Monday, May 27, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
My guidescope set-up.
Guidescope is a Nikon 135mm lens. Camera is a b/w DMK with 2x barlow lens screwed into the nosepiece. Works great.
The Eastern Veil - Colour
The Eastern Veil - Colour, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.
Sky 90 Takahashi, Atik 460EX, Baader filters - 5 x 600s 35nm Ha 1x1, 1 x 600s OIII 2x2 & 1 x 600s SII 2x2
Processed in DSS and PS.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
IC1318 - The Gamma Cygni Nebula
4 image mosaic.
Takahashi Sky-90, Atik 460EX. Processed in DSS and CS5. Mosaic stitched in MS ICE.
Each image is 5 x 600s Ha 35nm 1x1
Using Noel's 'Ha false colour black space' action in PS.
Gamma Cygni:
(γ Cyg, γ Cygni) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation Cygnus, forming the intersection of an asterism of five stars called the Northern Cross. It has the traditional name Sadr
Compared to the Sun this is an enormous star, with 12 times the Sun's mass and about 150 times the Sun's radius. It is emitting over 33,000 as much energy as the Sun, at an effective temperature of 6,100 K in its outer envelope. This temperature is what gives the star the characteristic yellow-white hue of an F-type star. Massive stars such as this consume their nuclear fuel much more rapidly than the Sun, so the estimated age of this star is only about 12 million years old
Credit Wiki
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Gamma Cassiopeia, IC63 & IC59
20 x 600s Ha 35nm 1x1
I tried the 7nm Ha filter but it was very dim.
My previous effort:- www.flickr.com/photos/mickhyde/6202014918/in/set-72157625...
