Field FlattenerIf yes, capture images to measure FWHM, Eccentricity and imaging capability of this new…
The Unknown Cause of a Desired Behaviour
Making beautiful astronomical images of deep sky objects like nebulas and galaxies is not easy. One of the challenge lies in being able to ensure the telescope is precisely following the movement…
Celestron CGEM HyperTune®…complete!
It has been a long time since I've written on the blog. Quite busy with the family and other projects. In early august, I was able to complete the HyperTune…
Celestron CGEM HyperTune®…started
With the intention of improving the autoguiding performance (especially in RA) of my Celestron CGEM mount, I have initiated the process of "Hyper-Tuning" it. A few months ago, I purchased a partial kit…
Elongated Stars – a very complex problem to solve
For those of you who have been following my blog, you know that have been experiencing difficulties with being able to capture images with nice round and tight stars (i.e. sharper images).…
New CCD camera…new & old challenges.
On march 30th, 2013, after the acquisition of my new CCD camera (i.e. the SBIG ST-8300M, the filter wheel and filters), with the weather looking promising, I carefully planned an imaging session with the goal of…
I received the accessories for the SBIG ST-8300M
Today, I received the accessories I ordered earlier this week to finalize my new CCD camera setup. Here is what I received... 20mm T-Mount extension tube from Edmund. Extra filter…
I bought an SBIG ST-8300M
After months of design, prototyping and modifications in order to transform my Canon 350D DSLR into a better astronomical instrument, I finally gave in and purchased a thermoelectrically cooled CCD imaging cameras (i.e. the SBIG ST-8300M). Here is…