Oct 28, 2020
First light - Borg55FL hydrogen alpha imaging of NGC6888 ; Borg55FL first light with the ASI183MMWith the coming of the storm season in Brisbane plus a very busy work schedule there has been little opportunity to get the newly acquired Borg55FL under the night sky to...
Jun 18, 2020
Virgo galaxy region wide field: Canon FD 50mm f1.4 & ASI183MM Pro ; Capturing the Virgo Cluster All you need is some time and patience, a cloudless night, a $50 vintage lens, a simple tracking mount and a camera. Sounds simple enough but not always achievable. The...
Jun 16, 2020
Markarian's Chain: William Optics GT71 & ASI183MM Pro ; Capturing a galaxy cluster in Virgo Markarian’s Chain: William Optics GT71 and ASI183MM Pro Telescope: William Optics GT71 with 0.8 Field flattener 6A2 Camera: ASI183MM Pro Mount: Ioptron CEM40 Alignment:...
Aug 28, 2019
Orion Widefield astrophotography: ASI294 MC Pro & Olympus 50mm OM lens Arkarula, South Australia ; Orion Widefield astrophotography: ASI294 MC Pro & Olympus 50mm OM lens Lens: Olympus Om 50mm Camera: ASI294MC Pro Mount: SkyWatcher Alignment: none Guiding: none Image:...
Sep 1, 2018
PHD2 Guiding with Star Adventurer Mount ; PHD2 Guiding a Star Adventurer Portable EQ Mount The SkyWatcher Star Adventurer is an excellent tracking mount when used for wide field astrophotography of the night sky allowing relatively long exposure image sequences...
Aug 26, 2018
William Optics GT71 with WO Field Flattener 6A2 ; Configuring a lightweight portable astrophotography imaging systemI use an assortment of telescopes, micro four thirds cameras as well as dedicated astrophotography CMOS cameras not to mention tracking mounts. With...
