digital_astro Gallery

Ginger Mayfield [website]
Canon D60, TV85 on Tom O. tracking platform, No eye piece but did use 2x barlow, 1/350 sec, 100 ISO for surface shot. 1/20 sec, 100 ISO for prominence shot. , Composite of two images, combined and processed with Images Plus and Photoshop., Flare, the large bright area, just lasted a few minutes. Taken 4-4-03 at 2019 UT.

Tim Carleton [website]
nikon 5000, Tak FS 102, 14 Radian televue 28mm nagler adaptor nikon ur-e6, 1/8 sec f 4.8 iso 100 , 8 images stacked in registax,

Johannes Schedler [website]
Canon D60, C11 at f/5, primefocus, 3x600 sec and 7x300 sec at ISO200 , ImagesPlus for calibration, Photoshop for adjustments, autoguided at good transparency

Martial Figenwald [website]
Canon D60, Taka Epsilon 160/530 on em200b, iso 800, 1x236sec, jpeg fine , Photoshop : Levels adjustments,

Mark Hanson
D60
Tak FSQ 106
Prime Focus
ISO 400, Large JPG, 10-150sec.images. Dark subtracted.
Images Plus and Photoshop.
Wide field M35 along with NGC2158 and IC 2157.

Kurt Friedrich [website]
cp4500
Orion US 90mm
WO28 (24mm)
240sec ISO 200 manually guided
5 pics, align median IP
M35 - Full size has more noise, but NGC-2158
is sort of visable on the left upper edge

Mark Hanson
D60
Tak FSQ 106
Prime Focus
ISO 400, Large JPG, 11-300sec.images.
Images Plus and Photoshop.
IC 443 Size: 50' x 40' a Supernova Remnant in the Constellation Gemini near Propus, eta Geminorum, the brightest star at magnitude 3.7 in the field of this photo. IC 444 is a small, 8 x 4 arc minute reflection nebula surrounding the 7th magnitude star 12 Geminorum, visible at the upper left of the photo.

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60
4x TeleVue Powermate
1/15-1/3sec ISO 100
Processing done in Images Plus and final polish with Adobe PhotoShop.
The wispy appearance in the prominence on the limb belies the massive energy realeased as it unfurls, spanning a distance many earth-diameters in breadth. Vestiges of the underlying sunspot activity at AR306 (lower left) puncture the brighter surface, surrounded by a contingent of filament tendrils.

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60
8" Mak-Newt
Stacked pair of TeleVue Powermates (2x and 4x)
1 second ISO 100
Processing done in Images Plus and final polish with Adobe PhotoShop.
Archimedes

Wes Higgins
Wes Higgins
Olympus R100RS
14.5 Starmaster
18mm Radian / Televue Adapter
ISO 100, full manual, 1/30 Sec. Exposures , 7x Optical Zoom, Shooting at 15 Frames Per Second
17 images stacked in Registax, Processed in Imagesplus ,Adaptive Unsharp Mask
Ptolemaeus Crater Region

Johannes Schedler [website]
D60
Canon lens 50mm at f/2.8
none

ImagesPlus and Photoshop 6.0
5 x 300 sec added

Mark Hanson
D60
FSQ 106
M45 Pleiades
ISO 400, Jpg large
Stacked and Processed in Images Plus.
8-6min exposures and 10 averaged dark frames.

Mark Hanson
CP5000, Tak 90 at F4.5, WO 24mm, 5-120sec & 10-90sec ISO 400. , Stacked and processed in Images Plus.

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60, FS128 Takahashi, TeleVue 0.8x reducer/flattener, 3 minutes at ISO 1000 , 12 Images, median combined, mild RL restorarion, and stretched via Images Plus , Inadvertently left camera in ISO1000 after "centering" test shot... Ooops! (was going to use ISO200 at about 5 minutes)

Wes Higgins
Olympus C-2100
14.5 Starmaster
18mm Radian / Televue Adapter
ISO 100, full manual, 1/30 Sec. Exposures , 10x Optical Zoom
29 Images Stacked ,Registax/PSP7 , Histgram , Levels, Unsharp Mask ,noise reduction
Moons - Io, Ganymede, Callisto

Mark Hanson
CP5000 at 3x Digital Zoom, 12"LX200, WO 24mm, ISO 100, 1/60sec using the HS Sequence feature on the CP5000 , 42 pics Stacked and processed in Images Plus., Jupiter, GRS, Callisto & Io The shadow is actually Callisto transiting the face of Jupiter and the moon to the upper right is IO. Taken on 1/1/03 at around 1:40am

Mark Hanson
CP5000, Tak 90 at F4.5, WO 24mm, 23-5min exposures 17@ISO400 and 6@ISO800 , Stacked and processed in IP

Robert Malinowski
D60, 102ED , Prime Focus 6x5min Iso 800 , ImagesPlus Photoshop 7.0, M42

Wes Higgins
Olympus C-2100, 14.5 Starmaster, 18mm Radian / Televue Adapter, ISO 100, full manual, 1/10 Sec. Exposures , 10x Optical Zoom , 220 Images Stacked ,RegiStax/PSP7 , Histgram , Levels, Unsharp Mask ,noise reduction

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60, 8" Mak-Newt, Stacked TeleVue 2X and 4X Powermates , ~150 ISO 100 images at 1/3sec, and 4 ISO 400 at 35 secs. , Processed with Images Plus using Adobe PhotoShop for compositing and final touches.

Bob Shabowski
CP4500, 10" SCT F10, 12mm Nagler 4, ISO100 1/4s , 57 images stacked with Registax, Cropped using Ifanview, some adj in Photoshop, Taken on Dec 10th, 2002. I used 1600x1200 which allowed me to push the final resolution.

Ken Schmidt
Olympus 3040Z, Starmaster 14.5, 9 Nagler, 1/4 second,ISO 100, , ImagesPlus/Photoshop, taken at the fall star party in Chiefland,Fl

Paul Hyndman [website]
Canon D60, FS128 Takahashi, TeleVue 2X Powermate, ISO100 1/60 & 1/20 sec , Images Plus Adobe PhotoShop, Disk and prominence images combined and false colored.

Larry Soule
Canon Powershot G2, 15 second exposure ISO 400 , None, Taken near Santa Cruz, California

James C. Lerch [website]
Sony DSC-F707, NA, NA, Iso 400, 15sec , PSP Gamma, Contrast, Brightness, Centering, Field Rotation, Stacked in K3CCD tools using "If Lighter" option, 11 Single Frames

Johannes Schedler [website]
Canon D60, 105 mm TMB refractor, none, ISO800, WB sunny , dark subtraction, Photoshop, 4 x 300 sec exposure Mag 6 sky

Mike Unsold [website]
Canon D60, 76mm Televue APO, Primary focus, 12 x 300 second exposure at ISO400 , Processed in ImagesPlus,

Philipp Salzgeber
Coolpix 4500
Vixen R-130S
cheap 20mm Kellner, Vixen Digital Camera adapter
ISO 200, NR, bulb ~20 sec.
Aligning in Photoshop, Animation in ImageReady

Paul Hyndman The Sun

Joe Jones - Double Double in Lyra

Les Marczi

Ginger Mayfield


Digital Camera Astrophotography Gallery
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April 2003	Sun and Moon
(see all the entries) 04 03 Best of Group	Ginger Mayfield [website] Canon D60, TV85 on Tom O. tracking platform, No eye piece but did use 2x barlow, 1/350 sec, 100 ISO for surface shot. 1/20 sec, 100 ISO for prominence shot. , Composite of two images, combined and processed with Images Plus and Photoshop., Flare, the large bright area, just lasted a few minutes. Taken 4-4-03 at 2019 UT.
04 03 Runner Up	Tim Carleton [website] nikon 5000, Tak FS 102, 14 Radian televue 28mm nagler adaptor nikon ur-e6, 1/8 sec f 4.8 iso 100 , 8 images stacked in registax,
April 2003	M51
(see all the entries) 04 03 Best of Group	Johannes Schedler [website] Canon D60, C11 at f/5, primefocus, 3x600 sec and 7x300 sec at ISO200 , ImagesPlus for calibration, Photoshop for adjustments, autoguided at good transparency
04 03 Runner Up	Martial Figenwald [website] Canon D60, Taka Epsilon 160/530 on em200b, iso 800, 1x236sec, jpeg fine , Photoshop : Levels adjustments,
March 2003	M35
(see all the entries) 03 03 Best of Group	Mark Hanson D60 Tak FSQ 106 Prime Focus ISO 400, Large JPG, 10-150sec.images. Dark subtracted. Images Plus and Photoshop. Wide field M35 along with NGC2158 and IC 2157.
03 03 Runner Up	Kurt Friedrich [website] cp4500 Orion US 90mm WO28 (24mm) 240sec ISO 200 manually guided 5 pics, align median IP M35 - Full size has more noise, but NGC-2158 is sort of visable on the left upper edge
March 2003	Open
(see all the entries) 03 03 Best of Group	Mark Hanson D60 Tak FSQ 106 Prime Focus ISO 400, Large JPG, 11-300sec.images. Images Plus and Photoshop. IC 443 Size: 50' x 40' a Supernova Remnant in the Constellation Gemini near Propus, eta Geminorum, the brightest star at magnitude 3.7 in the field of this photo. IC 444 is a small, 8 x 4 arc minute reflection nebula surrounding the 7th magnitude star 12 Geminorum, visible at the upper left of the photo.
03 03 Runner Up	Paul Hyndman [website] Canon D60 4x TeleVue Powermate 1/15-1/3sec ISO 100 Processing done in Images Plus and final polish with Adobe PhotoShop. The wispy appearance in the prominence on the limb belies the massive energy realeased as it unfurls, spanning a distance many earth-diameters in breadth. Vestiges of the underlying sunspot activity at AR306 (lower left) puncture the brighter surface, surrounded by a contingent of filament tendrils.

February 2003	Moon Crater
(see all the entries) 02 03 Best of Group	Paul Hyndman [website] Canon D60 8" Mak-Newt Stacked pair of TeleVue Powermates (2x and 4x) 1 second ISO 100 Processing done in Images Plus and final polish with Adobe PhotoShop. Archimedes
02 03 Runner Up	Wes Higgins Wes Higgins Olympus R100RS 14.5 Starmaster 18mm Radian / Televue Adapter ISO 100, full manual, 1/30 Sec. Exposures , 7x Optical Zoom, Shooting at 15 Frames Per Second 17 images stacked in Registax, Processed in Imagesplus ,Adaptive Unsharp Mask Ptolemaeus Crater Region
February 2003	Constellation
(see all the entries) 02 03 Best of Group	Johannes Schedler [website] D60 Canon lens 50mm at f/2.8 none ImagesPlus and Photoshop 6.0 5 x 300 sec added
02 03 Runner Up	Mark Hanson D60 FSQ 106 M45 Pleiades ISO 400, Jpg large Stacked and Processed in Images Plus. 8-6min exposures and 10 averaged dark frames.
January 2003	M44 - Beehive Cluster
(see all the entries) 01 03 Best of Group	Mark Hanson CP5000, Tak 90 at F4.5, WO 24mm, 5-120sec & 10-90sec ISO 400. , Stacked and processed in Images Plus.
01 03 Runner Up	Paul Hyndman [website] Canon D60, FS128 Takahashi, TeleVue 0.8x reducer/flattener, 3 minutes at ISO 1000 , 12 Images, median combined, mild RL restorarion, and stretched via Images Plus , Inadvertently left camera in ISO1000 after "centering" test shot... Ooops! (was going to use ISO200 at about 5 minutes)
January 2003	Jupiter!
(see all the entries) 01 03 Best of Group	Wes Higgins Olympus C-2100 14.5 Starmaster 18mm Radian / Televue Adapter ISO 100, full manual, 1/30 Sec. Exposures , 10x Optical Zoom 29 Images Stacked ,Registax/PSP7 , Histgram , Levels, Unsharp Mask ,noise reduction Moons - Io, Ganymede, Callisto
01 03 Runner Up	Mark Hanson CP5000 at 3x Digital Zoom, 12"LX200, WO 24mm, ISO 100, 1/60sec using the HS Sequence feature on the CP5000 , 42 pics Stacked and processed in Images Plus., Jupiter, GRS, Callisto & Io The shadow is actually Callisto transiting the face of Jupiter and the moon to the upper right is IO. Taken on 1/1/03 at around 1:40am

December 2002	Open DSO
(see all the entries) 12 02 Best of Group	Mark Hanson CP5000, Tak 90 at F4.5, WO 24mm, 23-5min exposures 17@ISO400 and 6@ISO800 , Stacked and processed in IP
12 02 Runner Up	Robert Malinowski D60, 102ED , Prime Focus 6x5min Iso 800 , ImagesPlus Photoshop 7.0, M42
December 2002	Saturn!
(see all the entries) 12 02 Best of Group	Wes Higgins Olympus C-2100, 14.5 Starmaster, 18mm Radian / Televue Adapter, ISO 100, full manual, 1/10 Sec. Exposures , 10x Optical Zoom , 220 Images Stacked ,RegiStax/PSP7 , Histgram , Levels, Unsharp Mask ,noise reduction
12 02 Runner Up	Paul Hyndman [website] Canon D60, 8" Mak-Newt, Stacked TeleVue 2X and 4X Powermates , ~150 ISO 100 images at 1/3sec, and 4 ISO 400 at 35 secs. , Processed with Images Plus using Adobe PhotoShop for compositing and final touches. Bob Shabowski CP4500, 10" SCT F10, 12mm Nagler 4, ISO100 1/4s , 57 images stacked with Registax, Cropped using Ifanview, some adj in Photoshop, Taken on Dec 10th, 2002. I used 1600x1200 which allowed me to push the final resolution.
November 2002	Open Solar System
(see all the entries) 11 02 Best of Group	Ken Schmidt Olympus 3040Z, Starmaster 14.5, 9 Nagler, 1/4 second,ISO 100, , ImagesPlus/Photoshop, taken at the fall star party in Chiefland,Fl
11 02 Runner Up	Paul Hyndman [website] Canon D60, FS128 Takahashi, TeleVue 2X Powermate, ISO100 1/60 & 1/20 sec , Images Plus Adobe PhotoShop, Disk and prominence images combined and false colored.
November 2002	Leonids!
(see all the entries) 11 02 Best of Group	Larry Soule Canon Powershot G2, 15 second exposure ISO 400 , None, Taken near Santa Cruz, California
11 02 Runner Up	James C. Lerch [website] Sony DSC-F707, NA, NA, Iso 400, 15sec , PSP Gamma, Contrast, Brightness, Centering, Field Rotation, Stacked in K3CCD tools using "If Lighter" option, 11 Single Frames
October 2002	M45 - Pleidades
(see all the entries) 10 02 Best of Group	Johannes Schedler [website] Canon D60, 105 mm TMB refractor, none, ISO800, WB sunny , dark subtraction, Photoshop, 4 x 300 sec exposure Mag 6 sky
10 02 Runner Up	Mike Unsold [website] Canon D60, 76mm Televue APO, Primary focus, 12 x 300 second exposure at ISO400 , Processed in ImagesPlus,
October 2002	Asteriods!
(see all the entries) 10 02 Best of Group	Philipp Salzgeber Coolpix 4500 Vixen R-130S cheap 20mm Kellner, Vixen Digital Camera adapter ISO 200, NR, bulb ~20 sec. Aligning in Photoshop, Animation in ImageReady
September 2002	Open - Anniversary Challenge
09 02 Best of Group	Paul Hyndman The Sun
09 02 Runner Up	Mike Unsold M45
September 2002	M11 - The Wild Duck Cluster
09 02 Best of Group	Mike Unsold
09 02 Runner Up	Denis Slattery
August 2002	M31 - The Andromeda Gallaxy
08 02 Best of Group	Joe Jones
08 02 Runner Up	Johannes Schedler
August 2002	Double Stars
08 02 Best of Group	Gregory Pruden 61 Cyg
08 02 Runner Up	Joe Jones - Double Double in Lyra
July 2002	M57 The Ring Nebula
07 02 Best of Group	Johannes Schedler
07 02 Runner Up	Mike Unsold
July 2002	Venus
07 02 Best of Group	Nan Crowell
07 02 Runner Up	Daniel Ethier
June 2002	Lunar Crater
06 02 Best of Group	Wes Higgins
06 02 Runner Up	Paul Hyndman
June 2002	Eclipse etc.
06 02 Best of Group	Ralph Encarnacion
06 02 Best of Group	Eric Fehr
06 02 Runner Up	Ginger Mayfield
May 2002	M13
05 02 Best of Group	Ken Schmidt
05 02 Runner Up	Denis Slattery
May 2002	Planetary Alignment
05 02 Best of Group	Les Marczi Ginger Mayfield
05 02 Runner Up	Gregory Pruden
April 2002	Open Messier
04 02 Best of Group	M5 by Paul Hyndman
03 02 Runner Up	M57 by Arpad Kovacsy
April 2002	The Sun
04 02 Best of Group	Markus Ridder
04 02 Runner Up	Chotechai Piyavongsiri
March 2002	M1 - The Crab Nebula
03 02 Best of Group	Johannes Schedler
03 02 Runner Up	Wes Higgins
March 2002	Open Tripod/Piggyback
03 02 Best of Group	Tom Carney
03 02 Runner Up	Ken Florentino
February 2002	M45 - Pleidades

02 02 Best of Group	Ian Hodgkinson
02 02 Best of Group	Johannes Schedler
02 02 Runner Up	Gary Tollefson
February 2002	The Moon
02 02 Best of Group	Paul Hyndman
02 02 Runner Up	Mike Hadley
January 2002	M42 - The Great Orion Nebula
01 02 Best of Group	Wes Higgins
01 02 Runner Up	Gregory Pruden
December 2001	Open Challenge
12 01 Best of Group	Johannes Schedler
12 01 Runner Up	Gary Tollefson
12 01 Runner Up	Denis Slattery
November 2001	Saturn
11 01 Best of Group	Bob Reim
11 01 Runner Up	G. Kiss
11 01 Runner Up	Wes Higgins
October 2001	Jupiter
10 01 Best of Group	Wes Higgins
10 01 Runner Up	Bob Reim
September 2001	The Moon
09 01 Best of Group	Wes Higgins
09 01 Runner Up	Tom Zefo
August 10 2001	Digital_Astro was founded
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